Nama kumpulan :Android

Nama ahli kumpulan

1.Muhammad Amiru Aiman Bin Anuar
2.Muhammad Zul Alif Bin Syamezul
3.Muhammad Aiman Hakimi Bin Hashim



My topic of choice for this research paper is Dissociative Identity Disorder or DID. This appellation is
rather new; therefore, most are more familiar with the disorder's older, less technical name: Multiple
Personality Disorder or MPD. When first presented with the task of selecting a topic on which to
center this paper, I immediately dismissed Dissociative Identity Disorder (which for the sake of brevity
will be referred to as DID for the remainder of this paper) as a viable topic due to the sheer scope of
the disorder. However after an exhaustive examination of other prospective topics, I found myself
back at my original choice. There are several reasons why I chose DID. The foremost of which is the
widespread fascination of this disorder by many different types of people; most of whom otherwise
have no interest in psychology or its associated fields. One would be hard pressed to find someone
who hasnt been captivated at one time or another by the extraordinary, all too well known symptoms
of this disorder. This fascination dare I say allure to this disorder is exemplified by the myriad
of motion pictures that have been produced based on cases, real or fictitious, of DID. Another reason
for my choice is what I feel is the insufficiency of effective treatments for DID. Despite what is known
about this disorder, (which is relatively a lot) there are only two chief treatments for DID; the first and
most prevalent is psychotherapy; also known as talk therapy, the second is medication. The third
and final reason for my choice is my own enchantment with DID. I must admit that ever since I read
about Sue Tinker, a woman who was diagnosed with over 200 different personalities. In writing this
paper I hope to discover more about this disorder and perhaps be able to identify a few areas that I
feel might require more research on the part of psychologists specializing in DID.
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder? A proper explanation of DID necessitates a dissection of the
name itself. Dissociation is a mental process, which produces a lack of connection in a person's
thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity.1 In other words, there is a disruption in
the way in which these usually integrated functions communicate. Daydreaming, highway hypnosis, or
getting lost in a book or movie are all examples of very mild dissociation. Now that I have defined
dissociation, I can explain Dissociation Identity Disorder with less difficulty. DID is a psychological
response to trauma often suffered in early childhood. Sufferers are said to have multiple
personalities (hence the moniker Multiple Personality Disorder). They develop different identities
(known as alters), each having its own distinct set of memories, personal experiences, likes, dislikes,
talents, and self-image including its own name. The different identities can have their own age,
gender or even race.
How does DID develop? A familiar explanation is that DID is caused by an extremely traumatic
experience typically suffered in early childhood. I feel however, that this requires further elucidation.
The aforementioned traumatic experience is most often caused by a traumatizing situation from which
there is no physical escape. This event is so overwhelmingly painful that the sufferer creates another
person to deal with it, or simply goes away in their mind; a typical child-like response. The
experience may be sudden or gradual, transient or chronic. In most cases however, DID develops in
situations in which the abuse is perpetrated repeatedly. No matter the length of the anxiety-producing
experience, the mind ultimately responds the same way. The experience is processed in a way that
breaks up the pieces of the event into differing states of consciousness. Damaging though it may be,
this dissociation is a rather effective defense mechanism. For this reason, frequently even long after
the traumatizing circumstances have ended, the dissociation remains.