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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> | 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> | ||
==Characteristics of Alters== | |||
Alters may have different ages, for instance much younger or older; a different gender to the physical body; different names, or no name; different roles or functions, either related to daily life or to trauma; different attitudes, and preferences, e.g, in food, or dress a different perception of their appearance, for e.g., different hair or skin color, body shape; different memories, e.g., some may remember trauma or events in daily life that others have amnesia for; psychobiological difference to others, e.g., different vision, medication responses, allergies, plasma glucose levels in diabetic patients, heart rate, blood pressure readings, galvanic skin response, muscle tension, laterality, immune function, EEG readings, etc. Read more: http://traumadissociation.com/alters | |||
==Consciousness Wiping== | ==Consciousness Wiping== | ||