Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day
Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day is celebrated every year on March 5 in order to raise awareness on dissociative identity disorder (DID) and gain support for people diagnosed with it and their loved ones. The day is celebrated as DID is a relatively new disorder that is often misdiagnosed or not diagnosed at all. Through raising awareness activists hope to educate the public and health professionals on the condition and increase understanding and empathy. The days is also celebrated to help systems (as people suffering DID refer to themselves) to accept themselves as who they are and to not be ashamed of their multiplicity. During the days people with DID are encouraged to publicly tell their stories online or at events or to share them with friends, family or health professionals in private settings.[1]
Dissociative Identity Disorder[edit]
- See also Dissociative Identity Disorder
Persons suffering from DID may feel like there are multiple personalities living in their body that have different names, ages, genders and appearances. It also common for DID to have memory less, out-of-body experiences and detachment from sensations and emotions. Is is estimated by the National Alliance of Mental Illness that around 2 % of the US population suffer from theses symptoms. DID was before known as multiple personality disorder. DID develops through severe and prolonged trauma experienced during early childhood starting before the age of 8.[1][2]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day". daysoftheyear.com. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ↑ "NATIONAL MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DAY – March 5". nationaldaycalendar. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
