Dissociative Disorders

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Dissociative Identity DisorderClinical name: Dissociative Identity DisorderA condition in which a person's sense of identity is split into two or more distinct states, almost always rooted in severe, repeated childhood…11 min read Dissociative AmnesiaClinical name: Dissociative AmnesiaAn inability to recall important personal memories, usually of a stressful or traumatic nature, that is too extensive to be ordinary forgetting and is…10 min read Feeling Unreal (Depersonalisation and Derealisation)Clinical name: Depersonalization/Derealization DisorderA persistent sense of being detached from oneself or from the world, as if living behind glass or in a dream. Distressing and frightening,…9 min read