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Originally Posted by AlwaysChanging2
Hi, welcome to PC. From what I understand or read about alters, there isn't an original. We're all alters of the same system (or body). Each alter fronts up when their job or coping skill is required. The alter up front the most would be the "host alter". The host alter can switch out through your life. I've been here 45 years, and I've lived 7 different lives, so to speak.
I lived in denial for years...didn't want to acknowledge, pretend it's not real. It's always going to be there regardless of how the system feels. Are you in therapy hun? Can you talk to your alters? Work out a system plan? For instance, we don't do our own thing. We work for the body to further it on, to keep up a public image. Of course there are always those few that have different ideas but we keep them tied down. Good luck Hun and keep coming back 
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One thing I dont understand is, I didnt have alters as a kid. I went through abuse that probably made me dissociative, yes. But alters as their own distinct people didnt show up until I was 18, after a very traumatic event. So why cant there be an original for me? I understand structural dissociation. I just dont understand why its so set in stone.