MEDICAL REPORT
September 5th, 2019
Hospital Benito MartĂnez Herrera
— Psychiatry —
-Patient: Daniel Schneider Montoya
-Age: 27 years old
-Occupation: sales assistant
-Family background: deceased mother, missing information on the father, existence of other relatives is unknown
-Marital status: single
The patient has been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (DID), a mental disorder characterized by the presence of two or more identities or personality states that control the subject’s behavior and cause lapses of dissociative amnesia, as well as an inability to remember personal information.
Dissociative identity disorder is often a protective mechanism for people who have suffered sexual, physical and/or emotional abuse in their childhood. Generally, the victim of abuse is the dominant personality and the secondary personalities (alters) develop as a way to cope with the suffering.
It is common for each of the identities/alters to show an individual perception of their life. They have personal memories, feelings, unique characteristics and can have different genders.
In the case of this patient, six different personalities were identified:
Dominant identity:
Daniel Schneider Montoya: Has difficulty socializing, suffers from anxiety and frequent panic attacks.
Identity Irene:
Perceives herself as a child; innocent, curious, impatient, joyful.
Identity Juan:
Perceives himself as an older man; relives his past over and over again due to inability to remember new information; stubborn, kind.
Identity Elena:
Has strong maternal characteristics; cheerful, optimistic; unable to control her emotions, both positive and negative.
Identity Doña Milagros:
Perceives herself as a superior, high-class woman; difficulty expressing her emotions.
Identity José:
Has an authoritative temperament; suffers from depression; tendency to addictions.
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