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HelpRe: Wdyt of Sybil?
in reply to a message by Lawruh
I love it. The story of the Sybil (real name Shirley Ardell Mason, IIRC) fascinates me; the book by Flora Rheta Schreiber was my favourite in my freshman year of high school. :) Her story seemed so hopeful in the end (horrifying as it was to start out with) that I've come to see Sybil as a sort of triumph-over-adversity name.
I don't see any problems besides the association with one of the most famous dissociative identity disorder cases ever. To my surprise, this is apparently becoming something of an outdated cultural reference. I totally didn't realize as much--I always thought that everyone just knew about that Sybil.
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ETA: No, I didn't hear "civil" in the least. And as a random note, I used to love Sybil Rowena. Maybe you can make use of the combo. :)
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I don't see any problems besides the association with one of the most famous dissociative identity disorder cases ever. To my surprise, this is apparently becoming something of an outdated cultural reference. I totally didn't realize as much--I always thought that everyone just knew about that Sybil.
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ETA: No, I didn't hear "civil" in the least. And as a random note, I used to love Sybil Rowena. Maybe you can make use of the combo. :)
We shall be free.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
This message was edited 8/8/2006, 10:33 PM
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For serious? I don't know where I first learned about her; like I said, I always thought that the story of Sybil, "the woman with sixteen different personalities," was one of those cultural things that everyone just picked up. Hehe--I guess I'm wrong.
On the book: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_%28book%29
On the movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_%28film%29
The woman herself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Ardell_Mason
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We shall be free.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
On the book: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_%28book%29
On the movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_%28film%29
The woman herself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Ardell_Mason
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We shall be free.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
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Yeah, the crazy Sybil is the first and only thing I think of. I would never ever be able to use this name for that reason. What a horrifying and tragic story!
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Whoa, I don't think you could really call her crazy. She had a disorder, and learnt to deal with it.
This message was edited 8/9/2006, 6:05 PM
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Hmm, maybe I'm being too PC...
I guess I just have a thing about calling anybody crazy - whether or not someone has some kind of mental deficiency, doesn't necessarily mean they are any less sane than you or I, IMO.
Edited because I was in a hurry when I posted, and didn't phrase myself properly!
I guess I just have a thing about calling anybody crazy - whether or not someone has some kind of mental deficiency, doesn't necessarily mean they are any less sane than you or I, IMO.
Edited because I was in a hurry when I posted, and didn't phrase myself properly!
This message was edited 8/10/2006, 3:56 PM
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