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22/03/2010 00:22




Hey, just watched '9', a great film and it opened up some more ideas for our D.I.D (Dissociative identity disorder) character. What if this guy was once whole as a person but the D.I.D fractured him in some way? That each different personality is a part of him in some way? Whether each character represents a certain mood he's in and brought forward by different feelings the psychiatrist is evoking in him or different parts of who he's been? Like, 'the quiet one', 'the dominant one', 'the dark edgy one', 'the helpful one' etc. Each character being significantly different from the other but inevitably; if all the personalities were brought together, they'd make one person. Every mood he's feeling/ personality is heightened, exaggerated and noticeable as that mood. What do you think? It's something to think about I think rather than have them all completely separate people but to have them all connected in some way as well as them all being the same person? Or we could think of the seven deadly sins as reference for each character? Also it depends on how many personalities/characters we want to show but we could start by listing all the moods or traits then connecting which we think each character should connect to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_traits (some interesting stuff there and all the emotions below to work with)



Affection

Anger

Annoyance

Angst

Apathy

Anxiety

Awe

Boredom

Compassion

Contempt

Curiosity

Depression

Desire

Despair

Disappointment

Disgust

Ecstasy

Empathy

Envy

Embarrassment

Euphoria

Fear

Frustration

Gratitude

Grief

Guilt

Happiness

Hatred

Hope

Horror

Hostility

Hysteria

Jealousy

Joy

Loathing

Love

Lust

Misery

Pity

Pride

Rage

Regret

Remorse

Sadness

Shame

Suffering

Surprise

Wonder

Worry







Also useful:

· Lewis Goldberg proposed a five-dimension personality model, nicknamed the "Big Five":

1. Openness to Experience: the tendency to be imaginative, independent, and interested in variety vs. practical, conforming, and interested in routine.

2. Conscientiousness: the tendency to be organized, careful, and disciplined vs. disorganized, careless, and impulsive.

3. Extraversion: the tendency to be sociable, fun-loving, and affectionate vs. retiring, sombre, and reserved.

4. Agreeableness: the tendency to be soft-hearted, trusting, and helpful vs. ruthless, suspicious, and uncooperative.

5. Neuroticism: the tendency to be calm, secure, and self-satisfied vs. anxious, insecure, and self-pitying [3]

The Big Five contain important dimensions of personality. However, some personality researchers argue that this list of major traits is not exhaustive. Some support has been found for two additional factors: excellent/ordinary and evil/decent. However, no definitive conclusions have been established.[3]



Hope all this helps get the ideas flowing further. See you next week.



Andrew