Identity

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), also known to most as Multiple Personality Disorder, is a psychological condition where a person possesses two or more identities. This disorder usually occurs in people who have suffered from a traumatic life event that they themselves might not be able to mentally deal with. DID is a very serious condition that unfortunately not many people are well informed about. This disorder is a little underrated because most people know very little about it and the…

Dissociative identity disorder, also formerly known as multiple personality disorder is a mental disorder in which a person’s conscious, memory, and identity are fractured. Alternate personalities emerge from an individual with this disorder usually without that person (the host) even knowing. The etiology behind this disorder is understood to be derived from psychological, physical, and/or sexual trauma that has occurred to a patient. The development of dissociative identity disorder is a way…

restorative experiences, the reactions to trauma will find expression. As the child gets older, he will turn the rage in upon himself or act it out on others, else it all will turn into madness.” ― Judith Spencer, Satan's High Priest Dissociative Identity Disorder is caused from a variety of reasons and has many symptoms. DID is a severe mental condition where a person has distinct personalities. In the article, Multiple personality disorder: witchcraft survives in the twentieth…

Feminizing the Masculine Identity: Losing the Man Card The meaning of ideas can change over time, with the differing values of each generation. Which makes Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises a timeless classic with its relatable content and characters. The novel does not go into many details, thus leaving many parts of it to interpretation. We know the novel begins in the middle of a normal life after war. However, we also know that in a way this novel represents Hemingway’s life and experiences.…

loss of awareness. Psychologists usually describe them as a disassociation. For the one in a hundred people who are suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder; these gaps in awareness can be much more significant and severe (Haddock, 2001). According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders “Patients with Dissociative Identity Disorder suffer from alternation of two or more personalities with impaired memory among personality states of valuable information” (Haddock,…

The disorder or disease I chose was Gender Identity Disorder. An Individual with this disorder is uncomfortable with their given gender and identify persistent identification with the opposite sex. There is a lot of criteria for the disease and how the disease develops. The author of “Child Healing: Gender Identity Disorder” states that there are five main signs of Gender Identity Disorder. They are repeating the desire to be the opposite sex, boys preferring to cross-dress and girls…

to articulate their transgressive gender identities not only informs their biographies but how they understand their present selves. For instance, in the West the “wrong-body” paradigm (Benjamin 1966) that describes a gender identity at odds with the sex-assignment of an individual’s physicality/ biology at birth resulting in cognitive, emotional and physical distress (or dysphoria) is commonly referenced to explain the imperatives of transsexual identities. The more a transsexual encounters…

Dissociative Identity Disorder earlier recognized as the multiple personality disorder is a state where an individual’s identity is split into two or more distinctive personalities that alternatively control the individual. The accuracy of the disorder is disputed but can be confirmed by independent evidence. Individuals suffering from DID mostly show post-traumatic symptoms like nightmares and startle responses. Research identifies that the disorder is common among biological relatives of…

lesbian identity. This research sought to explore stereotypical representations of lesbian women with lesbian ideology through and of everyday life and media portrayals. To investigate how lesbians respond to the way lesbians are represented in society and media culture and if such imagery has had an impact on their self-identity. To respond is through self-presentation, thoughts, actions, performance, and all other aspects that make up who and how a person may identify themselves. Identity…

that these names applied to them. Ultimately, these horrendous names promote that a "man" should never act like a woman and there is no way that a woman can even be evaluated on the same terms as a man. Therefore, throughout my boyhood my gender identity has been formed by the media, peers, and family. Television actively engrained many archetypes and expectations of men into my brain at young age.…