PARIS — The 2023 Encéphale Congress devoted a session to dissociative identity disorder (DID). It's a fascinating condition that has been depicted in countless movies and TV shows. And while it may be ...

When experiences like long-term abuse or neglect prove too traumatic to bear, some people cope with their distress by involuntarily escaping reality, or dissociating. Dissociation is a mental process ...

Lizzie Duszynski-Goodman is a journalist living in the Midwest with her husband and two young children. Her work explores the intersection of mental health, wellness and parenting. She is the former ...

The human brain is constantly bombarded with information 24/7. As you’re reading this article, your dog might be yawning, a delivery truck is passing by underneath your window, and just about a ...

In a study of nearly 100 women, participants with certain dissociative symptoms had increased connections within some brain networks and decreased connections within others. The new findings shed ...

This article is part of Social Anxiety, a series exploring how social media impacts our mental health. Until recently, it was rare for a young patient to come to psychologist Naomi Torres-Mackie, PhD, ...

Can a person naturally have multiple distinct accents? Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a condition in which multiple different identity states coexist in the same individual and have their own ...

People with dissociative identity disorder (DID) experience fractured parts of their identity. A person develops DID to cope with early and repeated trauma, like sexual assault or violence. On-screen ...

Netflix’s four-part docuseries Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan attempts to untangle the complicated story of Billy Milligan, who became the first person to be acquitted for a violent ...

Trauma can cause dissociative symptoms—such as having an out-of-body experience, or feeling emotionally numb—that may help an individual cope in the short term but can have negative impacts if the ...