[malah]

I think split personality or dissociative disorder can exist without the amnesia or names. For example I think a person can have different personalities in a dissociative state without separation from the main personality or amnesia. So they dont become Jane, Lisa or Jessie but remain as Sandra but have the sub personalities of the above (example). Sandra also doesnt have amnesia but is usually unaware that she is exhibiting sub personalities and thinks its aspects of herself. Does this make sense? I think it does. Im interested in mental health research, and Im working on my brain fog, but its a way of coping, not a good way, but the only option. I wouldnt wish this on anyone but I feel very uspet and annoyed at some "people" who dont care and I think they have no humanity.
mala

[Claritytoo]

Originally Posted by malah

I think split personality or dissociative disorder can exist without the amnesia or names. For example I think a person can have different personalities in a dissociative state without separation from the main personality or amnesia. So they dont become Jane, Lisa or Jessie but remain as Sandra but have the sub personalities of the above (example). Sandra also doesnt have amnesia but is usually unaware that she is exhibiting sub personalities and thinks its aspects of herself. Does this make sense? I think it does. Im interested in mental health research, and Im working on my brain fog, but its a way of coping, not a good way, but the only option. I wouldnt wish this on anyone but I feel very uspet and annoyed at some "people" who dont care and I think they have no humanity.
mala

I have been diagnosed with DID. After many years of trying to figure out what was going on in my head I suspected DID. I have episodes of amnesia where I will loose a day or part of a day. I have never, as far as I know, gone by another name. My parts/alters did not have names, I identified them by their emotions or the memory they held. I have a lot of co consiousness. It's good but it also caused me to think I was insame because I could see me doing something I would never do. When I switch in the world no one can tell. It is subtle. When I switch at home alone or in session it is noticeable. It almost feels like a relief when I can switch and be who ever wants to talk without always trying to repeat what is being said in my head. DID is more complicated than I thought. I just learned that I am still dissociating like always. I thought that once I realized and started working with my alters that my dissociating to deal with issues would at least be noticeable to me. It's not. I have done it for so long I almost don't know who I would be if I didn't. I am in therapy because it wasn't working for me anymore. It was effecting my physical health and causing problems on my job. I realized that what I want in my life is to feel. And that is done by many of us but not by me. I almost have a longing to be integrated and feel all of my life. The good and the bad. I want to know I am alive.

[pegasus]

Originally Posted by malah

I think split personality or dissociative disorder can exist without the amnesia or names. For example I think a person can have different personalities in a dissociative state without separation from the main personality or amnesia. So they dont become Jane, Lisa or Jessie but remain as Sandra but have the sub personalities of the above (example). Sandra also doesnt have amnesia but is usually unaware that she is exhibiting sub personalities and thinks its aspects of herself. Does this make sense? I think it does. Im interested in mental health research, and Im working on my brain fog, but its a way of coping, not a good way, but the only option. I wouldnt wish this on anyone but I feel very uspet and annoyed at some "people" who dont care and I think they have no humanity.
mala

I didn't know about the other parts until I started therapy. All I knew is that I was living half a life and had no idea how other things were going on so there was no awareness for me.

Hugs mala.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by malah

I think split personality or dissociative disorder can exist without the amnesia or names. For example I think a person can have different personalities in a dissociative state without separation from the main personality or amnesia. So they dont become Jane, Lisa or Jessie but remain as Sandra but have the sub personalities of the above (example). Sandra also doesnt have amnesia but is usually unaware that she is exhibiting sub personalities and thinks its aspects of herself. Does this make sense? I think it does. Im interested in mental health research, and Im working on my brain fog, but its a way of coping, not a good way, but the only option. I wouldnt wish this on anyone but I feel very uspet and annoyed at some "people" who dont care and I think they have no humanity.
mala

Im not sure if you mean "dissociative disorder" or if you mean "split personality" which is different in some locations than dissociative disorders and Multiple Personality Disorder (or as the USA calls it Dissocaitive Identity Disorder)

Example

here in the United States of America the term ....Dissociative Disorder....is a cover all term for the group name or category.... like the term "hisotry class" is a cover name /category for a bunch of classes called geography, anthropology, social studies, ....

here in the United States of America there are many mental disorders in this group/ category called dissociative disorder..

depersonalization disorder
derealization disorder
dissociative Amnesia disorder
dissociative fugue disorder
Dissociative Disorders Not Otherwise Specified
Dissociative Identity Disorder

(Im speaking only for those mental disorders that the USA recognize as dissociative disorders, other countries/locations may have other disorders also listed in this group of mental disorders called Dissociative Disorders)

here in USA the term split personality ....used to be used to describe whats now called Dissociative Identity Disorder..

if this is how you are using the term here in the USA we have an agency called the American Psychiatric Association. they write a book called the DSM. in this book they put whats called diagnostic criteria.. one of the diagnostic criteria of the presently used DSM is that a person with DID must have a special type of memory problems (a type of amnesia where they have problems not remembering spaces of time and trouble remembering things that go beyond the normal forms of forgetfulness.)

heres a link where you can read about what america goes by.for what DID is at the present moment. these diagnostics will soon be changing sometime around may 2013..http://behavenet.com/dissociative-identity-disorder

not all dissociative disorders require the person to have amnesia and separation of their personalities like DID does.

for example

the dissociative disorder of depersonalization (speaking only for the diagnostics here in america) does not require a person to have memory problems/amnesia nor does it require a person to have separation of personality

neither does derealization disorder.

long post short Imnot sure of what you mean by your terms dissociative disorder, split personality is it the same as what the USA goes by?

your location may be different than here so you might want to check with treatment providers in your location, they can tell you what dissociative disorders there are where you are, and which ones have the diagnostics requiring amnesia and a separation of personality/identity.

we do have something called ego states, and introjects and other types of altered states of mind where the person doesnt necessarily switches into separated personalities with names..

my own personal belief goes according to what the America Psychaitric association put for diagnosing dissociative disorders and DID here in america.

I also believe bottom line is each person with DID or any other mental disorder has their own way in which the disorder presents/shows itself and each person has their own co consciousness (remaining aware" abilities

for example I rarely stayed aware and my alters did have names.

but I do know someone who had alters and only two of those were the kind that fit the american diagnostic criteria of memory problems / separation of personality into named alters and the rest of the time she was what is called co conscious where she remained aware while these other states of mind were out and there were some states where they rarely came out she just felt their presence. some were named and some were not.

and I do know some people who had a different than DID type of alters called ego states where there was no separation with this person and her ego states and she did not have any memory time loss/amnesia

[-jimi-]

I have a friend who have a few different personalities that are very different from each other. He is a lovely person, or at least his talkative part is, he has a silent part that is hard to talk to since I can only talk to a talker. LOL.

His parts are distinct in many ways. He can stay in that part for a long time sometimes. He has zero amnesia. He is aware of himselves. He used to be DX DDNOS which made a lot of sense since some amnesia is needed for the diagnosis of DID. But they changed him to DID and he was surprised and so was I. I have never met a he that he didn't remember. It might exist but there has not been a mentioning it from the staff.

So while I still would say this is DDNOS, it can be DID in some cases. I don't understand how though.