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Spectacular Sameth:
I've been writing about someone with a Multiple Personality Disorder (or whatever it's called now). The original character is the dominant personality, but she's the secondary one. (As in the second character was the personality she was born with). During the first character's (second personality) outings she got addicted to nicotine. My question is: does this affect the second personality, too? I was thinking it was about the chemicals more than the personalities themselves. So like when the second personality is out and about, she has withdrawls and doesn't know why.

Does anyone know if this is common? I'm trying to be as accurate as I can.

SailorYue:
im not sure myself, but im with the way that the second personality would crave cigartets and have withdrawl symptoms, but not know WHY.

Moritz:
If this is supposed to be some serious project (a book, a short story which is going to be published) I would do some mroe in-depth research on the disorder anyway to get everything clear.

I'd think that mental addiction wouldn't be a problem but physical addiction & withdrawal might kick in. (not sure about the terminology here, English is not my native language and I'm tired. mental addiction?!)

Spectacular Sameth:
It's a webcomic. I've touched lightly on the subject in one of my past strips, but I was wanting to find out in case I wanted to go more in depth with it.

comprex:

--- Quote from: Sameth on April 22, 2008, 10:52:08 PM ---It's a webcomic. I've touched lightly on the subject in one of my past strips, but I was wanting to find out in case I wanted to go more in depth with it.

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I think you'll find that nicotine is highly physically addictive, with an insanely fast action, on the order of seconds.

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