Dissociation FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Dissociation

This FAQ about dissociation was compiled and written by Discord (tina@tezcat.com) with numerous contributions by others.

1.0 Abbreviations

1.1 Acknowledgements

1.1.2 Copyright Notice

1.2.1 History of Newsgroup

1.2.2 Who should post here?

1.3 Posting guidelines and etiquette

1.3.1 Spoilers

1.3.2 Flaming and Harrassing Posts

1.4 Posting anonymously to alt.support.dissociation

2.0 Overview

2.1.1 Definition of Dissociation

2.2 Dissociative Disorders

2.2.1 Multiple Personality Disorder

2.2.2 Psychogenic Fugue and Psychogenic Amnesia

2.2.3 Depersonalization Disorder

2.2.4 Dissociative Disorder Not Otherwise Specified

2.3 Related Disorders

2.3.1 Personality Disorders

2.4 Treating Dissociative Disorders

3.0 Overview

3.1 An Essay on Dissociation

3.2 Problems and Issues

3.3 The Multiplicity mini-FAQ

3.3.1 What is/are MP/MPD/multiple personalities, multiplicity?

3.3.2 How does this differ from different moods in a singular person?

3.3.3 What precisely do people mean by 'the birth person'?

3.3.4 What is the core personality?

3.3.5 What is the host personality?

3.3.6 Do all multiples have a birth person?

3.3.7 What causes multiplicity?

3.3.8 If abuse at an early age can cause multiplicity, why aren't all people abused at that age multiple?

3.3.9 How many alters can a multiple have?

3.3.10 I've heard of something called a 'walk-in person', what's that?

3.3.11 What's an internal landscape?

3.3.12 Can you explain how the various alters run the body/interact/etc.?

3.3.13 Isn't this confusing?

3.3.14 Who has the ultimate control in the body? Is it the host person?

3.3.15 How do you communicate with other alters?

3.3.16 Do I have to lose time/have complete amnesia between alters to be multiple?

3.3.17 What is 'switching'?

3.3.18 Isn't schizophrenia the same as multiplicity?

3.3.19 How can I tell if I'm multiple?

3.3.20 What is an inner child? Is this the same as being multiple?

4.0 Abuse, Stress and Trauma: Overview

4.1 Abuse

4.1.2 Different Types of Abuse

4.1.3 Effects of abuse

4.2 Trauma

4.3.2 Stress

5.1 The Internet

5.1.1 Newsgroups

5.1.2 Web Sites

5.1.3 IRC

5.1.4 MUDs

5.2 Publications

5.2.1 Books on Multiplicity

5.2.2 Books on Dissociation

5.2.3 Books on related topics

5.2.4 Other Publications

5.3 Organizations

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