Losing time is not one of the diagnostic points for the DID "label." Remember, when talking about diagnosis stuff, it's about labels, not about experiences. The memory problem criterion involves the forgetting of personal information too extreme to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness. You can do that without losing time.

The memory criterion is also only one of several criteria that must be met in order to get "labeled" with DID.

There is not necessarily any particular benefit to any particular diagnostic label. Some of the labels, such as borderline personality disorder, are something like a kiss of death when it comes to getting respectful and useful mental health care.

Itsreleyme (sp?), what do you think would change in your life if you--pardon my wording here--"succeeded" at getting the diagnosis of DID? There are not very many therapy interventions that are specifically for DID.

For me, it both helped and hurt to get a name for what ailed me. What really mattered the most was getting into a good therapeutic relationship and sticking with it over time. It sometimes helped to use a "DID framework" and "language" to explain what was going on in my head. But sometimes the label hurt, too. It got me labeled as demon possessed by church people. It got me labeled as a malingerer by medical people. There were other times when it was really hard.

There are no all encompassing labels for our ways of being. Generally it takes a lot of labels to even BEGIN to explain a person, and even then it's just a partial explanation. Every label comes with a lot of baggage.