I just cannot grasp the concept of involuntarily suppressing something regardless of the level of trauma caused by the incident. I don't think it can happen without the person being aware of it.
DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative Amnesia
Dissociative Fugue
Depersonaliziation Disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID; MPD)
Dissociative Disorder NOS
Dissociative Amnesia
Inability to recall important personal information (of a traumatic nature)
No medical basis
Not faking
Dissociative Fugue
French term for "flight"
Sudden, unexpected travel away from home or work
Inability to recall one’s past, confusion over one’s personal identity, or assumption of a new identity
Not faking
Depersonalization Disorder
Persistent or recurrent feeling of being detached from one’s mental processes or body
Not faking
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
Formerly Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD)
The most severe dissociative disorder
Two or more distinct identities or personality states recurrently take control of the person’s behavior
Inability to recall important personal information
Not faking
Dissociative Disorder NOS
Clinically significant dissociative symptoms that do not meet criteria for any specific dissociative disorder
Dissociation
DSM Definition: A disruption of the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the environment.
Dissociation
Pierre Janet (1889) "When a person experiences emotions which overwhelm his [or her] capacity to take appropriate action, the memory of the traumatic experience can not be properly digested; it is split off from conscious awareness and dissociated…"
(continued)
Dissociation
"[These memories later return as] …fragmentary reliving of the trauma, as emotional conditions, somatic states, visual images, or behavioral reenactments."
Dissociative Amnesia
Dissociative Fugue
Depersonaliziation Disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID; MPD)
Dissociative Disorder NOS
Dissociative Amnesia
Inability to recall important personal information (of a traumatic nature)
No medical basis
Not faking
Dissociative Fugue
French term for "flight"
Sudden, unexpected travel away from home or work
Inability to recall one’s past, confusion over one’s personal identity, or assumption of a new identity
Not faking
Depersonalization Disorder
Persistent or recurrent feeling of being detached from one’s mental processes or body
Not faking
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
Formerly Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD)
The most severe dissociative disorder
Two or more distinct identities or personality states recurrently take control of the person’s behavior
Inability to recall important personal information
Not faking
Dissociative Disorder NOS
Clinically significant dissociative symptoms that do not meet criteria for any specific dissociative disorder
Dissociation
DSM Definition: A disruption of the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the environment.
Dissociation
Pierre Janet (1889) "When a person experiences emotions which overwhelm his [or her] capacity to take appropriate action, the memory of the traumatic experience can not be properly digested; it is split off from conscious awareness and dissociated…"
(continued)
Dissociation
"[These memories later return as] …fragmentary reliving of the trauma, as emotional conditions, somatic states, visual images, or behavioral reenactments."
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