Are hearing voices that speak to themselves and to you a likely indication of DID? I hear the voice of at least one child, plus several adults and sometimes I can't catch what they are saying, but sometimes I talk with them and the other day I did some painting because one male voice told me that the a child part of me wanted to play. Several of the voices (alters?) have told me their names.

I'm not at all conscious of losing any time - but I do notice that these voices can start when I am thinking about the past (EA, EN) and am stressed.

I realise that noone could properly diagnose me here, but I wondered if anyone could give an indication that this might be what it is or whether its unlikely because I don't experience loss of time.

Previously I was diagnosed as having psychosis because I went through phases of having paranoia, but these are largely controlled through medication. My experience of psychiatrists hasn't been that helpful so far.