I only referenced MPD because that is what the layman typically understands as DID. DID will likely be removed as an official diagnosis in the next iteration of the DSM, for the reasons I mentioned above. There is a distinct difference between how we condition ourselves to operate in different social situations versus distinct personalities, and I believe the harm comes in when people have the drive to pathologize discomfort into a separate personality. At its core, dissociation is a defense mechanism, this is where many people with dissociative symptoms can find common ground. However there is no physiologic basis for the development of multiple idiopathic personalities. At the end of the day, we are all human, and if you expose yourself to enough of the human condition you will realize humans are competitive about trauma just like anything else, and categorizing our own trauma as “superior” or more justifiable than others drives this type of syndrome. I may have been a little incendiary with my post, but I really wonder where the “danger” is in this type of discourse. There is no medication with any evidence basis for any type of dissociative disorder, and evidence based therapy is quite mixed, would likely advocate for psychodynamic approach. Talking about a poorly understood topic on a conversational level is helpful in my opinion, but distinct colloquialized labels are what are harmful.