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Originally Posted by mike1127
amandalouise, you are not addressing my original question. It sounds like you are reacting to seeing the words "imagination" and "DID" in the same post.
I'm not imagining having split-off personalities. Also, when I COULD imagine music I didn't take that to be evidence for having an alter.
Imagination of music is creative imagination, the kind any musician or artist or poet would use. It's closely related to what you do when you read a novel.
I don't have good awareness of ALL my split-off personalities... I know there are many thoughts that I can sense only subliminally. Also all internal sound is muted. Other times I'm clearly aware of a personality. I'm getting more clearly aware over time as I progress in therapy.
So my original question is whether an alter can possess the function of creative imagination. Whether anyone has had that experience.
It sounds like some people don't lose the memories and feelings and capabilities of their split-off parts. And perhaps jimi did have something like that happen when she describes being unable to do art suddenly.
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my post was answering your question of....."Are you saying the DSM-5 says that "imagined" alters that come through hallucination or wishful imagination are not a criteria for DID? "
the answer was yes the DSM 5 states the alters can not be because of imaginary friends or fantasy play.
my posts were also answering your question of ....."What I wonder is whether the function of imagining sound split off into a sub-part. "
here in my location the term sub part means alters/alternate personalities. which is why I answered the way I did. your question the way you worded it was not asking whether an alter can possess the the function. your question was asking whether imagining sound can split off into a sub part (my locations term alter)
now that I know what you mean....you want to know whether alters can have the ability to imagine sound...sure they can, DID/dissociative type alters have their own way of being, their own job, purpose reason for being...some alters are created to contain emotions, others events, or what ever other reasons they have been created for.