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    Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a mental health condition where a person has two or more distinct personalities that control their behavior at different times, each with their own personal history and traits. People with DID may experience gaps in memory, hallucinations, anxiety, depression, disorientation, and drug or alcohol abuse as the personalities switch between identities. DID was previously known as multiple personality disorder and is characterized by a core identity and alternate personalities called alters that can differ significantly in gender, ethnicity, interests and other ways of relating to the world.

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    Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a mental health condition where a person has two or more distinct personalities that control their behavior at different times, each with their own personal history and traits. People with DID may experience gaps in memory, hallucinations, anxiety, depression, disorientation, and drug or alcohol abuse as the personalities switch between identities. DID was previously known as multiple personality disorder and is characterized by a core identity and alternate personalities called alters that can differ significantly in gender, ethnicity, interests and other ways of relating to the world.

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    Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a mental health condition where a person has two or more distinct personalities that control their behavior at different times, each with their own personal history and traits. People with DID may experience gaps in memory, hallucinations, anxiety, depression, disorientation, and drug or alcohol abuse as the personalities switch between identities. DID was previously known as multiple personality disorder and is characterized by a core identity and alternate personalities called alters that can differ significantly in gender, ethnicity, interests and other ways of relating to the world.

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    Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a mental health condition where a person has two or more distinct personalities that control their behavior at different times, each with their own personal history and traits. People with DID may experience gaps in memory, hallucinations, anxiety, depression, disorientation, and drug or alcohol abuse as the personalities switch between identities. DID was previously known as multiple personality disorder and is characterized by a core identity and alternate personalities called alters that can differ significantly in gender, ethnicity, interests and other ways of relating to the world.

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    Dissociative identity disorder (DID)

    Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a mental health condition. People with DID have two or more
    separate identities. These personalities control their behavior at different times. Each identity has its
    own personal history, traits, likes and dislikes. DID can lead to gaps in memory and hallucinations
    (believing something is real when it isn’t). Dissociative identity disorder used to be called multiple
    personality disorder or split personality disorder. DID is one of several dissociative disorders.

    A person with DID has two or more distinct identities. The “core” identity is the person’s usual
    personality. “Alters” are the person’s alternate personalities. Some people with DID have up to 100
    alters.

    Alters tend to be very different from one another. The identities might have different genders,
    ethnicities, interests and ways of interacting with their environments.

    Other common signs and symptoms of DID can include:

    Anxiety.

    Delusions.

    Depression.

    Disorientation.

    Drug or alcohol abuse.

    Memory loss.

    Suicidal thoughts or self-harm.

    Depersonalization – experiences of unreality or detachment from one’s mind, self or body. People may
    feel as if they are outside their bodies and watching events happening to them.

    Derealization – experiences of unreality or detachment from one’s surroundings. People may feel as if
    things and people in the world around them are not real.

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