Kearney and Trull (2015) state that the remarkable part of dissociative identity disorder is that “true differences exist among the personalities” (p. 162). Each identity will take on its’ own distinctiveness, with a host personality (general personality) and subpersonalities. The amazing part is that the host personality and subpersonalities may or may not know of the existence of the other, which can lead to memory gaps. The case studies in our textbook were fascinating to read, especially Erica’s story and how her therapist figured out she had a dissociative disorder (Kearney & Trull, 2015, p. 160). I have also seen the movie Sybil, which really gets you thinking about how a person with dissociative identity disorder functions in our
