Dissassociative Identity Disorder
Heather Horne
Symptoms
Requirments to be Diagnosed with DID
- Two or more distinct identities or personality states are present, each with its own relatively enduring pattern of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and self.
- At least two of these identities or personality states recurrently take control of the person's behavior.
- The person has an inability to recall important personal information that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness.
- The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (such as blackouts or chaotic behavior during alcohol intoxication) or a general medical condition (such as complex partial seizures).
Some people describe the feeling of watching themselves from outside of their body, or they just completely blackout, and do not remember what their alternate personality did
Why Do people develop this disorder?
This disorder is thought to be mostly environmental. From child abuse, whether it be sexual or physical. Their personalities split in order to protect themselves emotionally