Causes, Signs and Symptoms of Dissociative Disorders

Dissociative Disorders

In general, dissociative disorders can be defined as a loss of (some or all) of the normal integration (under conscious control) includes memories of the past, awareness of identity and immediate senses (awareness of identity and immediate sensations) as well as control of body movement.

Dissociative disorders in diagnosis there must be a disorder that causes failure coordinate identity, memory or consciousness perception, and cause significant disruption in social functioning, work and take advantage of free time.

There are several penggolonga in dissociative disorders, among others Dissociative Amnesia, Dissociative Fugue, Dissociative Stupor, Trance and Trance disorders, motor skills disorders Dissociative, Dissociative Convulsions and Dissociative Anesthetics and Sensory Loss.


Causes of Dissociative Disorders

Dissociative Disorders exact cause is not yet known, but it usually occurs as a result of severe trauma of the past, but no organic disorder experienced. This disorder occurs when the first children but not distinctive and can not be identified, dissociative disorders in the course of the disease can occur at any time and trauma of the past never happen again, and again and again so that the symptoms of dissociative disorders.

In some references say that the trauma that occurs in the form of:

• Unstable personality.
• Sexual harassment
• Physical abuse
• Domestic violence (father and mother divorced)
• Social environment that often show violence.

Personal identity is formed during childhood, and during even then, the children more easily step out of himself and observe trauma although it happens to someone else.


Signs and Symptoms of Dissociative Disorders

Dissociative disorders, under the control of consciousness and ability to selectively control the disturbed to the extent that can last from a day to day or even hour to hour.

Symptoms common to all types of dissociative disorders, including:

• Loss of memory (amnesia) against certain period of time, events and people,
• Problems of mental disorders, including depression and anxiety,
• Perception of the people and objects around him are not real (derealization)
• The identity of the opaque
• Depersonalization