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Multiple Personalities: Also known as Dissociative Identity Disorder

It i said to be from during early childhood, if there was severe trauma from repetitive physical, sexual and/or emotional abuse. It dissociates those memories. Other than that, there is not proven specific cause. Multiple personality disorder is a rare disorder. Dissociation is a mental process which produces a lack of connection in a persons memories, thoughts, sense of identities, feelings and actions.

For the most part, we have all experienced dissociation, in a mild way. Examples:
 * Dazing off during class
 * Getting lost in the moment while reading a book

The aspect of dissociation is a coping mechanism. Most people literally, remove them self from a situation that they had to deal with which was too violent, traumatic or painful, that they cannot handle with their conscious self.

//__**Symptoms:** __// Depression Mood swings Suicide tendonsies Sleep Disorders ( insomnia, night terrors and sleepwalking) Anxiety, Panic Attacks and Phobias (flashbacks, common reactions to stimuli or "triggers") Alcohol and Drug Abuse Compulsions and Rituals Psychotic-like symptoms (auditory and visual hallucinations) Eating Disorders Headache Amnesia Time Loss Trances (out of body experiences) Self Persecution Self-sabotage Violent actions

Some people with this disorder, notice that they end up doing things they do not normally do, such as stealing money, reckless driving, speeding, etc. In a sense they feel as their under pressure to act that way.

The different identities, otherwise known as "alters" can be animals **and/or** imaginary people. The different identities have his/her own unique way of talking, as well as they each have their own postures, gestures, race, age and sex.

__**Switching**__ is known as when a personality expresses oneself and controls the thoughts and behavior of the individual with the disorder. If the patient is willing and committed to get help, then these long term treatment plans will normally help. **Treatment Plans:**
 * Psychotherapy
 * Hypnotherapy
 * Talk therapy
 * Medications
 * Adjunctive Therapy

<span style="color: #6ef2dc; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;">**However**, there are medications for symptoms that the person might get, <span style="color: #6ef2dc; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;">such as anxiety, depression and other caused disorders.

<span style="color: #6ef2dc; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;"> ** Signs of someone who has DID(Dissociative Identity Disorder) ** : <span style="color: #6ef2dc; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;">
 * <span style="color: #6ef2dc; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: left;"> Lapses in memory, such as memories of birth of a child, weddings or birthdays
 * Experiencing black outs in time, not realizing how you got somewhere
 * Being accused of lying, but that actually do not recall doing it
 * Finding items in possession but not realizing how you got them
 * Being called names, that aren't close to their real name
 * Finding items written by them, but not in their hand writting
 * Hearing voices in their head, that aren't their own
 * Not recongnizing themselves in a mirror
 * Feeling like they are watching themselves move through life, rather than living their life
 * Feeling like more than one person