can you give me an explanation of what you think are the symptoms of D.I.D are?

Question

For instance do you know what the abreviation means, ie Dissociative Identity Disorder? Is it a medical condition, is it to do with the body or mental health

Answer 1

Dissociative Identity Disorder is a disorder in Mental health.

It was formally known as Multiple Personality Disorder.

It is primarily characterised by some alteration in a person's identity, resulting in the person losing their sense of identity or assuming a new identity.

Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) is not a term generally used now as it is misleading. Actual confirmed cases of MPD are extremely few and far between, there is even some doubt as to whether it exists as a condition, especially in relation to patients who are claimed to have many personalities from which they switch from one to the other.

However there are hundreds of thousands of people diagnosed with dissociative disorders. They exhibit a wide range of symptoms, many of which are the same as symptoms for other mental illnesses and personality disorders.

Hullucinations (visual, auditory and tactile), delusional thinking, memory loss, unusual behaviour, psychsomatic illnesses and paranoia are all symptoms of DID but are also symptoms often associated with schizoprenia.

Memory loss, confusion, disoriention are typical of dissociative amnesia.

Many personality disorders are characterised with dissociative behaviour.
' We define personality disorders as clusters of
behavioural traits that are excessive, maladaptive
life long and pervaisive'
- P.C. Kendall & C. Hammen
'Abnormal Psychology' 1995.

Hope that has helped, if you would like more inforamtion on symptoms and their classifications, try google-ing 'DSM-IV Classifications. The DSM-IV (four) is like the big book of symptoms of mental health problems.

Answer 2

Try this page for more info:

Karl May And D.I.D.
... and was punished for it; but what I did then in the deepest mental depression and coerced ... successful cure of D.I.D. We also know that May did not tell anyone ...www.angelfire.com/va/karlmay/did.html - 90k -

DID may mean:

in BDSM, damsel in distress, meaning an "artistic", non-pornographic image or role of a woman tied up.
Department of Irrigation and Drainage
in telephony, Direct Inward Dialing.
in psychology, dissociative identity disorder.
Digital Image Design, a video game developer.

The symptoms will vary according to the context!

Answer 3

Sometime it is known a split or multiple personalities. A person will have 2 or more different personalities. People with this disorder switch between the personalities or ego-states which take control of the person's behaviour. It is a mental disorder listed in the DSM IV.

Answer 4

Well, I do know that it is a medical condition and that it deal with the mental health of a person. Symptoms of it include amnesia, Violence, Hallucinations, substance abuse, suicide attempts or self-injury, problems functioning sexually, Anxiety, nervousness or panic attacks, Depression, Derealization, unexplained changes in eating and sleeping patterns,Depersonalization, severe headaches or in other parts of the body and changing levels of functioning from highly effective to nearly disabled.

Answer 5

dissocative multiple personality disorder? I know that one.. Can give details of symtoms for that if you like but not sure of D.I.D

Answer 6

This site below has all the answers for you.

Good Luck.

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ate/mentalhealth/201966.html

Answer 7

Please see the webpage for more details on Dissociative Identity Disorder.