I agree that it’s impossible that someone can forget their past and continue function normally in society; The Dissociative Amnesia can be used by an individual as an escape from an unpleasant reality, such a family issues, drugs abuse, domestic violence etc. Unless the loss of memory is related to an accident or illness I have my doubt about those cases where the person loss the memory of their present.
In my opinion Dissociative Disorder is a maladaptive response to a trauma because until the person faced their reality they wouldn’t be able to make a decision and seek for help, for example some people stays in abusive relationship because the just don’t wanted to deal with other issues that may arise, however, that’s a mechanism of defense
In my opinion Dissociative Disorder is a maladaptive response to a trauma because until the person faced their reality they wouldn’t be able to make a decision and seek for help, for example some people stays in abusive relationship because the just don’t wanted to deal with other issues that may arise, however, that’s a mechanism of defense