multiple personality disorder
Fractured self syndrome
Multiple personality disorder is an older term for what psychiatrists now call dissociative identity disorder—a condition in which a person exhibits two or more distinct personality states, each with its own patterns of perception and behavior.
The different personalities may be unaware of each other, with gaps in memory when one takes control.
She was diagnosed with multiple personality disorder after presenting radically different personas during treatment.
The condition remains controversial, with debate over whether it arises from trauma, suggestion, or misdiagnosis.
- depersonalizationDetachment from one's identity
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
- lost timeDuration spent unproductively
- memory gapsMissing pieces of recollection
psychotherapy · fugue state · childhood trauma · derealization · compartmentalization · trance state · neglect · switching · inner child · emotional trauma · alters · alter ego · integration · depression · medication management · mental health stigma · sexual trauma · traumatic memory
- Dissociationdissociation, depersonalization, derealization, alter, alters
multiple personality disorderschizophrenia
Psychotic disorder with delusions
psychosis · mood disorders · anxiety disorders · personality disorders
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