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From what research I have done, typical ages for those who develop DID are between the ages of 4 and 6 when the initial split happens, that as you age it becomes nearly impossible to split (unless you already have before), if possible at all. I'm pretty sure the criteria does say that you have to be of a certain age, and last I saw it was 4-6 but that was some odd years ago and the criteria changes every year it seems.
Anyways, I'm not a t at all obviously, with my messed up own mind, but do you have a t you can share these concerns with?
If you have DID and it seems that you changed after the accident it could be similar to what my t says happens with me. My system is very guarded. When things seem to be in order, going smoothly, I'm 100% normal and functioning on my own. But when things go out of whack, so does my system and I switch more frequently. Unfortunately in my case the dissociating happens more than not dissociating episodes but at least I get ocassional breaks in between right?
Anyways, I was in a gnarly accident a couple of years ago that caused PTSD and since the accident my dissociation has gotten much more extreme. Although in between the difficult times, I would have a couple of months out of the year when life calmed and I felt "normal" it's been at its peak since the accident. Although I've had many traumatic events since the accident, but what's new with life right?
So t says that since my system is so guarded and I'm apparently this "gate keeper" that basically keeps the peace, that when things are going smoothly everyone backs off, but when things get bad, when my feelings get distorted, my parts want to come out to take what they think I can't handle.
So what I'm getting at basically is if you have DID (have you been diagnosed with it? I can't remember right now sorry, it's been a long day/week/month/year) perhaps the reason it's becoming much more noticeable now, many more episodes, is perhaps the mental AND physical trauma you experienced during the accident triggered the parts?
But again I'm no doctor, I've just seen a lot of them lol.
If you have a t I would really recommend bringing this up with him, he can help shed some light on the topic.
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