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People with dissociative disorders can sometimes experience dissociative fugue, a state in which someone forgets their identity and starts a new life.
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This can involve unplanned travel and the establishment of a new identity.
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In extreme cases, someone in a dissociative fugue may move away, start a new career, and develop new relationships, not remembering or knowing the truth about their actual identity and life.
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Dissociative fugue may be difficult to diagnose at first glance
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, and memories can naturally come back without treatment.
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Quick intervention following a traumatic event may help reduce the risk of developing dissociative disorders.
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Dissociative fugue , formerly called a fugue state or psychogenic fugue, is a mental and behavioral disorder that is classified variously as a dissociative disorder, a conversion disorder, and a somatic symptom disorder. The disorder is a rare psychiatric phenomenon characterized by reversible amnesia for one's identity, including the memories, personality, and other identifying characteristics of individuality. The state can last for days, months or longer. Dissociative fugue usually involves unplanned travel or wandering and is sometimes accompanied by the establishment of a new identity. It is a facet of dissociative amnesia, according to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).
Fugue state - Wikipedia
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A dissociative fugue is a temporary state where a person has memory loss ( amnesia ) and ends up in an unexpected place. People with this symptom can't remember who they are or details about their past. Other names for this include a "fugue” or a “fugue state.”
Dissociative Fugue: What It Is, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
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In extreme cases, someone in a dissociative fugue will start a new life very different from their “old” life. For example, they might move away, start a new career, and develop new relationships, not remembering or knowing the truth about their actual identity and life.
Dissociative Fugue: Signs and Symptoms | Psych Central
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The term " fugue state " was first used in the 1901 French publication Mental State Hystericals. The word " fugue ," which means "running away" or "flights of fancy" in French, was used…
Excuse Me, Who Am I? - Science
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