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Originally Posted by monarch_butterfly
What? Why would he not be a true DID alter? Not all alters are created during childhood are they? I mean if you had another trauma such as domestic violence, isn't it possible another alter could be created because of that?
For me I have 2 alters that are littles I've had since childhood and I can feel them. I am confused....
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monarch butterfly....the rule here at psych central is that we are not supposed to question the validity of a members diagnosis and in the case of this board whether or not someones alters are real or not...if you find posts that do this you can report them by clicking on the report the post icon at the left of the possibly unsupportive/ possibly offending post.
as for your question about alters creations...
there are many different types of alters that are caused by many different things..
the American belief among the mental health field in america is that DID type alters are created with in children before the age of 5 yrs old due to extreme trauma.
other countries mental health systems may believe differently. so sometimes you may find posts that state a persons therapist or psychiatrist has told them their alters were created differently than the belief system that the american psychiatric association / american mental health system believes in.
alters created because of domestic violence sure there are but these type or alters are not the same type of alters with DID. here in NY when an adult suddenly develops an alternate personality as an adult that alter is called an ego state or introject type alter depending upon whether the alter has taken the form of, mannerisms, behaviors, thought processes of the abuser or not
anyone at any point can develop/ have an alternate state of mind that is separate from how they normally are...what kind /type or alter they have depends on their mental disorder or health problem they have...(DID is not the only mental / or physical disorder where a person seems to change moods/personalities....)
some people like you have already discovered (from reading your past postings) people can even create false alters when they are under stress, being abused or what ever...
even medications can cause a person to appear to have alters..
there are many kinds of alternate personalities and many different causes. some that can be created in adults and some can only be created in children. here in america where DID is concerned its only in children under 5 and under extreme abuse.