Gald to see a question here. I have a lot of questions myself.

If these are DID posters posting, then I think it must be the same 'part' that is posting all the time.

Personally, I dont believe memory or consciousness is shared by alters until the person is close to the point in therapy where integration can be accomplished. Once alters are aware of each other and there is a common ground of consciousness/awareness, then I would say its time to work at integration. Its the condition of having unshared expereinces /history and memory and awareness that is at the core of DID.

I appear to be alone on this as far as these forums go, but I just dont get having alters that act out as his or her own separate people once there is a common /shared awareness of them. Not for a long time anyway. Acknowledge them and let them breathe and then get on with integration is what I think. DID is an illness and not a career choice.

I even wonder if it is counterproductive to encourage people to post as alters. That is my own opinion by the way. But I am a person who lived with DID for many years and is now whole and integrated after much hard and painful work. So I think I do have as they call it, 'sking in the game.'

Your question is a good one. How do they all kow and remember thier passowrds etc?

When I was still in therapy I had a really bad day at work and even had to call and speak with my therapist in order to go on. I had just signed on to start my shift and something jsut hit me and I wanted to run and get out of dodge.
To make a long story short my doc convinced me to not give in to my anxiety and to keep on and get to the unit where I worked.

Well. I was a complete case. I got lost on the way to where I was supposed to be. Finally when I got there I didnt know my computer user name or password and had to call my nurse manager to get it. (I worked at a hospital) I dissociated pretty completely after that ended up doing my job sort of on automatic pilot.

***I think everyone dissociates to some extent and it is when it becomes more of a problem than a quick fix then its time a person really needs to get some help with it.

I hope you are doing well yourself. I think asking questions is a really good thing. Trying to understand is a good thing. Take care.