yes it is a spectrum. there are some differing ideas tossed about in this forum but there are lots of different disorders along the dissociative spectrum. there are also components of dissociation that go hand in hand with other disorders/diseases.

no one person here holds all the answers.

there isn't some mysterious handshake for those who are and those who are not.

we're all there somewhere............some of us moreso than others is all.

don't let differing opinions change how you feel about yourself. you've expressed yourself so well before and you continue to do so. if a dx is important to you then ask your therapist or pdoc. if not then just keep heading in the direction that is working for you.

have you read Stout's Myth of Sanity yet? it is one book that gently explains one author's version of this spectrum. very readable for the layperson.

kindly,