this critical reflection paper‚ I will aim to discuss ways in which those diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) attempt to communicate with their co-personalities‚ also how those with DID sort through the multi-personality layers within themselves to aim for a sense of normality‚ calmness and co-existence. Communication is an important part of those diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorders. DID can commonly be described as a severe condition in which two or more distinct identities
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My issue is DID which is the acronym for Dissociative identity disorder. Dissociative identity disorder is a disorder characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states. This disorder was previously called multiple personality disorder as the patience involved would experience disturbance of identity in which two or more separate and distinct personality states (or identities) control an individual’s behavior at different times. Why some people develop
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Dissociative identity disorder is defined as‚ “...condition wherein a person’s identity is fragmented into two or more distinct personalities.” (Handbook of Psychology) Dissociative identity disorder‚ or DID‚ is considered rare amongst the psychological community and patients are often victims are various forms of abuse or extreme trauma. DID has several aspects of other dissociative disorders‚ but will vary from patient to patient due to the intricacies of the human mind. One common aspect in DID
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inpatient treatment of depression. She became severely depressed when her son experienced a traumatic brain injury sustained in an automobile accident 6 years ago. Since her son’s accident‚ she has neglected to pay her bills on time‚ has difficulty sleeping and difficulty concentrating‚ has lost interest in eating‚ and has lost 30 pounds during the last year. She is complaining of frequent headaches‚ generalized pain and malaise. She no longer attends the weekly sewing club due to a lack of interest
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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is the disorder when someone has a ’’disruption of identity’’. Originally called Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD)‚ this disorder means an individual has two or more personalities‚ with one active while the others lie dormant. This results in chunks of time being lost‚ for the main personality. The additional personalities can be any age or gender and tend to have unique behaviors‚ speech patterns‚ and actions. Doctors diagnose dissociative disorders based on
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Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)‚ or otherwise known as Major Depression‚ is a serious mood/mental disorder that drastically affects one’s life resulting in loss of interest‚ changes in diet‚ increase in irritability‚ and drop in mood. Major Depressive Disorder affects about 6.7% of the population of the United States over the age of 18. Although‚ MDD is common mostly in adults‚ it also affects teens and children. The main symptom of depression is a described as a sad or gloomy mood that doesn’t seem
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Dissociative identity disorder is a type of disorder that cause a person to have multiple presence of distinct personality. There is no more than 200‚000 cases a year in the U.S. Normally Dissociative identity disorder can not be cured and kids as young as 9 years old are diagnosed with this disorder. Their attitude can change just as fast‚ anything can trigger their mood change. DID ( Dissociative Identity Disorder ) has no cure but longtime treatment. Even though DID is not as known‚ it should
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True Self Dissociative identity disorder previously known as multiple personality disorder is a complex condition caused by a lot of factors. The most common is a severe trauma in early childhood. Dissociative identity disorder is a mental process that produces lack of connections in a person’s thoughts as memories‚ feeling‚ actions‚ or sense of identity. This conditions is characterized by the presence of two or more distinct identities that have power on the person’s behavior. In some cases the
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Dissociative identity disorder (DID)‚ formerly known as multiple personality disorder‚ is a mental disorder in which the person has alternate personalities. These personalities have their own identities and often come out without the awareness of the main identity. One of the reasons that the name was changed is due to the fact that it is not a personality disorder but instead it is in the dissociative spectrum. It is characterized by fragmented identities and not the increase of separate personalities
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Mood Disorders (ICD-10 F30/39 DSM-5): A disorder where there is a disturbance in the persons mood i.e. Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) also known as clinical depression and moods that swing between ‘feeling high’ or ‘feeling low’ which can be categorised as Bipolar Depression. The onset of such ‘mood swings’ can be very rapid. Personality Disorders (ICD-10 F60 DSM-5): A disorder whereby the person will exhibit behaviour that will differ from the expected norms. This disorder can present itself in
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