closet and an angry man yelling at her”), may be mistaken for psychotic hallucinations.
Dissociative experiences of identity fragmentat ion or possession, and of perceived loss of
control over thoughts, feelings, impulses, and acts, may be confused with signs of formal
thought disorder, such as thought insertion or withdrawal. Individu als with dissociative
identity disorder may also report visual, tact ile, olfactory, gustatory, and somatic halluci-
nations, which are usually related to posttrau matic an d dissociative factors, such as partial