While adaptive in abusive and inescapable situations, dissociation may lead to ____.

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Dissociation is a coping mechanism that can be adaptive in abusive and inescapable situations; however, prolonged dissociation may lead to the development of dissociative disorders, including dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder. Dissociative disorders have symptoms such as depersonalization (feeling detached from oneself) and derealization (feeling that the external world is unreal), which may be mistaken for symptoms of other disorders like borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or split psychotic disorder. However, dissociative disorders are considered unique from these other disorders.

While Adaptive in Abusive and Inescapable Situations, Dissociation May Lead