Thanks for the response, myself.

It's other people who are telling me I was abused. I don't want, somewhere inside, to give it that name, although if I saw a child going through what I did that word would come to mind.
How I became DID... I don't have a diagnosis. Some of the symptoms fit, some don't, and nobody has ever assessed me with that in mind. But I guess I would say that I learnt to dissociate to some extent to block out the huge emotional pain and pressure. I can first recall doing it at age 17, quite dramatically. Since then the full, conscious dissociation has been less frequent than others describe.
Hope this helps.
C