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Dissociative identity disorder, or DID, is a mental disorder marked by the disruption of identity characterized by two or more distinct personalities marked by the discontinuity of self as well as alterations in behavior, affect, and consciousness. The DSM-5 gives four additional criteria for diagnosing DID. The second criterion is recurrent gaps in memory, such as important personal information and everyday events, which are not consistent with everyday forgetfulness. The next diagnostic…

Dissociative Identity Disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) develops as a result of traumatic events during childhood. The serial Killer in Criminal Minds, Tobias, has two personalities aside from his own: His father and Michael the Archangel. According to The Real World: An Introduction to Sociology by Kelly Ferris (2016), Chronic conditions may not be detected until the symptoms occur later in the condition’s progression, and they develop over a long period of time.The symptoms of DID…

another fantasy play” (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). A condition like DID can seem strange and unbelievable to some skeptics. There are even some psychologists that do not believe in such a disorder. DID is the most extreme case of dissociation. A crucial aspect of this disorder is its relationship to trauma. Many individuals diagnosed with DID have had a traumatic event occur to them in the past. According to The Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook written by Deborah…

It has been said that women are more likely to be sexually abused as a child or at a young age rather than men. However males that have been abused in any way may experience pathological dissociation. The average number of alternate personalities a person with DID has is between the numbers of eight and thirteen years of age. But there have been cases of more than 100 different personalities within an individual with DID. I searched quotes…

bulimia and anorexia thanks to her alters. When she was driving in her late twenties Julie drove the van into a bunch of parked cars. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Kim was a part of a pedophile ring thanks to one of her alters. Then she got acid thrown in her face. And her house set of fire. Kim had a baby. The baby is taken care of by Bonnie. (“The Woman with 100…

The movie “the Number 23”, is a chilling movie surrounded around the life of a man named Walter Sparrow. Walter Sparrow throughout the movie displays symptoms of what one might first see as a personality disorder, but in actuality he suffered from memory loss which came from the result of attempted suicide. Walter Sparrow is fighting with his own mind and throughout the movie there are certain things that trigger his thoughts to come back. Walter Sparrow in the movie starts out as an animal…

Dissociative identity disorder and the psychodynamic view and treatment Dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder, is when a person develops two or more distinct personalities. These distinct personalities are called subpersonalities or alternate personalities. There is usually one subpersonality that appears more often than the others, called the primary or host personality (Comer, 2016, p. 170). Cases of this disorder were first reported almost three…

The psychological effect of sexual abuse as studied by psychology- describe how sexual abuse alters cognitive development through the basic trends in research in sexual abuse in childhood in general. Different behaviors that can be attributed from childhood sexual abuse have been identified. These developed Behaviors include: domestic violence & continued sexual abuse, accordingly connect to religious identity then into a worldview. Also the effects of Spirituality Individual differences in…

The title of the movie is Awakenings. It was directed by Penny Marshall and produced by Walter F. Parkes and Lawrence Lasker. It was based on the life Dr. Oliver Sacks portrayed by Robins Williams as Dr. Malcolm Sayer. He was finding a cure for patients who survived from an encephalitis epidemia and became catatonic and unresponsive for years. The movie started when a Doctor named Dr. Malcolm Sayer worked in a hospital named The Bronx in New York City wherein it was full of catatonic patients.…

dissimilar fragments. The person affected has multiple personality states that control the individual’s behavior in different ways at different times. This disorder is thought to stem from trauma experienced by the person with the disorder. The dissociation is presumed to be a coping mechanism in which the person separates him/herself from the traumatic event that triggered the disorder. Although there is not necessarily a cure, this ailment can be treated quite successfully. This paper will…