Eve seeks treatment to learn how to relax. When her therapist hypnotizes her, her voice changes and someone claiming her name is "Joan" begins to speak. During therapy, 23 separate entities, each with its own name, personal style, and memories emerge. Eve appears to be suffering from ________ disorder.

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Eve's experience of having multiple personalities, each with their own distinct memories and personal style, is indicative of dissociative identity disorder, previously known as multiple personality disorder. This disorder involves a disruption of identity in which an individual experiences the presence of at least two distinct personalities or identities, with each personality presenting as a unique entity with its own behaviors, memories, and preferences.

Eve Seeks Treatment to Learn How to Relax