What is dissociative identity disorder? With Bethany Brand, PhD
Speaking of Psychology
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What Is D I D and How Does It Relate to the Disorder?
Dissociative identity disorder is one of the five dissociative disorders in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental illnesses. It's a disconnection or disintegration of what are normally psychologically integrated functions. The person may disconnect from their emotions, they don't feel anything, even though they would normally feel terrified,. They disconnect from their body, they may not feel as much pain.
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