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Dissociation identity disorder or DID for short, is a mental illness that’s a fascinating coping mechanism. Previously called multiple personality disorder, it originates from a person’s needs to escape reality usually from repeated trauma in childhood. DID is the development of distinctly separate personalities. One personality that has suffered the abuse and one or more that has not and usually protects the individual. Through research I found that there are many misconceptions that constitute alternate identities even among healthcare professionals. It’s sometimes confused with rapid cycling bipolar disorder and psychosis with ego fragmentation which resembles personality changes. People with dissociate disorder have dissociated part of the part of the self or part of the mind, so it’s safer to say they have different personality states. They are often unaware of switching states and hold no memories from one to the next of events that have transpired. For one to be diagnosed with the disorder they have to meet the five criteria as outlined in the DSM. The first criteria being...

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