| A | B |
|---|
| continuous amnesia | encompasses a period up to & including the present that is lost from conscious recollection |
| depersonalization disorder | marked by persistent & repetitious feeling of being detached from one's mental thoughts or body without the presence of disorientation |
| derealization | perception the external environment is unreal or changing |
| dissociation | mental mechanism that allows one's mind to separate certain memories from conscious awareness & repress them into the unconcious level |
| dissociative amnesia | characterized by an inability to remember important personal information that is usually of a traumatic or stressful nature |
| dissociative fugue | inability to recall some or all of a person's past or identity, accompanied by the sudden & unexpected travel of the person away from home or place of employment |
| dissociative identity disorder | two or more distinct identities or personalities present in the same person that alternate in assuming control of the person's behavior (formerly: multiple personality disorder) |
| generalized amnesia | inability to recall any aspect of one's life |
| localized amnesia | usually occurs within a few hours following a traumatic event |
| malingered fugue | dissociation in person trying to avoid a legal, financial or unwanted personal situation |
| selective amnesia | person retains memory of some portions of an event, but not all details surrounding the situation |
| switching process | changing of one personality to another that occurs very abruptly in dissociative identity disorder |
