All Around the Town (2002 TV Movie)

Michael Shanks: Justin Donnelly

Quotes 

• Justin Donnelly : Your sister's manifesting a condition called dissociative identity disorder, DID for short. It means she has multiple personalities.

  Sarah Kinmount : What?

  Justin Donnelly : There's nothing to be afraid of. In fact, it's quite remarkable. A child powerless against abuse often creates other personalities or alters to survive the trauma.

  Sarah Kinmount : As a defense mechanism?

  Justin Donnelly : Exactly. The alters help the child say, this isn't happening to me, it's happening to someone else.

• Laurie Kinmount : Did my alters know all this and keep it from me?

  Justin Donnelly : Yes. And now, that you've remembered they'll begin to blend into you.

  Laurie Kinmount : Because they've been parts of who I really am all along?

  Justin Donnelly : Yes, Debbie is the child you used to be. Kate is your sense of self-preservation. Leona is the self you suppressed because of what happened.

  Laurie Kinmount : I'm a sex kitten.

  [laughs] 

  Laurie Kinmount : What about Leigh?

  Justin Donnelly : Leigh was the key. He was the imaginary friend who floated you away from the pain. He helped you endure until the others could assume their roles.