Psychologist, Dr. Yinka Ojedokun,
on Monday said popular cross dresser Idris Okuneye, alias Bobrisky is
exhibiting traits akin to dual-personality disorder.
Ojedokun, a former Head of
Psychology Department (HOD) at the Adekunle Ajasin University (AAU), Akungba,
Ondo State, said the self-acclaimed male barbie would need psychological
intervention in terms of personality assessment.
Speaking on the possible causes
of such behavioural pattern, he said it was confusion of identity triggered
mostly by environmental factors such as a person’s upbringing.
Ojedokun told the Nation: “If I
should give you my candid opinion as a social psychologist who also specialises
in the behaviour of personality psychology, one thing that comes to mind is
that Bobrisky is suffering from the dual-personality disorder.
“There are some people that are
not satisfied with the kind of personality that they are carrying that is why
he is trying to portray himself as a woman. When he is on his own (alone) he
knows that he is a man but when he comes out he presents himself to the society
as a woman.
“This also happens because
society is encouraging it and it is a way of demeaning societal values in
Africa.
“There are so many things that
could be responsible. It could be an environmental factor in terms of
upbringing by his parents. We do not know whether he had more females around
him while growing up. If so, it could be what he learnt from the people around
him as a child and grew up thinking that is who he is.
“If he cannot define who he is
then identity confusion takes place. It is not a clinical issue. It is just a
matter of him going through some psychological counseling process to really
identify and accept who he is.
“It starts with helping him to
understand that he is a man and not a woman. So, you must define yourself in
every area in your choice of clothes, behaviour and the likes.
“I think there should be a
psychology intervention in terms of personality assessment. As psychologists,
we have tools that we can use to assess people’s personality. Then, we can have
an idea about who he is and we can start to tailor our interventions towards
our observations.”
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