EP may include “false” or distorted memories created from misperceptions or imagination when recalling trauma. Retrieval may contain unintegrated aspects of the trauma from acute to severe dissociation like DID. When traumatic memories are activated, ANP memory retrieval may be inaccessible rendering them unable to maintain a connection to present reality.

Distinctive Features of EP

Structural Dissociation Theory posits that chronic trauma prevents the integration of the personality, splitting it into two parts: the Apparently Normal Personality (ANP), which handles daily life by numbing or avoiding traumatic memories, and the Emotional Personality (EP), which holds the raw sensorimotor and emotional "imprints" of the trauma.


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This list includes different theories or concepts that are used to explain, define, or otherwise provide further insight into the workings of dissociative disorders. These include:
-	Etiological Models in Dissociative Disorders


Theories & Concepts Relevant to Dissociative Disorders

Steele, K., van der Hart, O., & Nijenhuis, E. R. S. (2010). Trauma-related structural dissociation of the personality. Activitas Nervosa Superior, 52(1), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03379560

Trauma-Related Structural Dissociation of the Personality

- Post Traumatic Stress Model

-Sociocognitive Model

-Sleep Model

-Transtheoretical Model

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