The thing is, it doesn't end when I finish roleplaying. It really is like acting, and taking on an alter ego, I like that, maybe that makes more sense. When I'm not roleplaying I still feel like that character, and think like them. I wasn't sure if this was similar to an alter. I knew it wasn't the same thing because I have friends with DID, and I have interacted with their alters. I was just wondering if it was similar. I do have borderline personality disorder and people with that disorder lack an identity, so maybe it was just me adopting someone else's identity because my own was absent. I'll talk it over with my therapist.

After reading about depersonalization and derealization....yes, yes I do both. Not everyday, I don't think. But I remember occasions where I've done that. Sometimes even at work. No one sat down and explained these things to me when they told me I have dissociative features. In fact the psychologist just gave me the results and said to call him if I have questions. I've been educating myself, but I've got a list of diagnoses, as you can see, and I've been hitting them one at a time.

Thanks for the help and information.