my switching was based upon triggers...what that meas is if there was something that upset me, caused me to feel dissociation symptoms (numb, spacy, foggy minded.....) An alter would take control. here where I live alters taking control is called switching.

the alter I would switch into was directly related to what that alters job, purpose, reason for being was...

example if I was having a pro female rights discussion with someone and the discussion became too heavy/heated/ to emotionally charged beyond what I could handle I would Switch (an alter would take control and handle the rest of the discussion for me) or if I was having a pro male discussion an alter who was for male rights would take control of that discussion.

Exactly what I mean! I've heard it can take awhile for others to change. I don't know. I just do. Sometimes I change on the fly. Sometimes I can be talking and enter a cloud and voice drifts off... I noticed I can be walking and the stride just changes.

I'm just trying to get feedback to relate about what I experience. Thanks for yours.