Jaeleen Morel
Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle college
Research Paper Prepared for Ms. Whaley’s PBGR Class
ABSTRACT
Keywords: DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER, CHILDREN,TRAUMA,
DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER IN CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
“Where am I? How did I end up in here ? why does my head hurt so much? How did I do this to my hand ?” Mrs. Frankie said while laying in a hospital bed. “Mrs. Frankie you will be discharged now,” said Dr.Oz, Frankie then continued and asked, how did I get here ?”. Dr.Oz then explained to her how she got there saying, “ you were found in the middle of the street half naked.” Frankie then questioned “what happened last night?” feeling …show more content…
Alters are the other personalities that are existent within the host(the person who is is having a hard time coping with the trauma). Every alter has it’s own race, gender, age, and sexuality(Mayo clinic 2017). A alter can take control of the host's body for a period of time leaving the host to have amnesia, and unaware of what the alter is doing. Along with having their own race, gender and age, alters also have their own posture,beliefs and form of walking. Alters have their own way of thinking and processing information, with that being said altars also have the ability to try and overthrow the host of their body if they are not strong enough to hold their grounds.For example in the movie “Frankie and Alice”, Alice believed that Frankie wasn’t strong to deal with the trauma she sustained when her mother ripped her newborn baby out of her hands, never to be seen again. Alice, the altar was in the midst of trying to overpower …show more content…
Dissociative Identity Disorder has remained a highly skeptical disorder because, some of the most important cases pertaining to DID have years later come out and said they made up the entire story (Frank Putnam 2012).Although DID is a real disorder for some people other people may use DID as a get out of jail free card or use it as a “social factor rather than a traumatic factor” (G.A. et al.2013).Many people in the medical field believe that DID can be widely influenced by social factors like movies, books, highly publicized court cases involving