[mlyn]

Do you think it possible that kids and grandkids could inherit DID?

[mlyn]

grandaughter one day introduced herself as the boy and another day as maria who said she had been here before. ?? she is four years old. makes me wonder? she has told me that she heard me talking like a baby the other day. Is it possible that they could pick this up?
Maybe I am just too peranoid.

[mlyn]

srry maybe this post is not good to post???

[Sarah116]

Yes it does seem quite possible.

[mlyn]

if it is possible how much more possible is it that my kids picked it up too?

[woundedhearts]

My mother and sister have DID also.

[Rhapsody]

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Do you think it possible that kids and grandkids could inherit DID?

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From what I have read on DID over the last ten years I have become to believe that.... Yes, people with Dissociative Identity Disorder can have close relatives who have also had similar experiences - I have personally read of two twin girls that both developed DID (years apart).

Exactly why some people develop dissociative disorders is not entirely understood, but most experts believe these disorders develop as a protection against remembering painful and/or traumatic life experiences, such as abuse, rape, war and natural disasters.

How common are dissociative disorders?
As a whole, Dissociative Disorders are uncommon, affecting an estimated 1 percent to 2 percent of the population.
These disorders affect females more often than males and most often begin whenever the abuse or traumatic event occurred.

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Rhapsody -

I have read where there is a predisposition to dissociation. My son has always dissociated, and there was no severe abuse or trauma, yet he used dissociation for coping as a small child and still does. He is not DID. There is a difference. I now believe that my mother has a dissociative disorder, though not DID. There was abuse in her childhood as was in my grandmother's--some sever, but no one talks about it.