copying someones style or the way they talk or trying to become friends with all their friends. socially losing your identity and assuming the identity of another.
she completly commited identity theft of my entire life. shes always at my friends house and wearing the same kind of clothes i wear. when we first became friends she used to have her own identity and wear earth tones. now shes just a clone of me.
by richdelrio May 3, 2009
by AllTruths February 23, 2010
This fucking corporation tells you who you're supposed to be and you believe them and assume that role
by smexy rapist August 30, 2017
by RockManZero3 March 15, 2020
Me: My credit score went up and my car is now paid? WTF?
You: You are a victim of Polish Identity Theft
You: You are a victim of Polish Identity Theft
by Joey Paisan April 20, 2011
Formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder. Dissociative Identity Disorder is a complex dissociative disorder characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states with amnesia between them. Each personality is it's own individual person and may have different names, memories, personal histories, and characteristics.
It is currently believed that DID forms due to structural dissociation. When humans are below the ages of 7-9, we do not have a stable or integrated self/personality, and instead have parts. There is a part that craves love, a part that wants food, a part that is sad, etc etc. (This is why babies will go from crying to laughing in seemingly a few seconds.) When we reach the age of roughly 7-9, these parts, along with our experiences will integrate into one, whole personality. However, if a child experiences severe and repetitive trauma before this age, and does not have stable relationships with their primary caregivers (Parent(s), etc) then the brain will put up amnesic walls as a way to protect itself from the memories of the terrible things that have/are happening, and these walls prevent the personality from integrating, which results in the parts staying separate.
Contrary to popular belief and media representation, people with DID are not evil, nor dangerous. They are traumatized individuals who are more likely to hurt themselves than anyone else, and many have gone on to live happy, successful lives.
It is currently believed that DID forms due to structural dissociation. When humans are below the ages of 7-9, we do not have a stable or integrated self/personality, and instead have parts. There is a part that craves love, a part that wants food, a part that is sad, etc etc. (This is why babies will go from crying to laughing in seemingly a few seconds.) When we reach the age of roughly 7-9, these parts, along with our experiences will integrate into one, whole personality. However, if a child experiences severe and repetitive trauma before this age, and does not have stable relationships with their primary caregivers (Parent(s), etc) then the brain will put up amnesic walls as a way to protect itself from the memories of the terrible things that have/are happening, and these walls prevent the personality from integrating, which results in the parts staying separate.
Contrary to popular belief and media representation, people with DID are not evil, nor dangerous. They are traumatized individuals who are more likely to hurt themselves than anyone else, and many have gone on to live happy, successful lives.
"Did you hear about Mary? She was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder."
(This definition was written by someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder.)
(This definition was written by someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder.)
by Space-Ace May 24, 2020
Formerly known as "multiple personality disorder" and/or "split personality", DID is a severe mental illness in which the person has two or more distinct personalities, which form entirely different memories and characteristics. Commonly confused with schizophrenia.
by Doc_B April 14, 2015