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Tonya, who recently discovered her husband was having an affair, disappeared for several days and was found by the police sleeping under a bridge. She claimed that her name was Mary and that she had no clear memory of her life or identity. Her symptoms best illustrate a dissociative disorder. anorexia nervosa. agoraphobia. social anxiety disorder.

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Her symptoms are Disassociative. She has become overwhelmed with what happened in her life and her brain disassociated from the trauma (her true identity) to protect her. This condition is very treatable and is not the same as schizophrenia.
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