“There are distinct mood changes with borderline individuals that may be experienced as very alien or disconnected to the client. The loss of memory associated with DID, however, does not occur in BPD, and the mood changes do not constitute a change in personality to the extent that a part of the psyche takes control of the body outside the individual's consciousness.” Dissociative Identity DisorderAmnesiaMultiple Personality DisorderMultiple PersonalitiesAlter PersonalitiesBorderline Personality DisorderAlter Identities Author:Deborah Bray Haddock
“When experiences or emotions become too overwhlming, the mind clevely encapsulates the material and stores it for safe-keeping. Many people respond this way in the face of trauma, but the additional step that occurs in this process, in the case of DID, is the formation of distinct ego states that carry the experience.” TraumaPtsdDissociative Identity DisorderCopingDissociationTraumatic ExperiencesMultiple PersonalitiesTraumatizedAlter PersonalitiesDissociativeDissociative PartsCompartmentalizationMemory Fragmentation Book:The Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook Source: The Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook