Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID): Myths vs. Facts

Basic Dissociative Profile Take out some paper or open up a word processing program on your computer. Make two columns. Title the left-hand column “My Dissociative Tendencies,” and title the right-hand column, “What Helps Me Return to the Present Moment.” Take as much time as you need to make a list of the ways in which you tend to dissociate or se

It is this breaking down into parts, into what might be called the sub-selves, that underlies the phenomenon we call dissociation. All human beings have their own unique branching trees of sub-selves based on their personal life experiences, and it is by influencing the development of and the relationships between the various sub-selves that trauma

DSM classifies personality disorders into three distinct clusters12.fn5 There’s odd/eccentric, dramatic/erratic and anxious/inhibited.

hope it is clear that dissociation, the splitting and disinte-grating of brain functions that would better work together, is the mechanism by which childhood traumatic experiences are stored and express themselves.