Hystero: Dissociative Identity Disor

In the late 1880s, Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot, chief physician of Salpetriere Hospital, discovered Hystero-Epilepsy after the documented symptoms the first patient had at the time and the information on mental health they had in that era. Few believed Dr. Charcot, particularly Joseph Babinsky, one of his old students, and even more thought he created the disease when he presented the idea. It was even assumed the symptoms had been the cause of a supernatural etiology such as reincarnation and spirit possession. Now, with raising technology and the advancement of modern medicine Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) has been added to the dissociative disorder category, where parts of someone’s memory become detached from one another and this disorder being its most extreme form. DID, previously called Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), is a reaction to trauma that causes someone to have two or more personality identities or ‘alters’ (alternative personality). This is a way to help the consciousness to avoid being overwhelmed from the bad memories caused by the trauma and allows for development to continue by blocking the trauma out. …show more content…
There are better criteria available with advancing modern medicine to help with diagnosing the disorder as well. It can start as year at the age of 3 but it takes around 7 years for it to be properly diagnosed, can from a few years or a lifetime, and has often been misdiagnosed as ether a depressive disorder, anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, or even Schizophrenia. Depending on the specific person, a chronic disorder can affect one, more, or even all the alters. This condition can’t be cured but there are treatments to help with DID, however, it requires a medical diagnosis by a