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Elysium · Aug 04, 2011, 03:31 PM

Mala...

I'm not sure if the lingo of mental illness is confusing you?

A "Personality Disorder" does not mean that you have more than one personality. It does not equal multiple personalities either.

The Mayo Clinic states:

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"A personality disorder is a type of mental illness in which you have trouble perceiving and relating to situations and to people — including yourself. There are many specific types of personality disorders.

In general, having a personality disorder means you have a rigid and unhealthy pattern of thinking and behaving no matter what the situation. This leads to significant problems and limitations in relationships, social encounters, work and school.

In some cases, you may not realize that you have a personality disorder because your way of thinking and behaving seems natural to you, and you may blame others for the challenges you face."

As well, it is not uncommon for people who have personality disorders to have dissociative traits. Having dissociative traits does not automatically mean you have a Dissociative Disorder, it just means that you dissociate.

DID/Multiple Personalities is NOT a Personality Disorder. It is a Dissociative Disorder and is trauma based. Not all Personality Disorders require a trauma background to make a diagnosis.

Also note that it is called DISSOCIATION, as opposed to disassociation. Disassociation means to "detach from association", where Dissociation is a similar term, although rooted in psychology, that means a perceived detachment of the mind from the emotional state or even from the body. Dissociation is characterized by a sense of the world as a dreamlike or unreal place and may be accompanied by poor memory of the specific events, which in severe form is known as dissociative amnesia. The term dissociation refers to the act of separating or the state of being separated.

I hope this helps answer some questions for you. After reading your initial post, it seemed like you were correlating multiple personalities with Personality Disorders.

As far as trans-mediumship goes, I don't have enough understanding or information to have a worthy opinion on this. The mind is a crazy, wonderful, and scary thing, so I guess it could be related on some level. I just don't know.