Originally it was thought that there were only two or three alternate personalities. Studies now suggest that the average number of subpersonalities is about 15 for women and 8 for men. These subpersonalities often emerge in groups of two or three at a time. Every case of dissociative identity disorder is unique, and there generally are three kinds of relationship options between the individual’s subpersonalities (Comer, 2016, p. 171). One relationship is called mutually amnesic. In this relationship, the subpersonalities aren’t aware of each other. Conversely, in a relationship that is mutually
Originally it was thought that there were only two or three alternate personalities. Studies now suggest that the average number of subpersonalities is about 15 for women and 8 for men. These subpersonalities often emerge in groups of two or three at a time. Every case of dissociative identity disorder is unique, and there generally are three kinds of relationship options between the individual’s subpersonalities (Comer, 2016, p. 171). One relationship is called mutually amnesic. In this relationship, the subpersonalities aren’t aware of each other. Conversely, in a relationship that is mutually