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Definition of Alter from Trauma dissociation dot com / alters
Dissociative identity disorder was previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), sometimes incorrectly called "split personality", it is characterized by the presence of more than one sense of identity within a single human body. These alternate identities are commonly known as alters or dissociated parts. A person with multiple identities is often referred to as a multiple. What are Alters? Other terms for alter include: alternate identity, dissociative identity, distinct identity, personality state, personality, dissociated part, self-state, part, part of the mind, part of the self, dissociative part of the personality.
A person with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), or a similar form of Other Specified Dissociative Disorder (previously called Dissociative Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, or DDNOS-1) has a fragmented personality. A person with DID experiences himself or herself as having separate identities, known as alters, or alternate identities.
Alters take over control of the person's body or behavior at various times. Each can function independently. All the alters together make up the person's whole personality. Alters typically develop from dissociation caused by prolonged early childhood trauma, although attachment problems and persistent neglect in very early childhood are also known factors. People with alters may refer to their alters as "parts inside, aspects, facets, ways of being, voices, multiples, selves, ages of me, people, persons, individuals, spirits, demons, others," etc. Alter identities are sometimes incorrectly referred to as ego states, or even alter egos, but these states exist in people without alters and do not involve amnesia, dissociative symptoms, or clinical distress.
originally posted by: NobodySpecial268
Trauma causes DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder),
DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) sounds like the more proper fit for the truly raised dna, or rather the purely social media induced mass scale form we're getting at here.
Now your talking. Billy Milligan comes to mind. Now how well has this been understood and by whom and to what end. I know the human mind/persona is far more pliable anyone likes to comfortably accept and the traits that some people might believe are intrinsic to themselves are in fact not and are subject to change quit easily through outside influences.
originally posted by: NobodySpecial268
Yeah, it is a big subject just in orthodox psychology alone. I have some insights into the the subject of interaction with the (deceased(?)) Alters. I guess one might tentatively include in this catagorie some; spirits, poltergiests, guides, ghosts Orbs, and so on.
originally posted by: xuenchen
originally posted by: godsovein
WTF kind of 'god' would make us like this
originally posted by: butcherguy
To be clear, I understand the psychological concept of alters, but what if it is possible for alters to disassociate from a physical body.
originally posted by: ElGoobero
there is such a thing as literal demon possession.
alcohol and drugs can drastically change some people. they used to call it the 'demon rum' for a reason. I avoid those ones too.
The mention of poltergeists made me think. Poltergeists have been connected to adolescents going through puberty in a number of investigations. Puberty might be enough to form an alter, at least a mild or temporary one.
I wonder if the trauma of a mass casualty plane might have formed alters that could explain the Ghosts of Flight 401?
To be clear, I understand the psychological concept of alters, but what if it is possible for alters to disassociate from a physical body.