Dissociative Identity Disorder Dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder until it was changed in 1994 due to a better understanding, is a complex condition that is most likely caused by trauma during someone’s childhood. Only two percent of the population experiences DID and is more likely to occur in women than men. Dissociative identity disorder involves a severe dissociation,which leads to a lack of connection between time, memories, ideas, feelings and actions. The act of dissociating is thought to be used as a coping mechanism in the brain. This allows the subject to disconnect from their situation that is traumatic or painful and go to somewhere they are comfortable. When hearing this, many questions
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As a child her parents were unhappily married she was physically abused at a young age and in her teen years suffered from multiple mental breakdowns. She overdosed and then was immediately placed in a mental hospital. There her multiple personalities were discovered. The alter personalities were exceedingly violent. One incident with the personality Julie was especially destructive. Kim was a van driver and Julie took over on the job and crashed into multiple cars. Kim also somehow got caught up in a pedophile ring due to a different personality. She decided to go to the police with this information and soon after gained multiple threats. Following this her house was set on fire and acid was threw at her face. Kim doesn't remember these incidents occurring. In 1995 at age thirty five she was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder and began recieve help instantly. Today she is an artist and believes she has about one hundred personalities, the most common being Patricia, a strong confident woman. Another dominant one is Haley, the personality that got caught up in the pedophile ring. Kim, as Patricia, appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show and discussed her disorder. DID tends to affect women more than men because the ratio of abuse experienced by the two is ten to one. It is very dangerous to be not treat the disorder because it could lead to more abuse. There is not a true “cure” for this disorder but is seen by the patient whether they are cured or not. It is determined by if the patient thinks they are safe and not bothered with their other
As a child her parents were unhappily married she was physically abused at a young age and in her teen years suffered from multiple mental breakdowns. She overdosed and then was immediately placed in a mental hospital. There her multiple personalities were discovered. The alter personalities were exceedingly violent. One incident with the personality Julie was especially destructive. Kim was a van driver and Julie took over on the job and crashed into multiple cars. Kim also somehow got caught up in a pedophile ring due to a different personality. She decided to go to the police with this information and soon after gained multiple threats. Following this her house was set on fire and acid was threw at her face. Kim doesn't remember these incidents occurring. In 1995 at age thirty five she was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder and began recieve help instantly. Today she is an artist and believes she has about one hundred personalities, the most common being Patricia, a strong confident woman. Another dominant one is Haley, the personality that got caught up in the pedophile ring. Kim, as Patricia, appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show and discussed her disorder. DID tends to affect women more than men because the ratio of abuse experienced by the two is ten to one. It is very dangerous to be not treat the disorder because it could lead to more abuse. There is not a true “cure” for this disorder but is seen by the patient whether they are cured or not. It is determined by if the patient thinks they are safe and not bothered with their other