I may be late replying but i asked my t the same question, if they are talking and such even when i dont hear them and he said yes. I hear them when as you im ready to shut down or sometimes when im sleeping. Well when im getting ready for sleep. They keep me up and at that point its nonsense talk about malls, animals, just really anything that seems pointless to me. I didnt understand it until he explained even when i dont hear them that they are still communicating with each other. They are seperate minds broken off of mine,. It still doesnt explain why i cant communicate with them when i am inside but perhaps this is a co con thing.

They all view themselves as sepperate minds, and are able to communicate with each other within, from what he says. Ive too gone online and found conversations i had with people that was not me. Part of the dx i guess. Same thing goes for conversations i dont remember having only seconds before.

Its confusing, it really is, and no two minds are the same so if someone has multiple minds, no two multiples can be the same. But the voices thing is normal for me in how you explained it. T says its because i let my defences down when trying to sleep and that i let it down when i just want to go away during really hard times, that it gets me closer to them. Now im tryong to figure out how to let my defences down without stress and without sleep so i can start listening to them and their needs