Depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder

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It is common for people who have dissociative identity disorder to experience depression, in fact, it is safe to say that a majority of them do. Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is hard to live with, add on depression and you have a person who is in deep pain.

This article will focus on the diverse types of depression and how someone living with dissociative identity disorder can cope.

A Brief Description of Dissociative Identity Disorder

According to Psychiatry.org, “Dissociative identity disorder is associated with overwhelming experiences, traumatic events and/or abuse that occurred in childhood. Dissociative identity disorder was previously referred to as multiple personality disorder.

Symptoms of dissociative identity disorder include:

· The existence of two or more distinct identities. The distinct identities are accompanied by changes in behavior, memory, and thinking. The signs and symptoms may be observed by others or reported by the individual.

· Ongoing gaps in memory about everyday events, personal information, and/or past traumatic events.

The symptoms cause significant distress or problems in social, occupational or other areas of functioning.”