actually I believe what I stated was that here in america we no longer use the term fragmented in relation to the disorder DID.

before 2013 fragment was an incomplete alter, one that has not been formed.

After 2013 the term fragment in relation to DID was thrown out, no longer used, no alters are now considered to be incomplete, unimportant.

fragment now just means something is broken... you drop a plate and it fragments (breaks into pieces) a rubber band breaks, a toy truck loses it wheel the toy is broke, the toy fragmented.

thats all the word fragment now means here in america ...broke, unimportant, incomplete but it is no longer used for dissociative disorders to describe alters and systems here in america.

there are countries outside the USA that still use the term fragmented to mean an incomplete, unimportant, small or last in a persons system.
but are here in america, the term is no longer.

here each persons internal system is set up in what ever ways to ensure their survival and all alters are equally important (otherwise that would not have been created if they were not needed)

those that I know that have attempted to used the term fragmented here in my location and tried to use other countries standards and definitions for what fragmented is in their locations ended up with being misdiagnosed or diagnosed with psychosis or factitious disorder imposed on self.

my opinion is if you are located in the USA you do not have to worry or research fragment, fragmentation. most likely if you try to go by what you find it would end up ruling out having DID not ruling it in now due to the new standards america goes by now.

my suggestion is just contact your treatment provider. they will go through your file with you and point you in the right direction for updated reading materials based on what your present problems and therapy goals that you want to complete in therapy are. if you dont yet have any therapy goals that may be something you and your therapist or psychiatrist can work on.

as for the other questions yes fragment applies to many things. a person who has depression, or bipolar disorder or PTSD or any other normal, mental or physical health problems can have disjointed thoughts, speech patterns, behaviors which can be called fragmented.

fragmented and not know it.. most people know when they have a break in their thoughts, speech patterns behaviors, and what ever other ways in which america uses this word now.

can this go away sure it can some people anti depressants, anti psychotics, anti anxiety meds fix it for others many different mental physical health therapies work.

even back when america used the term fragment for DID most people knew when they were having erratic emotions, switching, and so on. therapy and grounding techniques were used.