Dissociation is the splitting apart or compartmentalizing of the brain to separate mostly memories of traumatic events. This splitting is to protect the person from trauma that they are unable to deal with at the time. There are 4 main Dissociative disorders including; Dissociative Fugue, Dissociative Amnesia, Depersonalization Disorder, and Dissociative Identity Disorder (“The Cleveland ...
Does your spouse have dissociative identity disorder? Are you unsure on how you can deal with your spouse’s dissociative identity disorder? To help understand what type of impact dissociative identity disorder can have on a marriage and for tips on how to deal with a spouse with dissociative identity disorder, I have interviewed therapist Leslee ...
Multiple personality disorder is actually called dissociative identity disorder, or DID, these days. It’s considered a rather rare disorder, although experts disagree about just how rare it is. Some doctors and therapists don’t believe the disorder even exists, although it is included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual used to diagnose psychiatric disorders and is ...
“People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden.” The protagonist of David Fincher’s Fight Club, a film based on Chuck Palaniuk’s cult-hit novel of the same name, makes this statement a number of times throughout the course of the film. His life, in his estimation is routine, boring even, as he shuffles to ...
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) used to be known as multiple personality disorder. The National Alliance on Mental Illness reports that the integration of all personalities is the goal of treatment for DID, but not all people with DID want to integrate. Even those that do hope to integrate some day must learn to live with ...
