At the beginning of this assignment, I was very unsure about where my research would lead. I wasn’t expecting to find much to support my thesis, but I ended up scraping together some solid evidence. My subject is very controversial in the psychology field, especially because of all of the fakers and the absurdity of […]
January 6, 2023
January 5, 2023
Paint With All The Colors of the Wind
“DID I Ask?” Yes, yes you did. Or was it you? Or you? Or you? Maybe it was you. Perhaps it was all of you. It could possibly be none of you. Are you even the real you? Despite what you might think, dissociative identity disorder isn’t a ʎʞɹıuq ɹo uuɟ disorder. It is a […]
Be Our Guest
I interviewed multiple people on TikTok who claim to have dissociative identity disorder and cross referenced their claims and experiences with people who are clinically diagnosed by medical professionals*. I tried to enter these interviews with an open mind and no bias or prejudice against possible fakers so I could best gather a neutral outlook […]
December 21, 2022
A Whole New World
In this article, a recent study that provides a new theory as to how consciousness works, evolved, and influences other factors is discussed and explained. Multiple doctors worked on this theory, including psychologist Elizabeth Kensinger (Ph.D.), philosopher Kenneth Richman (Ph.D.), and professor Andrew Budson (MD), with Budson as the lead author and researcher. Budson and […]
December 4, 2022
I’ll Make a Man Out of You
This article talks about the movie Moon Knight and how it depicts Dissociative Identity Disorder. The author spoke with two psychiatrists to find the truth in the movie’s portrayal of DID. They describe it as “altered states of consciousness” that are “fractured parts of your consciousness that break off into another personality.” Psychiatrist David M. […]
November 27, 2022
Into the Unknown
This video provides more information into the skepticism of DID. He gives three groups of people: those who believe the diagnoses are real, those who believe it’s real but isn’t accurately diagnosed because of symptom searching and the placebo effect, and those who don’t believe in the existence of DID and think it’s better explained […]
We Don’t Talk About Bruno
“Dissociative Identity Disorder: Out of the Shadows at Last?” discusses how DID is a debated disorder due to “the aetiology of the disorder.” Some believe the disorder is because of severe trauma, while others believe it is due to high suggestibility and imagination, though the latter was disproved by multiple studies shown later in the […]
November 22, 2022
Know Who You Are
I don’t know when I first heard about Dissociative Identity Disorder, but everything relating to the brain has always fascinated me. Human minds are very interesting. I took an AP Psychology course last year because I want to major in psychology/psychiatry. I’m hoping to get a medical degree in psychiatry. If I get far enough […]