Split Personality Disorder, well known as Dissociative Identity Disorder affects a lot of everyday people. To doctors, it’s an extreme mental illness but to everyday people, it is seen less of an illness but more of a personal problem with individuals. Have you all ever wondered if split personality is caused by trauma? I am one who often wondered if it is hereditary? It is something to think about. There are also a few children who may have split personalities as well, do you think a child could be over imaginative or could they be suffering from split personalities?
Although the chronic illness is rare, it affects many people ranging from ages 5-60+. Split personality disorder cannot be cured although with …show more content…
It is also stated that almost 90% of people who suffer from split personality disorder have come from a history of abuse. Many people have suffered traumatically in the early stages of life which have led to a very hard time growing and progressing in life traumatic injuries such as getting a severe head injury as well as a fall or something that may be brought on by a certain illness. Contact sports such as football, boxing, wrestling, etc. are sports that could cause brain trauma due to a concussion which could lead to split personality disorder.
Split personality disorder is one of the more extreme types of mental illnesses that is in the world. While this mental illness can be caused by trauma it can also be hereditary but it is highly rare compared to other more common mental issues such as depression, anxiety, addiction and obsessive compulsive disorder. Being that it is true that split personality disorder and it being hereditary is rare, it is something most wouldn’t think about having. Many people blow it off by portraying it as an anger problem or just thinking there is nothing wrong with them, may be another …show more content…
In this article, there were several facts and quality information stated what stood out most to me was, “MPD disappeared in the mid- ‘90s because of its own failures and dangers, not because of anything we did in DSM-IV. It was doomed when insurance companies stopped paying for MPD treatments and patients started suing MPD therapists for malpractice.” This makes you think what if things were wrong with people who suffer from this illness and doctors wouldn’t have to deal with all the people coming in and requesting help for things that were just a figment of their