Dissociative Disorders: Difference between revisions

==Alternate Identities==

Dissociative identity disorder was previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), sometimes incorrectly called "split personality", it is characterized by the presence of more than one sense of identity within a single human body. These [[Alternate Identities]] are commonly known as alters or dissociated parts. A person with multiple identities is often referred to as a multiple. What are Alters? Other terms for alter include: alternate identity, dissociative identity, distinct identity, personality state, personality, dissociated part, self-state, part, part of the mind, part of the self, dissociative part of the personality.<ref>[http://traumadissociation.com/alters Alters]</ref>

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