A woman whose psychiatrist diagnosed her with 126 personalities, including Satan and a duck, says she still has trouble leading a normal life.
"I still have nightmares," Nadean Cool told The Associated Press on Saturday. "When you live through something in hypnosis, it's like you're there anyway."Cool accepted a $2.4 million settlement in a malpractice case against Dr. Kenneth C. Olson, who was accused of falsely convincing Cool she had multiple personalities.
Olson, now living in Bozeman, Mont., says it was Cool who said she had a split personality.
The 45-year-old former nurse's aide talked about her experience in an interview with the CBS program "60 Minutes." The segment is scheduled to air Sunday.
Cool claimed she came to Olson in 1986 because she was depressed. But after six years of treatment, Cool was left suicidal, haunted by false memories and believing she was, among other things, an angel who talked to God.
She said Olson implanted false memories through hypnosis, convincing her she had been raped, pushed into an open grave and had an abortion.
Olson even performed an exorcism on her at a hospital, which Cool accused of failing to monitor the drugs she was given.
"It came to a point where I was so drugged I could hardly function at all," she said. "Five out of six of those Christmases I spent in the hospital. I recall being in a locked unit one Christmas and my family bringing in all the presents."
Cool sued and accepted an out-of-court settlement in March. Olson, who admitted no wrongdoing, did not respond to a message left on his office answering machine Saturday.
Cool said her mind only began to clear after Olson moved to Montana in 1992 and she decided to stop taking her medication. She said she is still repairing her relationship with her family.