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Sleep disorders, including nightmares, insomnia and sleepwalking.Having a dissociative disorder increases the risk of complications and having other mental health conditions. These may include war, natural disasters, kidnapping, torture, extensive early-life medical procedures or other events. Other shocking, distressing or painful events also may cause dissociative disorders to arise. You're at greatest risk of having a dissociative disorder if you've had long-term physical, sexual or emotional abuse during childhood. Mentally escaping in this way may help you get through a shocking, distressing or painful time.

When you go through an event that's too much to handle emotionally, you may feel like you're stepping outside of yourself and seeing the event as if it's happening to another person. The stress of war or natural disasters also can bring on dissociative disorders. Less often, the disorders form in children who've lived in a home where they went through frightening times or they never knew what to expect. The disorders most often form in children who go through long-term physical, sexual or emotional abuse. has a Spanish language phone line at 1-88.ĭissociative disorders usually start as a way to cope with shocking, distressing or painful events. The Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in the U.S.veteran or service member in crisis, call 988 and then press 1, or text 838255. In the U.S., call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.Share your concerns with a trusted relative or friend. If you have thoughts of hurting yourself or someone else, call 911 or your local emergency number right away or go to an emergency department.

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If you or a loved one has less urgent symptoms that may be a dissociative disorder, contact your doctor or other health care professional for help. People with these symptoms need care more urgently and in an emergency department at a hospital when safety becomes a concern. Sometimes dissociative disorder symptoms occur in a crisis with severe or impulsive behavior. Dissociative identity disorder usually also includes bouts of amnesia and often includes times of confused wandering. There also are differences in how familiar each identity is with the others. These identities sometimes include differences in voice, gender, mannerisms and even such physical qualities as the need for eyeglasses. You may feel like you're possessed by other identities.Įach identity may have a unique name, personal history and features. You may feel as if you have two or more people talking or living inside your head. Dissociative identity disorderįormerly known as multiple personality disorder, this disorder involves 'switching' to other identities. This confused wandering is called dissociative fugue. It sometimes may involve travel or confused wandering away from your life. More rarely, it can involve complete loss of memory about yourself. It may last minutes, hours, or rarely, months or years.ĭissociative amnesia can be specific to events in a certain time, such as intense combat. A bout of dissociative amnesia usually occurs suddenly. You can't recall information about yourself or events and people in your life, especially from a time when you felt shock, distress or pain. The memory loss can't be explained by a medical condition. The main symptom of dissociative amnesia is memory loss that's more severe than usual forgetfulness. Symptoms, which can be very distressing, may last hours, days, weeks or months. You may go through depersonalization, derealization or both. You may feel as if you're seeing your actions, feelings, thoughts and self from a distance, like you're watching a movie.ĭerealization involves feeling that other people and things are separate from you and seem foggy or dreamlike. Depersonalization/derealization disorderĭepersonalization involves a sense of separation from yourself or feeling like you're outside of yourself. The American Psychiatric Association defines three major dissociative disorders: Depersonalization/derealization disorder, dissociative amnesia, and dissociative identity disorder. Mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors.Memory loss, also called amnesia, of certain time periods, events, people and personal information.Not being able to cope well with emotional or work-related stress.Severe stress or problems in relationships, work or other important areas of life.Thinking that people and things around you are distorted and not real.

A sense of being separated from yourself and your emotions.

Symptoms depend on the type of dissociative disorder, but may include:

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