A controversy has surfaced in the psychology world about whether dissociative identity disorder is real or not. It is a controversial topic that is misunderstood by many people. A psychology professor at Towson University named Bethany Brand is an expert on DID. Severe childhood abuse as a child is associated with DID a lot and that leads to concern of memories that could be imaginary. Researchers fear that false memories may lead to the blame of innocent people. Some psychologists believe that DID is a form of borderline personality disorder too. Researchers have also claimed that there is not enough research to associate traumatic childhood experiences with DID because of bias reports (Tracy). A lot of biological psychiatrists who practice
