For me, I always had couple of internal people who kept me company and told me stories and helped me figure things out. I would ask other kids in grade school if they had people inside their heads that were like mine. Oh boy did that get me into trouble!! Anyway, when I went to college I was able to see a counselor there because a teacher saw signs of my struggle and also blanking out (later I learned the state is a stuck state and not epileptic after brain recording while it happened). But that counselor could not make a DX but told me he thought I needed to see a T when I was able to afford one after college because he saw me with multiple personalities. I was actually driving to other states and not knowing how I got there or where I was!

This year I found a T who is a certified psych senior examiner. He IS qualified to make DX and such. After 10 sessions I point blank asked him if it was real DID or if I was somehow tricking myself or something. He looked me in the eye and said "You have Dissociative Identity Disorder." .... So I know it is real and can't try to trick myself into thinking it is just my imagination.

I think it is important to have a good T who knows about DID.