Dissociative Amnesia isn't characterised by identity alterations. It would be worth investigating if your partner has further dissociative symptoms that indicate one of the other Dissociative Disorders that contain both the symptoms you describe and the Dissociative Amnesia. It can take longer to get a diagnosis of one of the other disorders because it's more challenging for the doctor to note evidence of this and to narrow down which disorder specifically. Dissociative Amnesia is comparatively more straight forward to identify for a skilled practitioner. You can pop into the DID forum and chat about your partner's behaviour if you like, it is busy there and you will get more response: dissociative-identity/efiladeeni wrote:Once we understood the diagnosis it explained lapses in memory but we're really hoping to understand if it also explains his complete change in tone, level of aggression and mannerisms during these episodes.
Yep. Very possible. Happens to me all the time. I have to make sure I pay my bills before the other parts of me get their hands on the money.... (I have DID)efiladeeni wrote:I believe that it was who he becomes in times of stress that spent it. Is that even possible?
efiladeeni wrote:this dissociative thing seems to have morphed into something much bigger and more potentially destructive
When you are talking to him, maybe don't approach the expressions of the other part as something that needs to be "dealt with". They are likely to react against you if you approach it like something that needs to be dealt with rather than a person who's various parts all need compassion and understanding. Try to think of it as negotiating problem behaviours rather than banishing a problem part that needs "dealing with"... Maybe get to know what this other part of him thinks about things first before calling him out on his behaviour. If that part spent the money, he's unlikely to tell you about it if you are critical of what he spent it on and why.efiladeeni wrote:I was really hoping that I'd be wrong, but the truth is more important to know so that it can be dealt with.
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