Schizophrenia is often spoken of as “split personality” but there is more a splintering of the personality, with loss of reality.

Those who show sudden changes in personality from kind and considerate to aggressive and demanding, in order to manipulate those around them, are more likely to be of an hysterical personality.

Those cases of multiple personality, where the person appears to be two, three or even more different persons are usually cases of hysteria.

The more medical examinations and attention is focussed on people with hysterical symptoms, the more entrenched they become, and the closer they become to symptoms of organic illness.

One feature which stands out in most hysterics is the composure and seeming indifference shown by the person in the presence of what appear to be severe and distressing symptoms.

Thus a person who says he can no longer walk, or who has just become blind, presents a calm co-operative manner and does not seem distressed or depressed, as we would expect.

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