Can’t really answer that. But I did experience one very embarrassing moment that might be related. I don’t think I will ever live it down. There was a knock on the door, I went to open it and a guy stood there. I just stood staring at him waiting for him to say something when with a flash I realised it was my son! We just laughed and I made some joke about him not coming around often enough for me to recognise him. He doesn’t know about DID.

I usually don’t speak first. Allowing the person I bump into unexpectedly to speak first jars the memory banks and brings recognition.

I cover it up all the time. I wouldn’t waste my time trying to explain DID to anyone. It’s like trying to give someone the history of about five or six people when you don’t actually know those people well enough yet to do that. Outsiders just don’t get it.