amandalouise, I didn't realize that everyone with DID has experienced 'switching' since childhood. I knew it is thought to be caused by early abuse, but I thought I had read that in many people the alters didn't show themselves until adulthood or based on feelings of 'safety'.

If everyone does feel/notice it since childhood, why is there such confusion among adults about what is going on?

Just trying to figure some of my own world out.