Dissociative Identity Disorder - What Causes It?

Common Indicators of Dissociative Identity Disorder:

* an innate ability to dissociate easily
* repeated and prolonged episodes of severe physical or sexual abuse in childhood, generally believed to happen before the age of seven years old.
* lack of a supportive or comforting person(s) in the child's life who comforts or cares for the child.
* The child experiences trauma associated with emotional, physical or sexual abuse, or some combination of all.
* The child dissociates themselves from their trauma by creating separate identities or personality states. They create alters who suffer the abuse, while the primary identity "goes away" unaware of the unbearable experience. Dissociation, which is easy for a young child becomes their primary defense.
* Dissociation allows the child to displace the suffering onto another identity. Over time, he/she easily learns to create many more alters - keeping them self unaware and amnesiac of events.
* Most children who have dissociative identity disorder are exceptionally intelligent and imaginative.

The cause of children becoming dissociative to the point of creating different alters is

PROLONGED AND SEVERE CHILD ABUSE

Recommended Support Forum for those who have or believe they have DID: http://dissociativeidentitydisorder.yuku.com/