QHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
AFor detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Waking Madison can be found here.
QAny recommendations for other movies like 'Waking Madison'?
AIn particular, two movies that feature women with DID are compared to Waking Madison. Sybil (1975) features a young girl with 13 personalities. In The Three Faces of Eve (1957), 'Eve' has three personalities. Although it doesn't have anything to do with DID, Nell (1992) tells the story of another backwoods North Carolina girl needing help integrating herself into normal society.
QWhat is wrong with Madison?
AMadison's personality has split into several distinct personalities, a disorder commonly called 'multiple personality disorder' (MPD), now known as dissociative identity disorder (DID) in the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). In DID, there may be two or more personalities in the same body, and it is common for one not to know about the other, resulting in 'memory loss' when the unrevealed personality takes over. It is not known what causes the personality to split, but her other 'selves' seem to have been created to help her make sense of and survive an insane and chaotic childhood. She was raised in a rural area of Louisiana by an abusive, religious zealot for a mother and a passive, sad alcoholic father who traveled with his work and wasn't there to protect her.
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