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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 The Merriam-Webster dictionarydefines dissociation as ‘the separation of whole segments of the personality orof discrete mental processes from the mainstream of consciousness or of behavior’.In other words, it is a separation or disruption from one’s ‘normal’ behavior. Dissociative disorders involve the disturbances in the breakdown of memory, awareness, identity, or perception of an individual. DID is more simply categorized as identity fragmentation, or the separationinto different identities, rather than identity proliferation, or the increase ofnumbers of personality When a different personality state is in control,it may alter characteristics, history, self image, and identity. It is usually contrasting to theindividual’s primary identity. IDENTITY DISORDER DID was termed Multiple Personality Disorder back in 1994, however;psychologists had changed the name to reflect the better characterization of the condition – rather than having multiple personalities,it is the splitting of an individual’s identity into different parts Characterized as ‘a severe condition in which two or more distinct identities, or personality states, are present – and alternately take control of - an individual’. DID reflects a failure to integrate one’s self as a single multi-dimensional self. Usually, the primary identity carries the ‘true identity’– the real name and history of the individual – and is rather passive, dependent, or distressed When a different personality state is in control, it may alter characteristics, history, self image, and identity. It is usually contrasting to the individual’s primary identity. What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?
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