Original sentence: A chronic reliance on dissociation as a means of defending against stressors in the environment causes the individual to experience their psyche/identity as disconnected or split into distinct parts.Those who accept that it is a real disorder say that Dissociative Identity Disorder is a psychological condition characterized by the use of dissociation as a primary defense mechanism
Edited sentence: Dissociative Identity Disorder is a psychological condition characterized by the use of dissociation as a primary defense mechanism, and where the chronic reliance on dissociation as a means of defending against stressors in the environment causes the individual to experience their psyche/identity as disconnected or split into distinct parts