What is Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)?
1. psychologytoday: Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder) Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a severe condition in which two or more distinct identities, or personality states, are present in — and alternately take control of — an individual. The person also experiences memory loss that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness. 2. webmd: Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder) Most of us have experienced mild dissociation, which is like daydreaming or getting lost in the moment while working on a project. However, dissociative identity disorder is a severe form of dissociation, a mental process, which produces a lack of connection in a person’s thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity. Dissociative identity disorder is thought to stem from trauma experienced by the person with the disorder. The dissociative aspect is thought to be a coping mechanism — the person literally dissociates himself from
