How Do You Explain Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)?
Most people do not understand what Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) really is. The media portray DID (formerly known as multiple personality disorder) as several people sharing a body, but that simply is not true. Instead, every alter personality or part is one part of the person’s spirit. Young children who suffer severe and ongoing trauma have no defense except to compartmentalize the trauma. By “splitting off” parts of the spirit that contain the painful emotions and memories of the abuse, the child is able to function despite suffering abuse severe enough to break many adults. Here is how to explain Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Define dissociation. Everyone has experienced some level of dissociation, such as “losing yourself” in a good movie and “forgetting” that you are sitting in a dark room with one hundred other people. Dissociation is when you separate your focus from your present circumstances and, instead, “lose yourself” into an altered state of awareness, whic
