I believe that this latter type of people form a core group of those who really understand dissociative disorders and are ready to work with them. The idea that there are other identities somewhere in our mind is counterintuitive to most of us, and not many of us dare to accept that some people’s mind works that way. Many clinicians still feel that although DID is listed in major diagnostic systems such as DSM and ICD, that condition is not to be seriously taken into account in their daily clinical practice. They feel that the mind of the patients with DID are beyond their grasp and they are fortunate not to be in a position to work with these patients. However, DID patients are among the most empathic and agreeable people that we encounter. It is next to be impossible to speculate that they concoct their different personalities intentionally in order to mislead others for their own gains. Although some clinicians are skeptical about the reality of different personalities in DID condition, I believe that they are real, as much as hearing voices of people with schizophrenia are.
In the next chapter, I will discuss the history of dissociative disorder which predates far before Freud’s era.
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