Many medical terms have evolved or changed over the years to reflect advancements in medical knowledge or to reduce stigma. For example, what was once called consumption is now known to be ...

Sarah Schuster has a journalism degree from Syracuse University. She spent seven years helping people tell their mental health stories at The Mighty, and is currently pursing a master's in social work ...

A person develops DID to cope with early and repeated trauma, like sexual assault or violence. On-screen portrayals suggest DID can make people evil. In reality, symptoms like amnesia and ...

Dear Dr. Roach: What is dissociative identity disorder? There are a lot of movies and TV shows about it. -- Anon. Answer: Most people will be more familiar with dissociative identity disorder’s former ...

Myths about DID paint it as a rare, untreatable condition that involves extreme personality changes. In reality, people with DID switch identities because they don't have a single unified identity.

Sydney Hegele, the author of The Pump, recently published a clear-eyed essay about falling in love after their diagnosis with dissociative identity disorder (DID), still widely known by its former ...