Reznik: Dissociated Personality

THE MACHINIST: SLEEPING AS A CATALYST TO INSANITY Science has proven that sleep is one of the most essential things needed to keep the average individual healthy and stable. Without the “healing” powers of sleep, our minds and our bodies can be easily affected because of the constant feeling of fatigue. The human body thrives on the energy that sleep ensues in our bodies every night. While the average individual is to sleep approximately eight hours a night, realistically speaking, getting that much sleep on a regular basis is something to strive for. And while the amount of sleep we get per night might waver around the average, sleep deprivation is a far cry from being sluggish the next morning. Sleep deprivation has an extreme affect of the mind and body because of the lack of energy that your body may have stored up. However, the biggest affect it might have on your body is the brain. It has been proven the lack of …show more content…
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