What I am saying is Dissociation is something humans can do naturally. It's not something that we are taught. Some people are more able to dissociate than others. So my thinking is, if humans have the natural capability to dissociate then humans may also have the natural capability to turn it off. (no offense to alters). We just don't know how. It's like, if someone never dissociated they can't just start. Because they wouldn't know how. I know what it feels like to dissociate. I don't know what it feels like to not dissociate. When my therapist would try to explain how she thinks, I was completely lost. I had no working knowledge of what she was talking about. But when I read something on this site I get right away. Because it is how my mind works. It is what I know. So the question for me is, how do I work toward not dissociating if I don't know what that feels like or how it works. I can't figure out the path I need to take because it is not what I know. This is why I need to go to therapy. Because a therapist knows the questions to ask that allows you to see what is going on in your head. At least for me that is how it was.