Understanding D.I.D.

D.I.D. (Dissociative Identity Disorder) is very common.

The psychiatric world defines Dissociative Identity Disorder as a severe mental health condition--mental illness. I do not agree. While I do believe we dissociate mentally, I have found it as healable as other emotional wounds we carry. But, it does need to be approached differently. 

Far more people than you would ever think have some level of dissociation. Dissociation covers a wide spectrum from simple alters (personalities that carry the trauma, pain, etc.) to very complex systems. Unless someone has experienced SRA (Satanic Ritual Abuse) or other ritual abuse, likely they’re somewhere mid-range.  

When a child (even embryo or fetus in the womb) is put into a situation where there is no way to escape physically or emotionally but desperately needs a way to remove self from the overwhelming event, he/she is able to detach from the reality of what's happening by creating a place to go mentally—"leaving the room without leaving the room”—so to speak.                                           

A child who experienced sexual or physical abuse or other traumatic events at an early age—likely before age 6 or 7—especially if the abuse was ongoing—probably used dissociation to cope. Once we dissociate, we continue to do it--creating more alters--because it brings instant relief to our conscious mind. My opinion is that God allows us that way of escape, because without it, many children would not survive.