DISSOCIATIVE TOS Flashcards
A disruption in the normal integration of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control, and behavior.
Dissociation
The distinct personality states in DID. Each may have its own name, age, traits, or behaviors.
Alters
The main or original identity in DID, often unaware of the other alters.
Host Personality
The process of transitioning from one identity state (alter) to another in DID.
Switching
Inability to recall important personal information, often related to trauma or stress, beyond ordinary forgetting.
Dissociative Amnesia
Memory loss for a specific time or event.
Localized Amnesia
Partial recall of events during a specific time period.
Selective Amnesia
Complete loss of memory for one’s identity and life history.
Generalized Amnesia
Subtype of dissociative amnesia involving sudden travel or wandering with loss of identity or personal info.
Dissociative Fugue
Feeling detached from oneself—like being an outside observer of your thoughts, body, or emotions. “I feel like I’m not real.”
Depersonalization
Feeling detached from the environment—surroundings appear dreamlike, foggy, or unreal. “The world doesn’t feel real.”
Derealization
The ability to distinguish what’s real from what is not. It remains intact in depersonalization/derealization disorder.
Reality Testing
Inner struggle about one’s sense of self. May feel conflicted or unsure about “who I am.”
Identity Confusion
Observable behaviors showing someone acts as if they are another person (often seen in DID).
Identity Alteration
Another term for dissociative amnesia—amnesia with psychological origins rather than physical causes.
Psychogenic Amnesia
Symptoms or disorders unintentionally caused by treatment or therapist suggestion (controversial in DID cases).
Iatrogenic
A theory suggesting that dissociative disorders (especially DID) result from severe childhood trauma and abuse.
Trauma Model
