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sheisreeds -> RE: Multiple Personality Disorder (8/27/2011 4:43:15 AM)
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ORIGINAL: fragilepieces
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ORIGINAL: Arpig
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True MPD and sub space are not exactly the same thing and how one gets there is totally different Welllllll.....they're not the same thing, but a lot of what we do to put a person into subspace does look an awful lot like abuse...just saying. [:D]
They are the same because they are an altered state of mind. It has nothing to do with how one gets there. A person does not become multiple just in cases of abuse it can happen with any sort of PTSD---returning soliders can get MPD, people who witness some horrible act (murder, car accident) can also get MPD. It's an altered state of mind---and basically a way the mind is able to deal with the trauma.
Actually onset of DID when the first trauma was in adulthood is quite rare, it may not even exist.
DID often does not become evident until adulthood when the system breaks down, or a new trauma occurs. However, usually there is trauma and abuse evident from early in life.
It is important to make a distinction between dissociation and DID. Many people with PTSD experience dissociation, it can range from feeling emotionally numb, feeling outside of the body, to complete blackout. However, dissociation doesn't equal DID. Dissociation is something all of us can experience, however for those who experience trauma frequently it can easily become a conditioned mechanism.
Sexual abuse and Daddy's wearing red pajamas > Dissociation during abuse
can be conditioned into:
Red Pajamas > Dissociation
can be conditioned into:
Red shirt > Dissociation
It can be conditioned to states of emotion, smells, social situations (like arguments). Given that most abused children are not taught healthy coping skills, affect regulation, and self soothing by their parents dissociation often becomes the only go to.
Frequent trauma and dissociation can actually remap the brain, and this has been seen in PET scans of trauma survivors. So it is easy to deduce that the atrophy of the hippocampus, and hair trigger of the amygdala can lead to the splintering of memory and alters in the most severe cases. Though for many trauma survivors there are no alters, but there is a ton of dissociation and amnesia and a myriad of other symptoms and issues.
However, DID is quite rare, and children's imagination often play a role in it's development. Went to a lecture once with an expert on childhood trauma disorders including DID, and they often draw and discuss their alters as imaginary friends.
The power of suggestion can lead to the development of alters, and trauma survivors due to their frequent dissociation are more susceptible to suggestion. This is why the diagnosis is so controversial.
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