Signs and Symptoms
Many symptoms exist, such as amnesia, which is being unable to remember past events (either recent or long ago), blackouts, frequent lying, having connections with apparent strangers, having unfitting items in one's possession, feeling fictional or like multiple people, the feeling that one's body is changing or fading (depersonalization), perceiving one's environment as fictional, changing, or fading (derealization), and the obvious sign of DID. That sign is that there are two or more distinctly different personalities, each one having its own life outlook and the ability to take over the subject at a troubling or stressful time, sometimes making a sudden change (an identity disturbance).