Essay On Dissociative Identity Disorder

“Dissociation is the common response of children to repetitive, overwhelming trauma and holds the untenable knowledge out of awareness. The losses and the emotions engendered by the assaults on soul and body cannot, however be held indefinitely. In the absence of effective restorative experiences, the reactions to trauma will find expression. As the child gets older, he will turn the rage in upon himself or act it out on others, else it all will turn into madness.” ― Judith Spencer, Satan's High Priest Dissociative Identity Disorder is caused from a variety of reasons and has many symptoms. DID is a severe mental condition where a person has distinct personalities. In the article, Multiple personality disorder: witchcraft survives in the twentieth century , Piper August states,’’MPD is classified as a dissociative disorder. The term dissociation refers to disruption in one or more mental operations that constitute the central idea of "consciousness": forming and holding memories, assimilating sensory impressions and making sense of them, and maintaining a sense of one's own identity’’(1). Usually,an …show more content…
Some symptoms of DID can be quick mood swings. As one suddenly is happy,the next minute they act mad and can’t remember what usually happened a while back. Having distinct personalities is also very noticeable to others. If someone seems out of the ordinary from how you think they usually act,they might have DID. Having a distinct personality can cause a change in sense to self,sense of behavior,memory,and many more. Anxiety can come in to play with self-harm,and even memory loss. By switching personalities,and someone who has it knows it happens,it can cause a lot of stress. Everytime they switch (can not control it) they maybe be so stressed to the point that they can not handle it anymore. They can experience memory loss due to switching too much,which causes even more