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Dissociative Identity Disorder. DID. People lose contact with their consciousness (or portions of their consciousness) or memory, resulting in disruptions of their sense of identity Co-existence in one person of two or more largely complete and usually very different personalities. DID.
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DID • People lose contact with their consciousness (or portions of their consciousness) or memory, resulting in disruptions of their sense of identity • Co-existence in one person of two or more largely complete and usually very different personalities
DID • Goes far beyond “different roles” • Each person has different mannerisms, names, traits • Personalities are often unaware of each other • Much more diagnosed since the 1980’s, more cases or helped along?
CAUSES • Intentional Role-Playing- making up for personal failings • Some therapists may even help create • Sexual Abuse- severe emotional trauma in childhood
Dissociative Fugue • People lose their memory for their entire lives along with their sense of personal identity • Remember implicit tasks like drive a car and how to do math