So, i'm sure this'll sound more like i'm fishing, but i'm kind curious. So i'll tell a small/short story. My family was joking with me today about how when i was young i'd identify my self as either Otis or Milo It's a movie from my childhood; Milo and Otis, and people would talk to me assuming i was either name. I would sign in at the pool we'd go to as either. Considering i was at a fair age, 5 or 6 or so, kinda right around the time we know I started to dissociate frequently. But I am not sure on the age, wherein lies the question...

For those of you who experience constant dissociation throughout your lives, how do you cope with not being able to discern a timeline or even remember stuff similar to this "on demand." Like your at a party and everyone is talking about their childhood, and you're kinda like in your head "i wish i could remember stuff... lucky people." or some such. I feel kinda crap sometimes especially when asked directly, or they kinda glare at you for not participating.

This morphs, i know, directly in working with parts and members of the system , and formulating memories as they come up, and documenting them. But...

How do you cope with this?