No it is well documented that a person who has "switched" into an alterneate state (alter) they can only act out what is contained within that memory piece, and a person cannot be made to act out anything that is not a part of that piece of memory (alter). This is one of the ways professionals have come up with on how to distinguish true DID from DID want to be's.

The DSM IV TR criteria on this issue is -

"The presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states (each with its own relatively enduring pattern pattern of percieving, relating to and thinking about the environment and self)

the word "Distinct" means - "not identical; separate; different; clearly perceptible; definate; unmistakeable decided.

the word "definate" in that oxford essential dictionary deffinition of distinct means - "having exact and discernable limits. clear and distint; not vague."

Relatively means "related to, having mutual relations"

Related means "connected"

What all that means is that in this diagnosing criteria for DID - the "alters" are limited by what they contain. Their content is connected (the same theme, catagory, matches) The content must all be related. a person when experiencing a DID alter can only act out what is contained as a part of that piece of memory and cannot be made to act out any other behaviors because the "Alter" is limited and exact.

if the person has the ability to be acting out other things that are not contained within that piece of memory they cannot be diagnosed as having DID accoding to the DSM IV TR criteria

An alter (accoding to the DSM IV TR and professionals in the field of DID ) cannot be considered "relatively distinct" (connected (matched and limited and exact) if they can learn how to do things that are not a part of that separated piece of memory. If they can learn then they are not limited. they are not exact. If they can do things not already a pert of that stored piece of memory the content would not be matched with the same theme, catagory of content and they would not be exact.

Memories are stored throught the five senses - taste, touch, smell, hearing, sight, and emotions that we feel from what we experience though our five senses.

so if for example the mary memories is that of gagging during performing oral $%^. no matter when I would switch into that piece of memory I would be distinct - limited and exact- gagging. any future memories that are added to the mary memories would have to be distinct (limited and exact) to what the "mary" memory piece is - gagging. I gag with abuser when "mary", I gag with significant other when switched into "mary".
No matter the situation and trigger in the present each and every time I switch into "mary" I am distinct (limited and exact) when the meory piece was separated, later abuses and in present today, tomorrow, next week, next month next year 20 years from now each and every time I switch into "mary" I am "distint" (limited and exact) - repeating the same behaviors, and so on over and over and over again.

By the way "mary" the memory piece that I gag when I switch int the gagging memory piece. that just happened to be the name I threw out there for this post.

This is why in my blog I explained about my inability to post as an alter - computers were not around when I was growing up so I was never abused while at a computer posting in an on line support group so none of my alters contain the memory content. and even if any did Alters are distinct (limited and exact) when as an alter posting on online support groups I would only be repeating the same post over and over and over again. If I posted anything more than what was contained in that alter I would not be diagnosed as DID because that is not being distinct (limited and exact)

the same with phones. I grew up in the time period when the phone was a black rotory dial mounted on the wall telephone. Since in order to be diagnosed DID accoding to the DSM IV TR diagnostic criteria a persons alters have to be distinct my memory pieces are exact and limited to the black rotory dial mounted on the wall telephone. I cant use a cell phone as an alter because when those memories were separated and I act them out cell phones were not invented and touch tone push button phone were not out for residential use. If my alters could learn how to use cell phones and touch tone push button phones thats not being distinct (limited and exact).