Couple Claims To Have 400 Different Personalities

Uh…whoa?

Meet Kai and Franz. They’re a couple living in California and have been officially diagnosed with “Disassociative Identity Disorder.” There are apparently 400 personalities between the two of them. I am not making this up.

The ‘alters’ range from boisterous children to competent adults and each comes with their own memories, behaviours, attitudes and perceived age.

In 5Star documentary My Multiple Personalities & Me, viewers are shown how Kai and Franz can both ‘switch’ alters several times during a single trip to the supermarket, forcing them to try and appease each one with the shopping list.

According to the Mirror, one of Franz’s alters Grey says: ‘It feels like we are shopping for 1,000 people. Imagine every time you went shopping, you’ve got an entourage of people saying ‘no, yes, no yes’.’

Everything about this sounds like a nightmare.

The article goes on to say that sometimes the two go without eating altogether, because their “younger” personalities or “alters” can’t cook. Yes, really.

According to the Mayo Clinic, people with the disorder may feel the presence of two of more people talking or living inside their head, and they may feel as though they’re possessed by other identities.

Each identity may have a unique name, personal history and characteristics, including differences in voice, gender, mannerisms and even physical qualities such as the need for eyeglasses.

There are also differences in how familiar each identity is with the others.

For Kai and Franz, these personalities range from children with a perceived age as young as four, to adults in their 30s.

After reading about this, I went on YouTube and watched some videos of people revealing their “alters.” It was incredibly weird and disturbing.

“There’s been quite a few people who don’t understand it or don’t even think it is real. People say it’s fake and that’s up to them,” Kai said.

I’m not saying they don’t have a problem, but… I don’t think diagnosing them with “personality” disorder and telling them to have a nice day is the answer. CLEARLY, these people have severe mental issues that need to be addressed.

“But it would be a lot of effort to put myself through if it was fake. I would’ve had to be faking this for a really long time,” Kai continued. “I don’t come out that often, it’s usually other alters that run my life for me and they seem to do a better job than me a lot of the time.”

“Having the comfort of someone else understanding what I am going through and why, and not being upset when I am not around, it makes me feel safer and happier,” Kai added.

Here’s an important tidbit.

People with DID also often have a history of childhood abuse, generally starting before the age of five.

Kai tells how he suffered from trauma since birth until meeting Franz in 2011. The couple were introduced through an online forum for people living with DID.

Franz explains how she experienced ‘bad things’ as a toddler but she ‘can’t remember much from back then’. Now the couple are both in therapy.

I’m glad they’re in therapy, because yowza.

I’m curious, readers. Have you ever heard of this, and do you think there’s anything to it? Clearly, these people have serious mental issues. I just want to hear your thoughts!

h/t Daily Mail