some people with DID can obtain the amount of control where they or their treatment providers are able to control who comes out and stays out. example I know some psychiatrists / therapists and the clients have in situations where it was imperative that an alter was to remain in control as a way to prevent the host and other alters from committing suicide, or to prevent child alters from suddenly taking control while the host was operating a vehicle and other safety hazards.

some clients and their treatment providers are also able to "call out" an alter.

with me some of my alters had remained in control sometimes for yrs. I would become aware in unfamiliar places and upon trying to put the events in order I discovered sometimes those alters had been in control for days, months and yrs at a time.

I know someone who has meetings / conferences with their alters. they decide the night before what the following days plans are and which alters need to stay in the "childrens play zone" and which adults will handle which activity.

each persons system is set up according to what that person needed to survive. some systems are set up so that there is communication, co consciousness that enables everyone to work together making decisions, including who comes out when.

for some people having this level of control never happens, some people gain control through yrs of therapy and for others they have more control from the start. it all depends upon what each person needed in order to survive, what their system is like and what kinds of purposes and jobs their alters have.

Also The diagnostics say a person with DID has to have at least two alters that take control where the host has no control over what happens. it doessnt say *every* alter in the system cannot be accessed by the host for decision making, planning the daily schedule and events. the minimum is 2. A person can have say 15 alters and only two of them the host has no control over and still be DID.