I'm glad you've found a perspective that helps you, bunipyne. To be clear though, this isn't an either there-are-a-bunch-of-people-living-in-one-body or i'm-one-person-broken-into-pieces thing. Those are the most popular perspectives, but that doesn't mean they are the only ones. the two most popular theories about the development of Dissociative Identity Disorder revolve around the existence of alters: the Broken Vase Theory, and the Multiple Vase Theory. Neither are satisfactory explanations for how DID develops and ultimately both theoriesâ?? inaccuracies stem from the same error: the assumption that early childhood identity is cohesive and intact when in fact it is anything but. One of the two most popular theories about the development of Dissociative Identity Disorder states that if you take a child with an intact identity and apply severe force for long enough, the childâ??s identity will splinter into pieces. I call it the Broken Vase Theory. I also call it wrong.

by Joshua 01:36:06 PM 2013.03.14