Dissociative Disorders

Dissociative Disorders: are psychological disorders that are characterized by a person becoming split off, or dissociated, from her core sense of self. The person's memory and his core sense of self become disturbed and it is because of psychological cause without any physical cause.

Dissiciatve Amensia: is a psychological disorder in which the person may partially or completely forget some event. An individual with this psychological disorder is unable to recall important personal information and this is due to some traumatic event such as natural disasters, combat or becoming the victim of voilance experienced by the person.

Dissociative Fugue: From french word which means to flee. It is a psychological disorder in  which the person who is suffering from dissociative Amensia suddenly wander away from his home forgetting his identity or he may adopt a new identity.

Depersonalization/derealization disorder is a psychological disorder characterized by recurring episodes of depersonalization, derealization, or both.

Depersonalisation: is a psychological condition in which an individual feels detachment and unfamiliarity with his own whole self or some parts of self.

Sometimes the person feels that his feelings and thoughts are not his own, he may feel robotic as he lack control over his speech and movements.

Derealization: is considered as a sense of unreality, unfamiliarity with the world. The individual may feel that he is dreaming and the world around him is not real or artificial.

dissociative identity disorder   (formerly called multiple personality disorder) it is most commonly known among dissociative disorders.

Individuals with this psychological disorder exhibit two or more separate personalities or identities, each well-defined and distinct from one another. Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is highly controversial, the person experience gaps in memory when another identity in charge.

Treatment:    

These psychological disorders can be treated through psychotherapies like cognitive behaviour therapy, dialectic behaviour therapy (DBT), eye movement decensitization and reprocessing.

Effective treatment for dissociative identity disorder include hipnotherapy, talk therapy, adjunctive therapies such as art or movement therapy.