order is not limited to stressful or traumati c events; these individuals often cannot recall
everyday events as well.
Individuals with dissociative identity disorder vary in their awareness and attitude to-
ward their amnesias. It is common for these in dividuals to minimize their amnestic symp-
toms. Some of their amnestic behaviors may be  apparent to others—as when these persons
do not recall somethin g they were witnessed to have done or said, when they cannot
remember their own name, or when they do no t recognize their spouse, children, or close
friends.
Possession-form identities in dissociative identity  disorder typically manifest as be-
haviors that appear as if a “spirit,” supernatur al being, or outside person has taken control,