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Dissociative Fugue
Fleeing your life because of distress
People living with dissociative identity disorder are prone to many phenomena you may not have heard about. One of these experiences is known as dissociative fugue.
This article will focus on dissociative fugue, its symptoms, causes, and treatment.
What is Dissociative Fugue?
Dissociative fugue or fugue state is a rare subtype of dissociative amnesia and involves the loss of memory for personal information and unexpected, unplanned, sudden travel. Sometimes the person experiencing this phenomenon sets up a new identity and lives their life as if they were not in a mentally unstable state.
Dissociative fugue is a rare symptom of dissociative identity disorder where a person experiences memory loss and travels or wanders. Fugue can leave the person with DID in an unfamiliar setting with no memory of how they got there. A person who experiences dissociative fugue will slowly regain their memories but nearly always need the help of a mental health professional to recover fully.
A research paper written in 2011 best describes dissociative fugue:
“A dissociative fugue occurs when an individual with dissociative amnesia wanders away from their familiar surroundings, maintaining…
