dissociative identity disorder

A unique look at a person living with Dissociative Identity Disorder, a condition in which a person displays several distinct identities, each with its own perception of the environment.

Willow comes to terms with her diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder. Her journey takes her on a path of reckoning about the abuse she endured as a child, which caused the disorder. She pieces together the narrative of her life, which is fragmented into more than 40 personalities. Each carry their own memories and experiences from Denise's life and she is working to understand who she is and what happened to her as a child.

A short film about a woman with DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) who prepares for a date. Initially screened for the System Speak Community, a private community of people with DID and other Dissociative conditions. It has been acclaimed for its realistic and positive portrayal of someone living with DID.

short film by carey burtt

A young woman with a personality disorder is forced to fight for her life when she learns a killer is stalking her inside her apartment.

Dateline's coverage of the lawsuit by Patty Burgus and family against Bennett Braun, director of the Dissociative Disorder's Unit at Rush Presbyterian St. Lukes in Chicago. Oct 1998. This is the story of the foundational works which constitute the current theory of Dissociative Identity Disorder/ Multiple Personality Disorder. This was the first Dissociative Disorder's Unit in the United States. All subsequent units specializing in Multiple Personality Disorder/ Dissociative Identity Disorders have been modeled after it. After having his license suspended in Illinois, Dr. Braun has resumed practice in Butte, Montana. Despite the malpractice payments paid by insurance on his behalf as well, Dr. Kluft remains in practice and continues to give training lectures on the treatment of MPD/DID to large audiences of mental health practitioners.

A surrealist exploration of dissociative identity disorder (DID) based on the lived experience of a Black, nonbinary, disabled artist and former sex worker.

A writer who suffers from dissociative identity disorder finds his life spiralling out of control after he starts hallucinating the characters of his new novel. As the hallucinations become more frequent and his mental health worsens, his family turns to a renowned psychiatrist for help. Can he be saved?

An abstracted study of a dissociative episode.

DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA is a six minute experimental short directed by Shun Ikezoe. It is part of FILMS FROM NOWHERE programme which took place in 2020.