Jerald wakes up in New Jersey, some four hundred miles from his home in New Hampshire. He cannot remember how he got there, and he has no memory of his former life. He establishes a new identity in New Jersey. This illustrates ____.
A) dissociative identity disorder
B) localized amnesia
C) depersonalization disorder
D) dissociative fugue

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Dissociative fugue is characterized by sudden, unexpected travel away from one's home or place of work, with an inability to recall one's past and confusion about personal identity or the assumption of a new identity. Jerald's experience of waking up far from home with no memory of his past and establishing a new identity aligns with the symptoms of dissociative fugue.

Jerald Wakes Up in New Jersey, Some Four Hundred Miles