Dissociative Disorders

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Dissociative Disorders

The most challenging disorder to live with, from those studied, is any of the dissociative disorders. The disorders cause a person to forget about themselves or alter their mind to become unaware of their actions. For instance, dissociative amnesia makes someone forget about their past events. The depersonalization disorder involves detachment from your own body, and thus, one is not aware of themselves anymore. Finally, dissociative identity disorder involves having more than one personality within a person.

If I were living with these disorders, my life would be complicated because I rely on my conscious-self to make an important life decision. In the case of amnesia, it would be difficult to get educated as the memory is destroyed. Also, depersonalization would make me feel bad often since I cannot relate to my own body, and thus, it would lead to stress. Finally, dissociative identity disorder would make it different to relate to various situations since you don’t know which personality to identify with.

The main recommendation for treatment if I had the disorder, would be engaging in Psychotherapy. The treatment involves opening up about the condition to a mental health professional. Therapy helps a person accept their condition and come up with the most effective ways to live with it.