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Dissociative identity disorder: Previously known as multiple personality disorder, dissociative

identity disorder (DID) is a condition in which a person has more than one distinct identity or
personality state. At least two of these personalities repeatedly assert themselves to control
the affected person's behavior. Each personality state has a distinct name, past, identity, and
self-image.

 an innate ability to dissociate easily

 repeated episodes of severe physical or sexual abuse in childhood
 lack of a supportive or comforting person to counteract abusive relative(s)
 influence of other relatives with dissociative symptoms or disorders

Dissociative amnesia: a mental disorder in which the normally well-integrated functions of

memory, identity, perception, or consciousness are separated (dissociated). The dissociative
disorders are usually associated with trauma in the recent or distant past, or with an intense
internal conflict that forces the mind to separate incompatible or unacceptable knowledge,
information, or feelings. In dissociative amnesia, the continuity of the patient's memory is
disrupted. 

 stress associated with traumatic experiences that the patient has either survived or
witnessed
 major life stressors:
o serious financial problems
o the death of a parent or spouse
o extreme internal conflict
o guilt related to serious crimes or turmoil caused by difficulties with another
person.

Dissociative Fugue: Dissociative fugue is a rare condition in which a person suddenly, without
planning or warning, travels far from home or work and leaves behind a past life. Patients show
signs of amnesia and have no conscious understanding or knowledge of the reason for the
flight.

 Episodes of dissociative fugue are often associated with very stressful events
 Traumatic experiences
o War
o natural disasters
o unbearable pressures at work or home
Depersonalization disorder: his disorder is characterized by a sudden sense of being outside
yourself, observing your actions from a distance as though watching a movie. It may be
accompanied by a perceived distortion of the size and shape of your body or of other people
and objects around you. Time may seem to slow down, and the world may seem unreal.
Symptoms may last only a few moments or may wax and wane over many years.

 Traumatic experience in life

 severe abuse in childhood
o physical
o emotional
o sexual
Signs and symptoms common to all types of dissociative disorders include:

• Memory loss (amnesia) of certain time periods, events and people

• Mental health problems, including depression and anxiety

• A sense of being detached from yourself (depersonalization)

• A perception of the people and things around you as distorted and unreal
(derealization)

• A blurred sense of identity

Dissociative disorder symptoms (depending on the type of disorder)

may include:

• Dissociative amnesia. Memory loss that's more extensive than normal

forgetfulness and can't be explained by a physical or neurological
condition is the main symptom of this condition. Sudden-onset
amnesia following a traumatic event, such as a car accident, is rare.
More commonly, conscious recall of traumatic periods, events or
people in your life — especially from childhood — is simply absent from
your memory.

• Dissociative identity disorder. This condition, formerly known as

multiple personality disorder, is characterized by "switching" to
alternate identities when you're under stress. In dissociative identity
disorder, you may feel the presence of one or more other people
talking or living inside your head. Each of these identities may have
name, personal history and characteristics, including marked
differences in manner, voice, gender and even such physical qualities
as the need for corrective eyewear. There often is considerable
variation in each alternate personality's familiarity with the others.
People with dissociative identity disorder typically also have
dissociative amnesia.

• Dissociative fugue. People with this condition dissociate by putting real

distance between themselves and their identity. For example, you may
abruptly leave home or work and travel away, forgetting who you are
and possibly adopting a new identity in a new location. People
 experiencing dissociative fugue may be very capable of blending in
wherever they end up. A fugue episode may last only a few hours or,
rarely, as long as many months. Dissociative fugue typically ends as
abruptly as it begins. When it lifts, you may feel intensely disoriented,
depressed and angry, with no recollection of what happened during the
fugue or how you arrived in such unfamiliar circumstances.

Depersonalization disorder. This disorder is characterized by a

sudden sense of being outside yourself, observing your actions from a
distance as though watching a movie. It may be accompanied by a perceived
distortion of the size and shape of your body or of other people and objects
around you. Time may seem to slow down, and the world may seem unreal.
Symptoms may last only a few moments or may come and go over many
years.