dissociative HPD

HPD is commonly co-morbid with conversion disorders, hypochondriasis, dissociative disorders, and affective disorders (Richards, 1993, p. 246). Kernberg (1992, p. 53) suggests that the relationship of HPD to conversion reaction and dissociative symptoms is strongest when the personality disorder is most severe.

I never knew that dissociative disorder is the new term for Split personality.

Dissociative Identity Disorder, often called multiple personality disorder, mental illness in which a person has two or more distinct identities or personality states, which recurrently take control of the person’s consciousness and behavior. The person often gives the alternate identities their own personal names, and these identities may have characteristics that differ sharply from the person’s primary identity. In addition, a person with this disorder experiences some degree of amnesia, in that one personality usually will not recall what occurred when another personality controlled the person.

People often act and feel differently in various settings. For example, teenagers may act differently at a party than they do at school. However, people in good mental health maintain continuous awareness of themselves no matter what the situation. Individuals with dissociative identity disorder do not. They experience sudden shifts in consciousness, identity, and memory. They may find themselves in a strange apartment and not remember how they got there, or discover new clothing in their closet without knowing how it was purchased. Their identity is fragmented into pieces with different emotions, memories, and styles of interacting with people. They may shift from being passive and accepting of advice from others to being hostile and uncooperative. They are often at war with themselves, with certain personalities being quite critical of other personalities. At times one personality may go so far as inflicting physical harm on one of the other personalities. In one case, a woman with dissociative identity disorder carved the words “I hate Joan” on her forearm while in a different personality state.

In 1994 the American Psychiatric Association (APA) changed the name of the disorder from multiple personality disorder to dissociative identity disorder. Psychiatrists wanted to emphasize the fact that the disorder does not really consist of many personalities living in one body, but rather of a failure to integrate various aspects of identity into a unified personality. In a sense, people with this disorder suffer not from having more than one personality but rather from having less than one personality.

So when they snap out of this are they regretful?

My ex hpd partner did this...she was a complete different person...completely!!

Mine would split.......... I didn't understand until later.........

Yes mine felt some regret...............

But I left her because she would never love me in the real
adult, mature, way............

She wasw essentially a child,............

A spoiled brat.............

No one guy would ever be enough for her............

Her "homebody" was a bookworm, prim and proper who was an introvert. Very quiet, and serious.

Her "social person"............. was a loud, know it all, party girl with no inhibitions......... a "wild bohemian"................

My ex was seemingly never aware of her dissociative behavior.

Seeing her changes were some of the most terrifying moments of our relationship. That sh!t is supposed to only happen in the movies... but man, when you see someone you love flip like a switch... well, how do you prepare yourself for that and then how do you cope?

With difficulty.

Thank God those days are over!