Another disorder that can be considered for Reznik is MPD, or Multiple Personalities Disorder, which might explain that Ivan is just a dissociated personality created by Reznik to cope with the insomnia. According to Steven Hirsh and Daniel Weinberger, separate personalities are created as a way to cope with a tragedy, sense of guilty, or abuse. However some, if another factor such of lack of sleep managed to stand out, the separate personality, or “alter” can cause the person suffering to see the alter as more of a distraction or menace. Sleep plays a major role in both of these disorders because while they are both individually difficult, lack of sleep can almost aggravate symptoms the point where they become unbearable to the person suffering. Reznik, as a result of his lack of sleep was subject to a trauma-induced disorder that progressively got worse because of the fact that he wasn’t
Another disorder that can be considered for Reznik is MPD, or Multiple Personalities Disorder, which might explain that Ivan is just a dissociated personality created by Reznik to cope with the insomnia. According to Steven Hirsh and Daniel Weinberger, separate personalities are created as a way to cope with a tragedy, sense of guilty, or abuse. However some, if another factor such of lack of sleep managed to stand out, the separate personality, or “alter” can cause the person suffering to see the alter as more of a distraction or menace. Sleep plays a major role in both of these disorders because while they are both individually difficult, lack of sleep can almost aggravate symptoms the point where they become unbearable to the person suffering. Reznik, as a result of his lack of sleep was subject to a trauma-induced disorder that progressively got worse because of the fact that he wasn’t