Inny,

I don't have any alters that I am aware of and have not been diagnosed with DID. However, I assume my confusion and dissociation are remnants of PTSD and a very traumatic childhood. It is my understanding that you can have dissociation without DID. The dissociating that I have done was begun when I was a llittle kid as a coping mechanism when abuse made situations impossible to face. The funny thing is, I always thought I had some kid of ADD and never realized until recently that what I was doing was a form of dissociation. And my husband said that he always thougt that I was figuring out something important when I "left" in the middle of a conversation. I could laugh and cry simultaneously at this but mostly cry. It is so very hard to try to stay present in the moment. It causes great anxiety. But I'm workin on it!

Sister