What is a defining characteristic of dissociative identity disorder (DID)?
a. Believe they no longer exist or are real
b. Lose the sensation of an appendage with no physical or neurological evidence
c. Emotional distance and callousness
d. A claim that multiple personalities inhabit one body
Answer: D
Rationale: The dissociation of alter identities can be so strong that one alter may have no memory of events experienced by other alters.
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