What is dissociative amnesia? Created with Sketch. Dissociative amnesia is a relatively rare disorder in which one forgets important information about one’s own life, memory loss that is not ...

And that makes sense — after all, amnesia and other kinds of memory blackouts are real; why wouldn’t repressed memories, sometimes called dissociative amnesia, function in a similar way?

dissociative amnesia, dissociative identity disorder. A physician should first rule out any possible medical conditions that could cause memory difficulties such as brain injury or lesions.

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a condition in which an individual has two or more distinct personality states or identities. It was previously known as multiple personality disorder. A ...