Guide To The Symptoms Of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

Insomnia

Individuals with this disorder often deal with insomnia. The reasons for insomnia vary, and it is possible that some patients will not have insomnia at all. When there is a level of awareness of the other alters, the patient's mind may race incessantly with thoughts that do not feel like theirs. It may as if their head is a loud, crowded place.

Anxiety can also contribute to insomnia, and patients with this disorder can be more sensitive to anxiety triggers than the average neurotypical person. Some patients are prone to slipping into fantasies and daydreams. This can keep them from going to sleep. Patients also report more strange sleeping experiences than neurotypical individuals. These may include vivid or lucid dreams, sleep paralysis, and sleepwalking.

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