Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), sometimes called Multiple Identity Disorder, is a mental disorder characterized by two at minimum, distinct personality states. DID is one of the most talked about illnesses.

1. DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY
DISORDER MYTHS
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2. DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER (DID), SOMETIMES
CALLED MULTIPLE IDENTITY DISORDER, IS A MENTAL
DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY TWO AT MINIMUM,
DISTINCT PERSONALITY STATES. DID IS ONE OF THE
MOST TALKED ABOUT ILLNESSES.

3. MOST WOULD DESCRIBE WHAT DID IS BUT IT IS
SELDOM TO DEFINE WHAT DID IS NOT. GETTING
INFORMED ABOUT WHAT DID IS NOT IS AS EQUALLY
IMPORTANT AS GETTING TO KNOW WHAT DID IS.

4. THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON
MISCONCEPTIONS AND STIGMA OUT THERE ABOUT
DID.

5. 1. DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER IS NOT MENTALLY
INVENTED.
MANY PEOPLE, EVEN INCLUDING PROFESSIONALS, STILL
BELIEVE THAT DID IS ALL MADE UP
AND THOSE WHO HAVE IT ARE JUST FAKING THEIR
SYMPTOMS.
DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER IS A REAL DISORDER
ALONG WITH ANXIETY OR BIPOLAR
DISORDER. IT IS A WIDELY RECOGNIZED DISORDER.

6. 2. DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER IS NOT DANGEROUS.
PEOPLE MAY HAVE THIS MISCONCEPTION THAT THOSE WHO
HAVE DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY
DISORDER TURN TO BE AGGRESSIVE OR VIOLENT. THOSE WHO
SUFFER FROM DID ARE OFTEN
PORTRAYED IN MOVIES AND OTHER MEDIA AS MURDERERS,
SERIAL KILLERS AND ULTIMATELY,
PEOPLE TO AVOIDED AT ALL TIMES.
BUT IT IS NOT THE CASE. THOSE WITH DID ARE NOT
INHERENTLY DANGEROUS OR AGGRESSIVE.
THE LIKELIHOOD TO TURN TO BE VIOLENT OF PEOPLE WHO
DON’T HAVE DID IS IN FACT THE
SAME WITH THOSE WHO HAVE DID.

7. 3. DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER IS NOT A FORM
OF PSYCHOSIS.
OVER THE PAST DECADES, THERE HAS BEEN A BIG
MISCONCEPTION THAT DID IS LINKED
WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA. SCHIZOPHRENIA IS A
DISORDER THAT HAVE SYMPTOMS OF AUDITORY
AND VISUAL HALLUCINATIONS.

8. ALTHOUGH THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM DID DO
EXPERIENCE AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS AS
WELL, THESE ARE NOT THE SAME AS THOSE
EXPERIENCED IN PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS LIKE
SCHIZOPHRENIA. THESE AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS
THAT DID PATIENTS ARE EXPERIENCING ARE FROM
THEIR ALTERS’ VOICES INSIDE.

9. MOREOVER, DID IS CAUSED BY TRAUMA AND IS
TREATED WITH THERAPY WHILE PSYCHOTIC
DISORDERS LIKE SCHIZOPHRENIA WITH A GENETIC
COMPONENT IS TREATED WITH MEDICATION.

10. 4. DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER IS NOT AN
ADVANTAGE.
THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST RIDICULOUS
MISCONCEPTION OF DID. SOME MIGHT EVEN SAY
THAT THOSE WHO HAVE DID ARE LUCKY. IT WON’T
MAKE THINGS EASIER BUT IT COMPLICATES
HOW A PATIENT INTERACTS WITH OTHERS THAT
NEGATIVELY AFFECTS ALMOST EVERY ASPECT IN
LIFE.

11. DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER IS CLEARLY NOT A
BENEFIT NOR A CURSE. IT IS A LIFELONG
DISORDER THAT CAN BE MANAGED WITH THE RIGHT
SUPPORT AND WIDER UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT DID IS AND IS NOT.