I have dissociated under stress and through triggers since before I was ten years old and through adulthood. I have always had a very active inner child. I feel as though I am a child in an adult suit.

I have explored whether I was DID/Multiple, and I admit I don't know very much about it. I technically am not DID/Multiple, I am told, because I do not fit enough of the criteria.

My observation is, just because "experts" make up the criteria, it doesn't mean they totally grasp the issue.

My thinking is- we now know gender is a spectrum (not that gender is a disorder at all), we know autism has a spectrum. Maybe DID/Multiple is also on a spectrum? Maybe I didn't completely separate...Maybe I am partially torn? Maybe I am DID/Multiple not otherwise specified?

I may be totally off base here.

Do you think DID/Multiple can be on a spectrum?