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Old Mar 25, 2018, 12:52 PM
RubyRae RubyRae is offline
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Originally Posted by AlwaysChanging2 View Post
That really isn’t a bad idea, but by which definition? I almost say other than quoting the DSM and any other clinically indecipherable to the layman, one would have to write a long winded paper that no one will ever finish reading. It seems.
I believe you have misunderstood.I'm not talking about criteria used for DX or treatment but rather a simple post listing the different dissociative disorders.

Just something like:

Dissociative amnesia. The main symptom is memory loss that's more severe than normal forgetfulness and that can't be explained by a medical condition. You can't recall information about yourself or events and people in your life, especially from a traumatic time. Dissociative amnesia can be specific to events in a certain time, such as intense combat, or more rarely, can involve complete loss of memory about yourself. It may sometimes involve travel or confused wandering away from your life (dissociative fugue). An episode of amnesia usually occurs suddenly and may last minutes, hours, or rarely, months or years

Along with the other ones.I imagine when someone gets a DX of dissociative disorder or told they dissociate it can be a scary and confusing thing,especially if they're not sure what that means.

I just thought it might be helpful,especially if some think" omg,I have DID" to read about the different disorders instead of assuming it's DID,which seems to happen often.

But if not,that's fine.It was just a simple suggestion.
Thanks for this!
Michael W. Harris