In contrast to Sybil, Chris Sizemore, or "Eve," represents a validated case of DID. The disturbing events that triggered the first dissociative episode are known to the patient and diagnosis depended first on the presence of amnesia (Sizemore and Huber)
Dissociative Identity Disorder The most severe and chronic manifestation of dissociative disorders is dissociative identity disorder (DID) and is believed to be extremely rare (Weber 1003-1004)
Many psychologists, psychiatrists and memory experts doubt that memories of events before the age of three can be recovered (Gale Encyclopedia 1999). A book, entitled "Shared Grace: Therapists and Clergy Working Together (Billich et al
Mind dissociation often occurs in most people because of some physical stressors, such as lack of sleep for some time, minor accidents, or getting over-engrossed in something, without detracting them from normal functioning. It is the moderate or severe forms that warrant genuine alarm, such as traumatic experiences of childhood abuse, combat, criminal attacks, brainwashing, hostage situations and disasters (Frey)
). DID is described as the ability to escape within oneself during a traumatic experience or event and the saving of painful memories as if they never occurred (Grace 2002)