Furthermore, tiredness leads to dissociation and contributes to DID. Also psychoanalytic theory believed that DID is the result of disorganised attachment patterns between children and their primarily caregivers (in other words the mothers) (Brenner, 2013). The Narrator tends to repress his feelings and anxiety which lead him to develop insomnia, and as a result by not getting enough sleep his alters started taking over to relieve him of experiencing the memories and events that are too overwhelming to handle. Prevention The reader will be provided with original innovative programme that will attempt to demonstrate independent, critical thought. This section will also cover application that is applicable to the Narrator that has relevant strategies and examples that would successfully reduce the likelihood of the narrator developing DID. The reader will gain an understanding of primary and secondary prevention …show more content…
decreasing and preventing the problem to develop further) (Duncan, Naidoo, & Roos, 2014). This prevention targets the students who have been exposed to child neglect and/or abuse or those students who are suspected of being abused or neglected. By being able to identify this will put the child to an advantage as they will be referred to the appropriate health professional which would investigate and provide psychological support. This is very important as these children will receive the proper psychological intervention which will combat the disorder from developing, also the child will learn the appropriate coping mechanisms to deal with what has happened. This would have also helped the Narrator in that he would have received professional help when it was necessary and he would have learned to cope better with what has been done to him and as a result he possibly would not have felt the need to switch in order to cope with overwhelming