Dissociative Identity Disorder: Treatment and Management

by Hassaan Tohid

Sleep Model (SM) The direct cause of dissociation, according to this hypothesis, is a variable sleep–wake cycle or, more importantly, the interference of sleep and waking states, which results in conflicting states of consciousness. In simple terms, dissociation could be described as the state of sleep seeping into the waking state, and the condition of waking can intervene in the state of sleep, as shown by parasomnias and other uncommon dreaming and sleeping experiences. Nightmares, vivid dreams, kinesthetic dreams, and hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations (i.e., hallucinatory perceptions occurring during sleep–wake transitions) are all examples of sleep-related experiences (SREs) that are strongly linked to dissociation and were conceptualized initially by Watson as “dissociations of the night.”