Abused woman with 2500 different personalities opens up about the ‘voices ...

A woman with multiple personality disorder who was sexually abused by her father for more than a decade testified against her dad in court as six different people.

Jeni Haynes can present as any one of 2500 different personalities in a single day, including four-year-old 'Symphony', and an eight-year-old boy named 'Little Ricky'. 

She is believed to have developed the disorder as a 'sophisticated' coping mechanism to deal with the sustained abuse she experienced at the hand of her father Richard, now 74, from the ages of four to 16.  

From the witness box in the NSW District Court, the 49-year-old testified against her father's actions and the long-lasting effect it has had on her mental well-being.

The court heard from 'Symphony', 'Little Ricky', a bike-loving teenager named 'Muscles' and a handful of Ms Haynes' other personalities.

A woman with Multiple Personality Disorder who was sexually abused by her father for more than a decade testified against her dad in court as six different people

A woman with Multiple Personality Disorder who was sexually abused by her father for more than a decade testified against her dad in court as six different people

In an interview with 60 Minutes airing on Sunday Night, Ms Haynes admitted she never realised having multiple voices inside her head was considered abnormal.

'I didn't know that you're only supposed to have one personality,' she said.

Almost 90 per cent of Multiple Personality Disorder cases, now more commonly referred to as Dissociative Identity Disorder, involve some form of trauma or abuse.

It is often thought of as a coping mechanism for victims to disconnect, distance or separate themselves from the trauma.

'Jenny was born and my father started to abuse her. An alter was created who came to take dad's abuse so Jenny didn't have to,' Ms Haynes previously said.

Jeni Haynes expressed her relief to reporters when she left a Sydney court after her father Richard pleaded guilty to 25 counts of rape, buggery and indecent assault

Jeni Haynes expressed her relief to reporters when she left a Sydney court after her father Richard pleaded guilty

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