Dissociative Identity Disorder, more commonly known as multiple personality disorder is considered to be one of the most well known and severe of the psychological disorders. Because DID involves extreme and repeated dissociation that interferes with a person 's normal functioning and can result in large gaps of memory and includes severe identity confusion by repeatedly dissociating and blocking out painful or unpleasant memories. It is believed that the Orbitofrontal Cortex of the brain affects the decision-making a human has. Decreased or impaired functioning of the OFC may cause someone to alter their personalities, behavior, and cognitive or emotional thought process. If we were to know exactly how Dissociative Identity Disorder is caused
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It can cause a decrease in mental health such as the cause of depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts and attempts.
One of the biggest complications with DID is the ability of it to destroy relationships, work performance, or other important areas of their life. Those afflicted with this mental illness may feel the presence of one or more other people talking or living inside their head, and may feel as though they 're possessed by other …show more content…
Approaches vary widely, but generally are a very long and time consuming process where they attempt to integrate the various personality states of the suffering person into one, cohesive whole personality. This is done by finding commons traits within each personality and trying to combine them into 1 personality. What is interesting about this disorder is that people who suffer from DID actually believe they have multiple personalities which then take on a life of their own within the individual. But, the use of medication is not recommended. Maintenance and effective use of prescriptions given to the multiple personality states is difficult to attain because Dissociative Identity Disorder can actually influence how a medication affects the body according to the personality or identity that is active at the time. So if medication is prescribed, it should be carefully monitored.
The limbic system is a complex set of structures that lies on both sides of the thalamus, just under the cerebrum. It includes the hypothalamus, the hippocampus,
It can cause a decrease in mental health such as the cause of depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts and attempts.
One of the biggest complications with DID is the ability of it to destroy relationships, work performance, or other important areas of their life. Those afflicted with this mental illness may feel the presence of one or more other people talking or living inside their head, and may feel as though they 're possessed by other …show more content…
Approaches vary widely, but generally are a very long and time consuming process where they attempt to integrate the various personality states of the suffering person into one, cohesive whole personality. This is done by finding commons traits within each personality and trying to combine them into 1 personality. What is interesting about this disorder is that people who suffer from DID actually believe they have multiple personalities which then take on a life of their own within the individual. But, the use of medication is not recommended. Maintenance and effective use of prescriptions given to the multiple personality states is difficult to attain because Dissociative Identity Disorder can actually influence how a medication affects the body according to the personality or identity that is active at the time. So if medication is prescribed, it should be carefully monitored.
The limbic system is a complex set of structures that lies on both sides of the thalamus, just under the cerebrum. It includes the hypothalamus, the hippocampus,