I don't have any control over when I dissociate and which alters come out. My therapist says that the one that comes out for me is whatever matches what upset me so the way to control my DID is to find out what kinds of things I hate, don't like, get upset with and stuff like that and then do something that will make me feel better when this happens.

The way my therapist and I are figuring out what alters I have is by looking at my artwork and finding names in them of who I am when I draw them. We also do the book amongst ourselves which has some stuff in it that helps me figure things out.