my own personal belief is that anyone can pretend anything they want. children learn how to change their voice at will naturally through playing house, dress up, and other games with their friends. if you watch children at play you will see one may say "Im a singer" "Im Harry potter" Im a Monster" ...what ever game they are playing and they purposely change how they are talking to match what ever they are playing.. in schools teachers have the children purposely act out skits, or life skills actions that may include the children making their voices change...what does a cow say and the class makes their voice say a deep sounding "mooooo" what does a mouse say and the students purposely change their voice to a quiet, meek squeek...in jr high and high school students sign up for chorus and partake in the school musicals and plays where they have to purposely pretend/fake being a character in the play right on down to purposely making their voice fit the character they are pretending/faking to be..

even adults change their voices purposely to fake/pretend things,sound effects/emphasis of what ever they are talking about. my wife who does not have DID this morning pretended to be our neighbor as she was telling me about her latest encounter with the woman (the neighbor is one of these nosey next door neighbors with a high annoying type voice when she is gossiping about others or trying to stick her nose in our affairs.) I have to say it was quite a comical and right on target representation of the neighbor. lol

in the crisis center when we work with children we purposely change our voices to reflect what ever play and discussion is taking place..

I like going to karaoke - thats when you go to a bar, stand up in front of everyone and pretned to be a singer. the lyrics of the song being played is on a monitor screen and you hold a microphone, read the words and sign along with the music/songs of your favorite singers, as if you are your favorite singers . its a very popular form of lets lets pretend/fake being someone we are not form of entertainment here in america.

every human being whether they are mentally disordered or not can use their imagination and pretend to be anyone and anything they want to be....whether its acting out a situation, a school event, part of the job or even for enjoyment..

As for how do people fake being their alters..(speaking in general not speaking about any one member here) if a person knows enough about thier alters just like if they know about their mother or father, they can pretend /fake being that person...

example...I know that my alter sunny was a very happy alter who was full of joy, my therapist has told me her favorite phrases, colors and such.. so if I wanted to I could pretend to be Sunny at any time I wanted to.

I know my alter Peanut was a very depressed, sad alter, who cried alot and had a sad voice. not because of anything to do with co consciousness but because my therapist and I had many conversations about her, family and friends have told me how I was when I switched into that alter. so I could anytime I want to pretend/fake being that alter. All I would need to do is carry around a peanutbutter sandwhich, and act like I was ready to cry and project a very sad sounding voice..

its just like if someone chose to stand on a stage and pretend to be a comedian, singer, actor...

watch tv and you will see millions of people pretending/faking by acting out the characters in the films/movies/tv shows...example emma watson (pretended/faked being hermione granger in harry potter.) as part of her job she was Hermione Granger, in her private life she was a little girl enjoying pretending to be that character..) in real life she is nothing like the girl she pretended/faked being on the movies.

its completely normal for human beings to pretend/fake being animals and other people that they are not..

but .....for me.... it would not have been right for me to pretend/fake being one of my alters for any reason, because that would have put in question my diagnosis, and all the other things I posted about with my therapist-client relationship I have with my therapist. I dont fake/pretend being my alters for any reason.