Dissociative Disorders

Some people have the experience of driving a car and suddenly realizing that they don’t remember what happened during all or part of the trip.

Some people find that sometimes they are listening to someone talk and they suddenly realize that they did not hear part or all of what was just said.

Some people find that they have no memory for some important events in their lives (e.g. a wedding or graduation).

Some people have the experience of finding themselves dressed in clothes that they don’t remember putting on.

Some people sometimes have the experience of feeling that other people, objects, and the world around them are not real.

Normal Dissociation Normal Dissociation Amnesia Fugue Partial DID Partial DID Complex DID Complex DID Poly-Fragmented DID Poly-Fragmented DID

Highway Amnesia? Lecture Amnesia? Small-Talk Amnesia?

Making connections… ICEBERG THEORY + Post Traumatic Stress Disorder = Dissociation

Creative way of keeping unacceptable out of sight. Lifesaving defense. Way to internalize secrets while adapting. Allows an attachment to abuser to be maintained. Allows for strong conflicting emotions to be kept in separate compartments of the mind.

Revisiting Freud

ONE This percent of the population is affected by a dissociative disorder.

FEMALES This groups of persons are most affected by dissociative disorders.

TRUE or FALSE People dissociate on an everyday basis

DISSOCIATIVEDISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA A person is unable to remember important personal information creating gaps in your personal history.

FUGUE This type of dissociation results in the disappearance of a person from their home and a relocation of their life without memory

MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER Dissociative IdentityDissociative Express undesirable urges by creating a new personality

This disorder is commonly associated with Dissociative Identity Disorder _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

SYBIL The most famous movie depicting Dissociative Identity Disorder

DEPERSONALIZATION This type of dissociation results in feeling as if you were watching yourself on a movie screen.

PSYCHOTHERAPY The best for of treatment for dissociative disorders –People have learned not to think about the disturbing events to avoid negative feelings.

SEXUAL ABUSE The most common cause for onset of a dissociative identity disorder.