I love ā€œFight Club,ā€ ā€œShutter Island,ā€ and ā€œAmerican Psycho.ā€ (The movie and comic adaptations, too, for that matter.) Unreliable narrators are sublime. I don’t begrudge authors or filmmakers playing fast and loose with complex, poorly understood mental issues for the sake of a good story.

Having said that, Dissociative Identity Disorder — i.e. ā€œmultiple personalitiesā€ — isn’t nearly so bombastic. The real thing looks and feels different. And it’s really challenging.

Rant aside, here’s a conference about DID this weekend that’s got some interesting speakers and topics.

It’s probably too late to get a scholarship, but most of the sessions are taped for review and available online for a few months. The website’s got some good general info, too.