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Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
Dissociative
Identity Disorder (DID) is a severe condition in which two or more identities
or personalities are present in and take control of an individual. A person
with DID, most likely has two different personalities and the alter takes
control over the person’s behavior. Each
alter might have distinct traits, personal history, and way of thinking about
and relating to his or her surroundings. An alter might even be of a different
gender and have his or her own name. The person with DID may or may not be
aware of the other personality and might not have memories of the times when the
alter is dominant. Stress or a reminder of the trauma can act as a trigger to
bring about a "switch" of alters. This can create a chaotic life and
cause problems in work and social situations. It is generally accepted that DID
results from extreme and repeated traumas that occur during important times during
childhood or adulthood. The trauma often involves severe emotional, physical or
sexual abuse. An important early loss, such as the loss of a parent, also might
be a factor in the development of DID. In order to survive extreme stress, the
person separates the thoughts, feelings and memories associated with traumatic
experiences from their usual level of conscious awareness. If DID is not taken
seriously it can lead to problems with functioning and even disability. People
with DID are also at risk for suicide attempts, self-injury, violence, abuse or
repeated victimization by others. In my opinion we all somehow have this
disorder it just isn’t as strong as people who are actually diagnosed with DID.
We all have different personalities when we feel different emotions, we are
just able to control it and not let it generate another identity, unlike people
who have DID they can’t control it. Also, i think it depends on the people we are with as well, different people can bring out different sides of us.
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Your blog as been very educational so far and very interesting. I have heard of the mental illness before but I did not know this much information on it. I think it's good that people learn about mental illnesses so they don't assume things. It's also good to understand them so people take them seriously.
ReplyDeleteMia, your blog is very interesting and I enjoy reading it each week I always learn something new. DID is a very interesting mental disorder because it is very unlike any others. I do agree that we all have a little bit of this in us but most of us can control it unlike them. I look forward to seeing what you have in store for us next week.
ReplyDeleteWow, I really enjoyed reading your blog and im looking forward to reading your next post. I thought that it was interesting because i never really took the time to think about DID, and i liked what you talked about how we all have a little bit of it but some of us can control and some of us can't.
ReplyDeleteYes i do agree, this subject for my blog is very interesting and I enjoy learning about new things each weekaswell. DID is a very interesting mental disorder because it is unlike any others as you mentioned Emily. I look forward to you guys keeping up with my blog. Thank you.
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