I am not going to comment on whether I think you have DID because it seems here that is the wrong thing to do. I suggest you look at the criteria and what is known scientifically about true cases of DID to answer your question.
Some of the main criteria for DID are loss of time, not knowing about the actions of alters until communication is developed between alters, and the inability to control alters, because they have been behaving as their job for years...that is why they were created. In addition, there are several "alters" that are believed present in all systems. They are so common, that many T's who are truly experienced with DID won't diagnose DID unless they are there.

You also seem to remember your "traumas" and that they occured. What people forget is that alters were created to handle the traumas. So, it is common that people do not remember everything, because as a child a "switch" occurred that did the job to protect the host child from experiencing the trauma. So, literally some people with DID do not recall their childhoods or again have lost lots of time and years of childhood. The host starts recalling things when communication among alters begins.
Some DID people do recall some parts of their traumas, because it was constant and repetitive and "switching" was not always possible, but their childhood is usually filled with holes.

There is also something called an inner child and regression. This is not DID. Many believe everyone has an inner child that can behave, act, feel, etc as child when a person is regressed. Regression occurs in therapy.

But, in regards to your T.....are you the person who's T does Internal Family Systems therapy? If so, then it is common to use "parts" lingo, because IFS actually believes that everyone has parts, but DID is extreme.

So, it would be common for someone in IFS therapy to say "a part of me wants to hurt myself, but a part does not." But, the person does not have to be DID.

It would also be very common for T to "want to speak with that part" or talk about the "parts" of people.

IFS is ALL ABOUT PARTS! It was not created for DID, but it deals with the multiplicity of the mind, but the "parts" are not as extreme as the "parts" of DID.

So, yes, it is very normal for your IFS T to talk about parts.


I don't think your answer will be found here. I think it will be found by either looking at what is known about DID or directly asking your T (if your T is trained and has had experience working with DID)

Best.