I'd never shoot the messenger! This part of the quote says to me, that he believes it is a real disorder.

"People who suffer from this disorder ...."

I think we should bring it up at the next chat!! ;-) Perhaps it's time for him to update his resource postings!!

What I'm very interested in is the differentiation between DID and Ego State disorder. ESD is not yet in the DSM, but there are a lot of people who want it added. It would allow for "shades of gray" in DID diagnosing, just as there are in depression, anxiety, etc. Not everyone is severely depressed, and not everyone who dissociates has DID. The DID NOS category is simply too generic to be useful.

Emmy