Dissociative Identity Disorder

Dissociative Identity Disorder, which was previously known as multiple personality disorder, before its name was changed, is known to be the presence of two or more distinct identities or dissociative states. It may be within the person's responsive awareness, and at least two of the persons alter states can repeatedly have control over the person's life. The involuntary escape from reality that the person has is described by a disconnection between the persons thoughts, identity, consciousness and memory. It involves a change in sense of self, sense of agency, consciousness, changes in behavior, memory, cognition, and also motor function. Anyone from all age groups, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds can develop this order in their life
In that environment there should be a consistent, loving, and secure bond between a child and the person taking care of that child. The attachment bonds between that caregiver and the child are vitally important. When the child is reacting positively or negatively, the way in which the caregiver responds will be vital to the child's development of coping capacities. When the child experiences extreme trauma that has to do with abuse or neglect, that persons self becomes seriously compromised. Patterns of attachment, formations of character, symptoms, and defensive operations will all be different according to the level of intervention and the amount of impact. The family systems that focus more on conflict and control, are usually low in morality, adaptability, organization, and cohesiveness. During childhood, when there is recurring trauma, the dissociative response is usually the defense response that the person draws towards. While later on throughout life this dissociation is used as a defense against remembering and linking childhood trauma. It reacts as a coping mechanism towards betrayal, panic, shock, and any other negative influence. There are many different traumas that could lead to this such as, physical and sexual abuse, violence, neglect, loss of the caretaker, poverty, war, and many other negative situations. The higher the abuse the higher the symptoms will be increased. Furthermore, Karen Baker states, "the hallmark of dissociation is the human mind's ability to adaptively limit its self-reflecting capacity. As a defense dissociation becomes pathological to the degree that it proactively limits and forecloses one's ability to hold and reflect upon different states of mind within a single experience of me-ness. Over time the response may become automatic" ( Karen Baker,