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Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder

A psychological review of Fight Club explores the protagonist’s dissociative identity disorder, depicting his alter-ego Tyler Durden as a coping mechanism for his fragmented identity.

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Psychological Movie ReviewParker AdamsIntroduction"Fight Club" is a 1999 movie directed by David Fincher, starring Brad Pitt as TylerDurden and Edward Norton as the unnamed protagonist' narrator. The movie is based on a 1996novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. The movie goes through ±e life of an anonymousman who suffers from a dissociative disorder and develops an alter-ego in the form of TylerDurden. The main character struggles with his baring life and job and finds peace in attendingsupport groups before eventually discovering an underground fighting club that spirals out ofcontrol.Identified Psychological DisorderThe main character in ' Fight Club" suffers from dissociative identity disorder (DID). DID.previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder, is a condition where a person's identity isfragmented, leading co the creation of two or more distinct personality states. In ' Fight Club", theprotagonist develops a dissociative identity to cope with his unfulfilling life, which leads to thecreation of his alter-ego, Tyler Durden.Symptoms of DIDThe movie depicts the symptoms of DID through the protagonist's struggles to separatehis personality from Tyler Durden's. The protagonist has blackouts, and he experiences momentsof lost time where he cannot recall the events chat occurred. The creation of Tyler Durden servesas a coping mechanism for the protagonist, allowing him to escape his worthless hie and findpurpose.
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