Hi, I'm new here and was diagnosed with DID back in 2001 by Psychiatrist. I denied everything he said and stuffed everything inside and tried to take care of things on my own for a very long time, not so successfully however and recent medial trauma has resurfaced the DID. I am seeing a T but she is not experienced in DID. Have never worked on my DID so this is pretty new to me even though I have had it most of my life, is what the Psychiatrist informed me back in 2001. Lately I have been having many anxiety attacks, losing time, not remembering things, having flashbacks and being on edge quite a bit as well as moody along with insomnia and hearing voices in my head. I know this all has to do with the DID but I am just so confused. I have done some reading on this subject and just do not understand what alters are, except that they are parts of ones personality. What are their roles? Do they communicate with one another or are they separate and not aware of the others? I am only aware of a few alters that have come out to me already in my head. How do you communicate with them? I am going to have to educate my T on all this because she does not know much about this disorder. Do the alters have to have separate personalities or can they be the same, such as likes, dislikes, tastes, etc? How do you know when an alter is out? Are you aware that your alter is out or are you not present? I know each system is different but I just want some clarity on all this. Thank you.

agirl58