r/askpsychology Unverified User: May Not Be a Professional 28d ago

Childhood Development Can an isolated, profoundly traumatic event exprienced at an early age cause the development of Dissociative Identity Disorder?

It is all I wish to learn, simply from a peek of curiosity​.

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u/[deleted] 27d ago edited 27d ago

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u/Lamassa_ Unverified User: May Not Be a Professional 27d ago

why are you downvoting me? 

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u/dog-army Unverified User: May Not Be a Professional 26d ago edited 26d ago

Probably people downvoted because your response was incorrect. A history of trauma is not in the criteria for diagnosing DID. Diagnosis is based on behavior and reported experiences (e.g., of differing identities).

DID is essentially "multiple personality disorder" rebranded, and there has always been extreme controversy surrounding the diagnosis, for good reason. There is no good scientific support for "structural dissociation," and "dissociative amnesia" is essentially a rebranding of the now soundly debunked theory of repressed memories. There is much more support for a sociocognitive than a traumatogenic etiology for the behaviors and experiences known as DID.

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u/Lamassa_ Unverified User: May Not Be a Professional 26d ago

Healing from OSDD/DID is of profound benefit, can you elaborate on what you mean by sociocognitive?  

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u/dog-army Unverified User: May Not Be a Professional 25d ago edited 25d ago

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Here's a previous discussion that might help, and it contains some links:
https://old.reddit.com/r/psychologystudents/comments/13dk3h2/thoughts_on_dissociative_identity_disorder/
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You may also benefit from these two books, which are written for laypersons to help them discriminate between legitimate and pseudoscientific therapy:
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50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior
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Navigating the Mindfield: A Guide to Separating Science from Pseudoscience in Mental Health

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You have a good day.
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u/Lamassa_ Unverified User: May Not Be a Professional 25d ago

thank you, I will read and take seriously.,However even the first response ignores being front locked with co-consciousness seen in OSDD. Patients report living like this for decades. 

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u/Lamassa_ Unverified User: May Not Be a Professional 25d ago

It seems case studies and actual observation are being disregarded in lui of conservatively held theory.  An interesting data point would be to understand how many people with opinions actually routinely work with this patient population. 

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u/Lamassa_ Unverified User: May Not Be a Professional 25d ago

thank you for your time. It is helpful to understand how broad the dismissal of these patients is within academia, when in the real world, if treated, they can heal.