Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID): Myths vs Truth - SunsetShone
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today, I'm able to share an often requested post about the myths and truths regarding dissociative identity disorder (DID), written by @SunsetShone. Do you know more myths and truths regarding DID? Please share them down in the comments! Also, thank you to SunsetShone for writing this post!
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID): Myths vs Truth - SunsetShone
Some common myths of DID is that they are often portrayed as serial killers. Especially movies. This is not true! Movie wise you will never find an accurate portrayal of DID as movies are commonly based on stereotypes, casting, costume, plot etc. DID is exaggerated in media and many symptoms shown are entirely fictional, creating a negative stigma around the disorder.
Many people believe that DID is a form of schizophrenia, this is not true.
DID is a condition in which multiple fully formed personality alters co-exist and shift within one person, while Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder where the person experiences extreme delusions and hallucinations.
Did is seen as a fake condition created by those lacking attention, however DID lives within 1.5% of the population (source 1), making it as common as OCD (source 2).
The media portrays this condition as violent and psychopathic, but it is nowhere near! People with this condition are no more likely to be violent than anyone else in this world.
The disorder is not obvious like many would believe, as the person is under a constant state of fight or flight it could be unrecognizable to those around along with themselves, a person’s alter would often be trying to blend in to go unnoticed, because of this DID can go undetected for years.