Oh I'm sorry hun, the others that I met then all have the same name today, like Steve, Trebor, Bobbie.

It's like we're co-conscience- aware of each other, and our head chatter is that we worked/talked together as a group anonymously for years solving problems, dealing with life. I can say that we are quite the seperate entities.

We lived in a tent of denial for 30 years switching seamlessly and quietly, a body rule declared by an other to appear singularily normal as a teen- hindsight says "FAIL!". It wasn't till recent that this facade has been dispelled.

Some of us, like I, has come to terms of being a multiple. Some of the others are still in personal denial and disbelief.

It's like we have a leader that directs our day, like to get things done, a voice that directs us. He's all seeing, he sees through us. Right now he's prodding us to get to work which means my time this morning is up. I gotta let the workers go do their thing. I might get to return later today, depending on what happens. This is just how we do it.

I described switching like this in another forum. Switching is like a light switch, one moment you're on and the next you're off, alternating from one dissociated coping skill to another. After this, it's to the degree of your switches, from parts to full blown others.

I believe a singular person would handle situations gracefully. Multiples go from one coping skill to another, like light and day. When we switch, we feel like a different person before the other takes over, and (I) tend to come across as over reactiing and emotionally unstable- Lol

I understand this condition while others refute it. Understanding and relating has at least brought me into acceptance of how we are. I hope this helps hun, I gotta go!