lost mind
Dissociative identity disorder (DID), previously known as multiple personality disorder (MPD), is a mental disorder characterized by the maintenance of at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states. The disorder is accompanied by memory gaps beyond what would be explained by ordinary forgetfulness. The personality states alternately show in a person's behavior; however, presentations of the disorder vary. Other conditions that often occur in people with DID include post-traumatic stress disorder, personality disorders (especially borderline and avoidant), depression, substance use disorders, conversion disorder, somatic symptom disorder, eating disorders, obsessive–compulsive disorder, and sleep disorders. Self-harm, non-epileptic seizures, flashbacks with amnesia for content of flashbacks, anxiety disorders, and suicidality are also common.
Sometimes a person has symptoms.
Sometimes others recount behaviors or memories of the person that the patient does not recall.
The patient may call himself by another name or refer to himself as a third person or "us".
Hearing the voices of characters in the mind.
Fear and anxiety attacks that contain unexplained fears and expressions.
Existence of depression in the main character.
DID is associated with overwhelming traumas, or abuse during childhood.:294In about 90% of cases, there is a history of abuse in childhood, while other cases are linked to experiences of war, or medical procedures during childhood. Genetic and biological factors are also believed to play a role. The diagnosis should not be made if the person's condition is better accounted for by substance abuse, seizures, other mental health problems, imaginative play in children, or religious practices.
Morteza Heidarian Mehr, Iran, Mashhad
