Book contents
- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes
- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Reviews
- Preface
- Section 1 Abnormalities of Belief and Judgement
- Section 2 Abnormalities of the Experience of Love
- Section 3 Abnormalities of Perception
- Section 4 Abnormalities of the Self
- Chapter 12 Depersonalization
- Chapter 13 Autoscopy and Related Syndromes
- Chapter 14 Dissociation
- Section 5 Abnormalities of Experience of the Body
- Section 6 Abnormalities of Memory Function
- Section 7 Abnormalities of Behaviour
- References
- Index
Chapter 14 - Dissociation
Possession States and Dissociative Identity Disorder
from Section 4 - Abnormalities of the Self
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 August 2021
- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes
- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Reviews
- Preface
- Section 1 Abnormalities of Belief and Judgement
- Section 2 Abnormalities of the Experience of Love
- Section 3 Abnormalities of Perception
- Section 4 Abnormalities of the Self
- Chapter 12 Depersonalization
- Chapter 13 Autoscopy and Related Syndromes
- Chapter 14 Dissociation
- Section 5 Abnormalities of Experience of the Body
- Section 6 Abnormalities of Memory Function
- Section 7 Abnormalities of Behaviour
- References
- Index
Summary
The nature of the self depends on at least four presuppositions, namely a subjective awareness of activity, a subjective awareness of a sense of unity of self over time, an awareness of a persisting and singular identity over time and, finally, a distinct sense of being separate from other material objects and other selves. In this chapter, I deal with two conditions, possession states and dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder), both of which seem to undermine the presupposition that the sense of self is predicated upon a unified sense of self over time and a sense of a persisting and singular identity over time.
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- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes , pp. 153 - 176Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021