Guide To The Symptoms Of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

Hallucinations

Hallucinations can occur with this disorder, but this is not always the case. One of the most common misconceptions is that dissociative identity disorder and schizophrenia are the same condition. Schizophrenia patients often see and hear things that are not there. With classic presentations of dissociative identity disorder, patients do not interact mentally with their alters. However, as more individuals are being diagnosed with this disorder and reporting their experiences, there has been a shift in understanding. Before, a core component of a diagnosis with this disorder was that the alters were not in communication and were completely or partially unaware of each other. However, some patients report they can 'hear' their alters conversing in the form of auditory hallucinations.

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