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Originally Posted by Claritytoo
When I was 33 I had a car accident that resulted in brain injury that kept me out of work for 7 months. I have recovered with the exception of short memory. My family and friends all said I changed after the accident. Also my neatly compartmentalized memory was turned into a junk draw, where it is now difficult to recover memories quickly. After talking to my t I have started to wonder if it is possible that my DID is the result of my traumatic car accident. My question is would I develop alters that are young girls about 3 years, another young girl about 5 and another strong male 16 years old. Most of my other alters are older. So is it possible to develop alters that are younger than when the traumatic event occurred????? I would appreciate any insight.
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here where I live and work (NY USA) it is believed DID is created with children under the age of 5 who go through extreme abuse trauma. the mental health community here where I live and work do not believe adults create DID type alters.
So if you were here in ny usa the answer would be no alters are not created by an adult in a car accident.
can alters be formed before experiencing abuse?
since here where I live and work, it is believed the extreme trauma is what causes the DID, again the answer would be no. that would be like saying you can melt ice cubes before you have even frozen them. the water must be frozen before you can melt it.
can alters associated with DID be aged younger than when the abuse happens?
yes everyones internal system is set up how ever they needed it to survive their childhood...
that means alters can be young, old, animalistic or any other ways in which would ensure the host/cores survival. if you read the posts here you will find many different ways in which members alters present their self, some are birds, some are bears, some are cat like, some are dog like, some are young some are old, some are even book and movie characters..
other locations, treatment providers,....may believe differently. this is just what is believed here where I live and work.
that said...
if you are asking me if its possible that ***you*** have a younger alter only you and your treatment providers can say what and how your internal system of alters is set up.