PS280 Lecture : Dissociative amnesia (Localized, Selective, Generalized, Systemized, Continuous) Dissociative Fugue Depersonalization disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Common factors in DID Merskey’s explana
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Dissociative amnesia: 5 types vary in extent severity episodic memory loss events involving one"s experience the partial or total loss of important personal information. Localized: most common forget all details of an event events that happened recently enough that you would be expected to remember them. Selective: cannot remember certain significant details of an event, about 70% of criminals claiming this for a criminal action are probably lying. Generalized: cannot remember any details of past life, able to process what is currently going on. Systemized: cannot recall any information about a person, or about several people. Continuous: alert, but has forgotten events going back to a certain time in the past, and forgets each new event after it happens. It is like i was theorized that it is developed as a coping method suddenly inserted into this life. It"s like i woke up from a deep sleep to find myself in this life.
