The dissociation of a personality : a biographical study in abnormal psychology / by Morton Prince.

  • Morton Prince
Date:
1905
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    the details of the vision, which corresponded in every way to the description given by Sally and B I, but of which IV knew nothing. The language used by the vision actor, and which she distinctly heard, was also the same. IV was still unaware that she was describing a real scene, as she did not believe the crystal vision was a true experience of her own.] My own emotions of fright overwhelmed me and brought me to myself. On coming to myself I was frightened, angry, and impatient. I knew I could n’t have had the experience at that time or at any time. There was nothing in my note which could have excited the scene. [About three hours later the vision came again.] ’’ APPENDIX D IN this connection the following statement by B IV (writ- ten January,1900) of certain automatic motor phenomena, which she claimed to have experienced, is not without in- terest, though from their nature not subject to corrobora- tion. In what consciousness they originated is not clear, though I am inclined to class them with the dissociated states which gave rise to the first group of scrappy mem- ories of the life of B I. During the last few months I have had the most curious sort of feeling in talking with or meeting people whom I had previously known. My intercourse with them has been auto- matic, if I may use the word in that way, as far as speech and action were concerned. I have not known usually from one moment to the next either what I was going to say or do. Very often I have not understood even, but I think people were not conscious of it, at least I could not discover that they were from their expression, although I watched them most care- fully to see. (You will understand that I do not include you among these ‘people’ — you were too clever for me, and I am afraid .always knew whether I spoke automatically 'o'ith full understanding, or simply in a sort of guessing way. It wasn’t quite fair of you, I still think.) But though word and