Patient Application: Benedict D. Mercer

Name: Benedict D. Mercer
Gender: Male
Species: Human
Age: 32
DOB: 8/21/1977
Height: 6’5
Weight: 210lbs

Symptoms: Memory loss, flashbacks, thought echo, depression, suicidal tendencies, hypersexuality, psychotic tendencies, and multiple alters.

Biography: Benedict grew up poor; barely able to eat and bathe at home. His father, a war-torn man, decided to raise the boy solely after the mother died upon giving birth. Throughout his childhood, Mercer suffered from heavy verbal abuse from his father. School didn't act as a safe sanctuary; not at all. He was bullied, isolated from cliques, and overlooked by administrators. Soon, depression came into play, as he began feeling a deep loneliness. During his teen years, his father began sexually abusing him, which eventually lead Benedict to multiple suicide attempts.

Eventually, Benedict was taken by the courts due to the obvious abuse. He was sent into foster care, albeit his new parents proved unwilling to raise the child. They reported feeling as if 'he could be two different people; both of them equally repulsive'. In an attempt to fume his frustration and escape his home, Benedict began committing juvenile crimes (vandalism, animal cruelty), and spent the rest of his youth in and out of jail.

When he hit 18, Ben ran from home and searched for a new life; all to no avail. Instead of finding success, the man used crime to make a meager living. Through the years, he survived by raping and pillaging whatever moved; whether male or female, no matter the age. After ten years on the run, he was finally captured and sentenced to life in prison. After four years in prison, Ben's insanity flourished. Fighting against other inmates wasn't uncommon. Eventually, however, he was given a second trial. With new evidence to support his insanity during his old crimes, the judge made a controversial decision to allow Ben to recover in a mental institute.

Medical History:
• Suffered from asthma as a child. Last asthma attack was at the age of 8.
• On multiple occasions, he's been admitted into a hospital for self-inflicted wounds.

Has your character been referred by a court ruling?: Yes. After a second trial and enough evidence, Benedict was proven to be insane during the time he committed his crimes.

Has your character been previously diagnosed with any mental or health illnesses?: Yes; Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Has your character been known to harm them self or others (or both)?: Both.

Anything else?:
• Can be extremely violent, sometimes at random.
• At least three alters have already been confirmed; one with a violent, superiority complex; another with a violent, hypersexual personality; and the last acting as a casual man.