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Dissociative Disorders

Disruptions in motor ability, cognition, emotion, and ones perceived sense of self.

-Depersonalization/Derealization: Sense of feeling detached from body. Thoughts and emotions aren't own as individual is in an observer in their body. Being detached from the environment; loss of sense in surroundings, people, and objects.

-Dissociative Identity Disorder: Alterations in consciousness where individual loses sense of self and understanding. DID was formally referred to as multiple personality disorder and stigmatized as a false disorder. There were disbelief that a person can have different "people" inside of one body, therefore it was a belief that people were faking the disorder (intentionally or not). Misconceptions of the disorder shifted once theorist realized DID was rift in consciousness.

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Updated 2025-05-31

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