The differing identities can display different attitudes and preferences and often shift involuntarily when in distress. McCord ultimately sought treatment to help her process the trauma and manage symptoms.ĭissociative identity disorder is rare, only affecting about 2 percent of the U.S. I didn’t understand anything about the mind or the brain at the time, I was just trying to do my job and I couldn’t. “These moments were coming to light through my work. “My whole body like just went into panic mode as if I was living out my life on camera,” the 33-year-old actress said. McCord, who identified herself as a survivor of sexual abuse, said she struggled with the disorder for years, but it wasn’t until she filmed a scene in “90210” in which her character Naomi was raped that she truly realized she needed to seek help. According to the American Psychiatric Association, it’s usually associated with or spawned by traumatic experiences and abuse in childhood in 90 percent of cases.Īmerica is changing faster than ever! Add Changing America to your Facebook or Twitter feed to stay on top of the news. McCord first revealed her diagnosis in a blog post for Daniel Amen’s site Amen Clinics.ĭissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder, is typically characterized by the existence of and alternating between two or more personalities or identities, often causing gaps in memory. “And now I wake up every day and I say thank you I’m alive again.” “I wanted to die for so much of my life, I didn’t want to be here,” McCord said. She was a nasty little creature, but I have so much gratitude to her because she got me out of the hell that I was in.Actress AnnaLynne McCord discussed her previous mental health struggles and dissociative identity disorder diagnosis on " Good Morning America" on Friday. Then she'll make you lick the blood from it. She said, "She was a balls to the wall, middle fingers to the sky, anarchist from hell who will stab you with the spike ring that she wears, and you'll like it. "ĪnnaLynne also talked about a split personality she called "little Anna" at 13. I was dark, I was very deep into this character Pauline, and I couldn't get. I couldn't find her, she was not accessible. on a Tuesday and had to be happy, crazy Beverly Hills blonde bombshell on Wednesday at noon. The crazy thing about it was that I wrapped that film at 2 a.m. It was very exposing, very confronting, probably a bit re-traumatizing without realizing it. She said, "I played a very cerebral, disturbed, strange little girl that was very close to who I feel I am on the inside.
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While on a hiatus from the show, AnnaLynne filmed the 2012 movie Excision and something was triggered. "All of my roles were splits, but I didn't even realize I was doing it at all until I did a project 90210," she said about the CW series, which ran from 2008 to 2013. It wasn't until she was in the middle of her acting career that she realized she had dissociative identity disorder.Ĭlick inside to find out the moment when she noticed what was up. And that's how we get to the point where we can articulate the nature of these pervasive traumas and stuff, as horrible as they are."įive years ago, AnnaLynne publicly spoke about the sexual abuse she suffered as a child and she talked about how it affected her relationships.ĪnnaLynne says that she has suffered from memory loss due to trauma she experienced when she was younger. "There is nothing about my journey that I invite shame into anymore. "I am absolutely uninterested in shame," AnnaLynne said.
For those that don't know, DID was previously known as multiple personality disorder. The 33-year-old 90210 actress talked about her diagnosis during a conversation with Dr. AnnaLynne McCord is opening up about being diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder.
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