Healing technique of dissociative Identity Disorder

People around the world suffer from many mental disorders. Dissociative Identity Disorder is a kind of mental ailment in which a single person displays multiple distinct identities or personalities, each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment. Dissociative Identity Disorder is generally diagnosed in adult population. Copious psychological researchers have found that females are more prone to this disorder as compared to males.

In dissociative Identity Disorder, individual shows multiple characters. The diagnosis requires that at least two personalities routinely take control of the individual’s behavior with an associated memory loss that goes beyond normal forgetfulness. In addition, symptoms cannot be due to substance abuse or medical condition.

 Major symptoms of dissociative identity disorders include:

    Wide fluctuations across time

    Functioning can vary from severe impairment in daily functioning to normal or high abilities.

    Multiple mannerisms

    Attitudes and beliefs that are dissimilar to each other

    Headaches and other body pains

    Distortion or loss of subjective time

    Depersonalization

    Amnesia

    Depression

The causes of dissociative identity disorder are not yet identified by medical researchers but some experts associate this medical condition with the interaction of overwhelming stress, traumatic antecedents, insufficient childhood fostering, and an innate ability to dissociate memories or experiences from consciousness. Continued childhood abuse is a key factor, with a very high percentage of patients reporting documented abuse often confirmed by objective evidence.

One of the classic example of dissociative identity disorder is Robert Oxnam who was an eminent American scholar. He had spent his life studying Chinese culture. While he is quite accomplished, Oxnam had struggled with his mental health. In 1989, a psychiatrist spotted him with alcoholism. That changed after a session in March 1990, when Oxnam planned to leave therapy. While speaking with Oxnam, the doctor was addressed by one of his personalities, a young, angry boy named Tommy, who had lived in a castle. After that session, Oxnam and his psychiatrist continued their therapy and found that Oxnam actually had 11 separate personalities.

In film production, many directors took interest in producing psychological thriller movies. Famous Indian movie, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, horror-psychological-thriller was directed by Priyadarshan, and stars Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, and Shiney Ahuja. In this film, Balan’s character, Avni, suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder, which she had started to develop in her childhood. Dissociative Identity Disorder is a mental disorder wherein a person assumes, and acts upon, two or more differing identities, often blurring their real identity.

In international film arena, “High tension” was popular movie in which a mysterious psychopath brutally murders a girl’s family. The offender turns out to be her best friend, who has a split personality that’s insanely jealous and willing do anything to get her alone.

Treatment may attempt to reconnect the identities of the disparate alters into a single functioning identity and/or may be symptomatic to relieve the distressing aspects of the condition and ensure the safety of the individual. Treatment methods may include psychotherapy and medications, these are best available treatment for this disorder. Some behavior therapists initially use behavioral treatments such as only responding to a single identity, and using more traditional therapy once a consistent response is established.

Dissociative identity disorder is a serious mental illness that involve disturbances or breakdowns of memory, consciousness or awareness, identity and/or perception. Though the instances of Dissociative disorder are rarely seen but it may attack individual who experiences prolonged traumatic stress in his or her life.