06.10.09
How Dissociative Are You?
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How dissociative are you?
Do you wonder if you have a dissociative disorder?
Do you wonder if you are more dissociative than average?
You can take a simple 28-question self-reporting questionnaire to get a sense of how dissociative you are. It will take about 10-15 minutes to read through the questions.
The Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) was developed by Eve Bernstein Carlson, Ph.D. and Frank W. Putnam, M.D.
The Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) can be found at:
http://discussingdissociation.wordpress.com/dissociative-experiences-scale-des/
Answer each question, selecting how often that experience happens to you. Pick any number between 0 and 100. Of course, 0 represents none of the time, and 100 represents all of the time.
There is no right or wrong answer – it is more about the reality of how often these experiences happen for you. Try to be as accurate and honest with yourself as possible.
To score the DES, add up the individual scores of each of the 28 questions to get a total score. Divide this total score by 28 to get the average score.
(I’ll discuss the meaning of the scores in my next post.)
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- When you were answering these questions, what were you thinking? What were you feeling?
- Are you worried about being highly dissociative?
- Are you upset about being dissociative?
- Are you relieved to finally find something that explains how life is for you?
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By:
Kathy Broady LCSW
muffledones said,
June 10, 2009 at 10:27 pm
depends on who you ask…..
I PWD so I keep it at that.
mindparts said,
June 11, 2009 at 4:35 am
I never liked this test. I guess it’s a decent screening tool, but that’s all it is. And, as you know, there are many others. What I don’t like about it is that the questions are not in context. “How often have you…” can be interpreted as “in my life” or “in the past week”. And in an inpatient setting when you are more vulnerable, the answers will be different from other times. If you gave this test to someone with DID every day over the course of days or weeks, you would find very different results. Which makes one wonder about how helpful the test really is. I have parts who can take the test and will score low. I have other parts who score high.
rdrunner68 said,
June 11, 2009 at 9:48 am
Ya it really does depend on who is taking the test doesnt it. I like the MID test by Dell, as it address the full spectrum of dissociative experiences and has a validity scale also. But then again what do I know,
muffledones said,
June 11, 2009 at 9:08 pm
I took a test, can’t remmeber which one but it took awhile, was detailed.
But I KNEW I was fudging.
I knew WHY they(p-doc and SW) were asking the questions.
In retrospect I think I was quietly switching away even as I took the test ROFL!!!
It came out GAD severe!
I’m actually generally not that anxious. I have one part that is only that i know of. LOL!
He wanted me to get another testing done psych something? but it was gonna be like HOURS long testing, and there was long waitlist, so I kinda didn’t bother. I was on seroquel by then and too busy eating my fool head off ….(no longer on seroquel)
My present Dr. she says she got no use for testing and she not fond of labels. They have their place perhaps, but she avoids them where she can. We are ourselves, not a label. She says she can test me if I want, but I don’t see the point myself either.
Ones