Split Personality
A romantic, paranormal and psychological thriller
Kotra Siva Rama Krishna
“For what?” Rose was puzzled on hearing that. Suddenly she remembered Viswanadh and his second’s wife problem and Prameela’s phoning to her the day before and took the appointment to meet her in the morning of that day. Then Rose remembered what Viswanadh said about the terms between Evalla and his daughter Prameela and felt surprise. In the morning two hours Rose usually see her patients and the patients of the other psychiatrists also and in unavoidable circumstances she would allot that time to schedule for new patients. If she has not scheduled that time for Prameela, she would have given appointment to Nalini to meet her at that time.
“She wants to talk about Evalla’s problem with you. Her step-mother.” Viswanadh laughed. “She is waiting in the visitors lounge.”
“I forgot Charles. I gave her the appointment to meet me now. Ask her to meet me in my chamber.” Rose said and put down the phone.
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After seeing Prameela, Rose understood Viswanadh’s first wife also was not very much disappointing if Prameela resembled just her. Prameela was tall just like her father, not only beautiful but with abundance youth and attractive also and might be aged twenty five or six.
“I really very much sorry that I am disturbing you coming here” Once comfortably settled in the chair and leaned back in it Prameela said.
“Its alright. No problem.” Rose’s charming smile has taken its usual place. “Anyhow you want to talk about may I say .....your step-mother .....Evalla’s issue, is it is not?” she also leaned back in the chair while observing Prameela minutely.
“Absolutely you can say it like that doctor” Prameela laughed. “My step-mother but three years younger to me.”
“I am feeling very happy that you came here to talk about her.” Rose said still watching Prameela. “What all she needs now is all her family members support.”
“Yes, doctor. I understood that.” Prameela nodded her head. “For a long time I felt lot of anger on her and did not even talk with her. But after thinking deep I understood that I have been doing a mistake. Whether my dad’s marrying her is right or wrong, she is one of my family. If their marriage is a mistake, my dad and she equally contributed to it. So I want to be helpful in this regard.”
“Hundred percent very good decision!” Rose nodded her head with appreciation. “So you came here to discuss about her problem with me. Did not your father tell anything about it to you?”
“He did, of course.” Prameela nodded her head. “But I want to know about it through you also. Moreover, I want to see you in person who is treating her now and this BAMC also where we have to admit her if there is a necessity.”
“Very well then. But I cannot say more to you than what I have said to your dad.” Then Rose explained to her Evalla’s problem. “Now a day there are enough fiction books and movies also on these split personality and multiple personality problems. But in actuality they differ a lot with what we have seen in the movies and read in the books. This split personality, I am going to say, treating it is very much difficult and needs a systematic approach. Making mistakes in the treatment may result in serious problems.”
“My god! Is it is so?” Prameela’s face was filled with anxiousness.
“You need not worry about. I have enough experience in treating these split personality and multiple personality problems.” Rose stooped forward in the chair, balanced her arms on the table in between them both and said. “What all I need is cooperation from her side and her family members also.”
“You do have it hundred percent doctor. You need no doubt in it.” With assurance in her face Prameela said. There was few seconds’ silence between them both before Prameela broke it again “In fact doctor, that split personality was exposed while I was talking with her.” Then she explained to Rose what happened while she and Evalla were talking.
“Not very much surprising thing. If it exposes again like that, engage it in talking and try to know about it more. It shall be quite helpful in dealing with that split personality. I have advised the same thing to your dad also.”
“Okay doctor. I shall do so.” Prameela nodded her head. “Anyhow when you are going to start your treatment? How long it takes to Evalla to become completely normal?”
“I am just waiting to know more about that split personality. Then there is a procedure for treating split personalities.”
“Is it is not possible to know about that split personality by putting her under hypnosis?”
“It is absolutely possible miss Prameela” Rose smiled, reclined in the chair and adjusted herself for more comfort. “But we need to be very careful while exposing that split personality ourselves through hypnotism. Otherwise there is a possibility that split personality may become permanent in her.”
“I cannot understand!” with confusion Prameela knitted her brows together.
“What that split personality is saying her name is.....” trying to remember Rose said.
“I too heard it saying its name doctor. But it seems I also forgot about that.” With a smile Prameela said.
“I remember now. Okatho....yes, Okatho. That Okatho would become permanent in her. That means she remains as Okatho for the rest of her life instead of Evalla.” Rose once again adjusted in the chair for more comfort.
“My god! There is such a danger in it doctor?” Prameela’s face filled with fear.
“Absolutely there is that danger dear, that is why I am always very much careful while treating split personalities.” Rose said “But don’t feel fear, it is my assurance to you that I do make your mom hundred percent her usual self. Just believe me.”
“I believe you doctor, I believe you.” This time Prameela laughed. “In fact I am quite impressed by you and feeling lot of confident also. I don’t know why but I am feeling hundred percent sure that you can cure my mom.” Prameela indeed meant what she has said. By looking at the glamorous figure and talking with her like that, Prameela did not know why but was feeling lot of confidence on her.
But it was not new to Rose that patients talk like that with her so. “As you are curious yourself like this, I want to ask you to do something to make the task easier miss Prameela.”
“Please tell me what should I do? I am hundred percent ready to do anything to cure her completely.” With a curious her expression in her face Prameela said.
“First thing whenever that Okatho exposed in her, don’t feel odd but engage it into talking and try to know about it as much as possible. Next thing, try to know about that Evalla as much as possible. I mean her childhood, the way of her growing up, how she spent her life before entering into your dad’s life like that. Mostly because of trauma, stress and difficult situations in life cause the occurrence of split personalities and multi personalities in people.”
“Alright doctor. I do so.” Prameela nodded her head. “But what can be that Okatho? Is it just an imaginary character by her?”
“Can be. Sometimes subjects create split personalities in themselves with imaginary characters. And sometimes they impose real people on themselves. The odd thing here is the real people may then be living or dead. But the birth of split personalities happen quite unknowingly to the subject. Most of the times, until they have been told, subjects don’t know that they have been suffering from a split personality problem.”
“Indeed very much curious! How things do happen in our mind without our knowledge and knowing at all!” Prameela really felt very much surprise on hearing that.
“Curious is the human mind!” Rose laughed. “Even the great scientists in the world also can not say what exactly it is!”
“Absolutely you are right doctor.” Prameela also laughed and got off form the chair she sat. “I have consumed some of your important time. But I felt very much happy talking with you like this. I go now and meet you again.”
“I also have the same feeling miss Prameela” Rose also got off from the chair and she said what indeed she felt. “Post me if there is any new development in her without any delay. Our BAMC is always ready to do anything for its patients.”
“I understood it.” After saying that and saying bye, Prameela went out of that room.
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Whatever she was doing Nalini was constantly in the mind of Rose and after reaching her room, freshened herself up when Rose was about to call her again she heard the calling bell. When she went near to the doors and opened them wide it was Nalini standing at the threshold. But by one look into her face Rose could understand that she was feeling worry very much about something.
“I am just about to phone to you and you came.” Rose took her right hand into her hands and led her inside.
“Oh, Nalini! It is indeed after a long time I am seeing you.” Williams who came there said looking into the face of Nalini with a same. “How do you do?”
Nalini came to the marriage of Williams and Rose and afterwards Rose took Williams to her home. So they both knew each other.
“I am fine of course.” Nalini said with a smile but it was understood that she was putting effort to keep happy expression on her face. “I hope the same with you people also.”
“Absolutely you can hope it like that.” Making her slumped in the sofa there Rose said. “I am going to make arrangements for the dinner. Once our dinner is over, we can sit and have our talking peacefully.”
“Alright then” Nalini nodded her head. “What Emi is doing now?”
“I just made her finish her dinner and sleep. I hope that there would not be any disturbance to us from her side until middle of the night.” Rose smiled and said.
“I really want to see and play with her. It is indeed after a very long time that I saw her.”
Rose could not know how much Nalini meant what she said. “You can do it tomorrow also. You have to understand I don’t let you go on this day. After dinner we are going to talk plenty as it is after a long time we met again.” Rose said.
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“Now tell me dear what is the exact problem?” when they both were settled on the bed side by side in the other room Rose asked Nalini. “As it made you this much worried, I can understand it is not a simple one.”
“Yes, it is not a simple one.” With a grave expression Nalini nodded her head. “In fact I want to commit suicide. But in the last moment I changed my mind and came to you like this.”
“Stop talking foolishly and tell me what exactly has taken place.” Rose was trying to maintain an angry expression in her face while keeping the anxiousness she was feeling in herself because of her hearing so.
“What’s your opinion on my mom? You know about her very well.” Suddenly looking into her face Nalini asked.
“A great lady! After her husband’s death she took lot of trouble in upbringing you. I must say she is the only and main reason for your becoming an English lecturer and settled in your life in this way.” Rose paused a moment before saying as if to reiterate whatever she was going to say. “I have a very high opinion on her. I respect her as much as I do respect my own mom.”
Suddenly Nalini covered her face with both of her hands and broke out into weeping. “I don’t think you do like that anymore once you hear what I am going to say.”
“Don’t jump to conclusions. First let me what exactly has taken place.” Still feeling lot of anxiousness in her thinking what Nalini was going to say Rose said. But in some corner of her mind she already came to an opinion what would have happened.
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