Dissociative Identity Disorder concerning gender is the overriding topic of this paper. The paper intends to study the psychological disorder following various research propositions that more women are diagnosed with the mental disorder than their male counterparts. Therefore, this paper will attempt to deduce why the diagnosis rate is higher in women than men. Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a psychological disorder where an individual presents two or multiple distinct personalities. It is also known as a personality disorder, whereby each distinct trait has implications and takes turns controlling an individual’s behaviors at different times. For dissociative identity disorder, the causes are like early childhood development, which is altered by sexual and physical abuse and neglect. Childhood maltreatment causes trauma, which is ideal as a risk factor for the potential propagation of the condition in the future. It is proposed that women who encounter severe child maltreatment tend to get into trouble in establishing intimate relationships with men.

Dissociative identity disorder generally presents various symptoms in a wide range, which vary from one patient to another. Several deficiencies exist in the intellectual functionalities of patients, which are critical in the condition’s diagnosis. These deficiencies include the inability of patients to recall much of their childhood memories (Bowman & Coons, 2000). Patients usually present a lack of remembrance of necessary experiences they had in their early childhood period. In other instances, patients suffer from a lack of awareness of the recent events around them, and whenever they get any awareness, they cannot explain them; that is, they do not know what they are (Bowman & Coons, 2000). They do not recognize how they even got to a particular location. Intellectual deficiencies in patients with dissociative identity disorder present profound memory loss, such that they keep on losing their minds frequently (Bowman & Coons, 2000). One might remember something in one moment but tend to forget in another. Patients present severe hallucinations that disturb them frequently. Hallucinations occur when an individual experiences perceptions of seeing, hearing, tasting, or feeling things that appear to be accurate.

In contrast, they only exist in their minds but do not happen in reality. Patients with dissociative identity disorder also detach from thought and body. Another symptom of intellectual function impairment for patients with multiple personality disorder is experiencing sudden flashbacks and multiple returns of lost thoughts that happen randomly, making personality traits switch at any time (Bowman & Coons, 2000). These intellectual symptoms of multiple personality disorder are measured by the Intelligence Quotient test, which should be 70% and below to denote possible diagnosis.

Other than the intellectual function deficit, multiple personality disorders exhibit other symptoms of adaptive function impairment. Adaptive functions are the social traits associated with a relationship with oneself or the ability to socialize with the rest. These symptoms include attempts, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts (Dorahy et al., 2014). Patients present attempted suicides as well as intentions. Patients exhibit erratic mood swings and signs of depression, which causes impairment of the mind and degradation of interests. Patients have low or even no moods to perform various activities (Dorahy et al., 2009). Patients also showcase excess anxiety, increased nervousness, and always under panic attacks, leading to phobias (Bowman & Coons, 2000). Patients with dissociative identity disorder present unexplained sleep disorders such as insomnia, night terror, and sleepwalking. Eating disorders are also familiar with personality disorder patients, with low or high appetites and an inability to feed themselves (Dorahy et al., 2014). In some instances, several patients experience chronic pains, especially from headaches. These adaptive functions of a patient are measured to determine whether a patient can take care of themselves (Bowman & Coons, 2000).

According to research, dissociative identity disorder varies in prevalence according to the verified demographic. Researching multiple personal disorders has continued to become a difficult task following the controversy. Researchers have come up with varying statistics of the disorder, which have wide gaps from one result to another. Nevertheless, It is believed that about 1.5% of the global population suffers from a dissociative personality disorder, so it is proper to deduce that the disorder is rare (Akyüz et al. 1999). Dissociative identity disorder prevails in people of all races but is more presented by Americans than by the rest. On the same note, some researchers believe that the disorder has been misdiagnose