Lost in a Crowd
Manuel Brandon Garcia
Los Angeles Harbor College
Abstract
Dissociative Identity Disorder or DID, is a mental illness in which an individual has suffered a traumatic event or series of events that is so horrific the mind has developed the ability to compartmentalize without integration of oneself from these memories, thus leading to the splitting of ones personality taking on the form of alternate/multiple identities. Among the various types of dissociative disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder is one of the most difficult psychiatric disorders to treat as there are many different aspects of the illness. In order to gain better insight, an etiological exploration from a psychological, sociological, and biological perspective along with theoretical formulations and individual case analysis will be discussed.
Lost In a Crowd One of the most common rituals the majority of us perform each day is our commute. Be it work, school, or even fun activities. Living in Los Angeles one of the most common things that happen is to day dream or go into auto-pilot as we sit through sometimes hours, this is one of the most common types of dissociation (Kato 2016) We all …show more content…
At one time it DID was explained primarily by daemon possession and often treated by those religious organizations. One case involved a patient named Gretchen suffers from Dissociative Identity disorder. Gretchen’s is a 34 year old women suffering from this psychological disorder took a toll in all aspects of her life. When child when she was sexually abused and because she was so young her mind created “Alters” to cope with her extreme abuse. With Gretchen though all signs and symptoms where there, and stood out as indicated for diagnoses, what struck me most about her case was that she of all cases suffered most socially from her
Manuel Brandon Garcia
Los Angeles Harbor College
Abstract
Dissociative Identity Disorder or DID, is a mental illness in which an individual has suffered a traumatic event or series of events that is so horrific the mind has developed the ability to compartmentalize without integration of oneself from these memories, thus leading to the splitting of ones personality taking on the form of alternate/multiple identities. Among the various types of dissociative disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder is one of the most difficult psychiatric disorders to treat as there are many different aspects of the illness. In order to gain better insight, an etiological exploration from a psychological, sociological, and biological perspective along with theoretical formulations and individual case analysis will be discussed.
Lost In a Crowd One of the most common rituals the majority of us perform each day is our commute. Be it work, school, or even fun activities. Living in Los Angeles one of the most common things that happen is to day dream or go into auto-pilot as we sit through sometimes hours, this is one of the most common types of dissociation (Kato 2016) We all …show more content…
At one time it DID was explained primarily by daemon possession and often treated by those religious organizations. One case involved a patient named Gretchen suffers from Dissociative Identity disorder. Gretchen’s is a 34 year old women suffering from this psychological disorder took a toll in all aspects of her life. When child when she was sexually abused and because she was so young her mind created “Alters” to cope with her extreme abuse. With Gretchen though all signs and symptoms where there, and stood out as indicated for diagnoses, what struck me most about her case was that she of all cases suffered most socially from her