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Meet the teen who switches six different personalities in a day

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A British teen girl, named Demi Isherwood has a rare mental syndrome called Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), because of which she lives 80 different personalities in her life, and switches six personalities in a day.

Isherwood, who resides in Widnes, Cheshire, claims that her each sixth former's personas are unique and has its own name, age and traits, which gets on her immediately, the Daily Star reported.

The 16-year-old student's personality ranges from an 26-year-old angry American Kiba, to a19-year-old Japanese singer Nai, and 4-year-old Cassie, to a 9-year-old video game fan Kenneth, and also 20-year-old Amy, mad girl Jamie, to a gay Tyler, and rock chick Jodie.

 

The British American splitting teenager said that she experienced her first personality split when she was 4 with a personality of an American boy Emmet, and slowly other personalities kept on adding.

Lyndsey Wright, mother of the teen previously thought that she was playing with her imaginary friends, but soon after she was diagnosed with the mental disorder, DID, and presently takes anti-depressants which help to control her condition.

Wright explained that her role as a mother is like having 80 kids all at once, but still she does it because she loves her daughter.

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First Published: Feb 22 2015 | 5:31 PM IST

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