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Also as an add on, everyone experiences DID differently. What I described above is just somewhat what DID patients experience, it can vary in levels of intensity and some things can happen to me but not to others and vice versa. It really all depends on how our minds are wired and what we needed from the split when our minds split off.
There are a few things that are absolute MUSTS in the DID field. One is trauma (I believe the age varies depending on who you as but mostly it is before the age of 6) or extreme childhood neglect. The person must also have shown I believe it's two different personalities that are very different (in the way they act talk dress etc) but even given this case it is also common for alters to pretend to be the host to hide the DID. But typically with DID, the "host" is not as aware of the situation as you would be when you "feel like another person" they are in a much more clouded spot if there at all. But then again when people have co consciousness (which typically but not always takes years of work in therapy) they can have the feeling of being two different people as you have explained. Watching and seeing and having some part of a say in things. But typically those untreated for DID have no control over the alters or the dissociation or when they come or go.
It's all really confusing, it's something that no one should say you do or do not have unless they are trained professionals.
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