Dissociation Identity Disorder Analysis

Dissociation identity disorder (DID) is characterized by two or more distinct personality states. The criteria for this disorder involves a change in sense of self mixed with alterations of behavior, memory, consciousness, and so on. As well as “recurrent gaps in the recall of everyday events, personal information, and/or traumatic events that are inconsistent with ordinary forgetting.” Other criteria for DID is if the symptoms cause significant distress or difference/lack of social or work-related interactions, the symptoms of DID is not relatable to the effects of substance use, and the disturbance caused by this disorder is not a normal part of a cultural or religious practice. (5th ed.; DSM–5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) “The