Imagine feeling like a stranger in your own body, as if you woke up and didn’t recognize the preferences or thoughts in your own mind. What if you had more than one identity or personality state, each with its own thoughts, concerns, voices, and behaviors? This challenging scenario isn’t simply the plotline for a movie—it’s an unfortunate and jarring reality for some. Dissociative identity disorder (DID), known previously as multiple personality disorder, is an extremely complex mental health condition. People with DID often disassociate, or detach from memories, feelings, thoughts and more, as a way to cope with trauma. And whether you currently know someone with DID or not, educating yourself on this disorder can be extremely beneficial.
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