my alters were of different ages ranging (under 5- to teen ages)
some were stuck at their ages and stuck in the reality of when they came into being.
some though they remained the ages in which they came into being had the sense of agency to take care of adult issues due to the traumas and events they had to deal with were of adult nature.
some though their ages not adults their sense of agency was that of an adult.

my alters took control based on what their sense of agency was in relation to the triggers that caused the dissociation (switching into or out of that alter ) in my location this kind of alter is called a dissociative type alter

the reason my location calls this a dissociative type alter is because the switching from one alter to another isnt due to another mental disorder or medications making it happen example the alters are not hallucinations or delusions from having schizophrenia/ bipolar disorder or because the medication is making a person hallucinate.

my alters no matter what their ages took control in every aspect of life depending upon what their sense of agency was...

examples...

if dating was the event the alters that dealt with dating issues took control if needed because thats what their sense of agency was (thats what their jobs, purposes, reasons for being created was, how much control they had and when) example if I was on a date and something during the date caused me to feel numb spaced out and disconnected the alters that dated would take control to continue the date or end the date. if there was something going on during the date that I did not know what to do or the alter in control did not know what to do (trigger) dissociation (switching) happened and the alter who's sense of agency was to handle that situation would take control and take care of that.

words in my location that may be different in other locations...

trigger... in my location means anything good or bad that causes something to happen..

pulling a trigger lever on a gun makes it shoot and loud noise
having trouble driving causes another alter to take control.
bumping ones toe on furniture makes a person cringe
a joke makes someone laugh.

pulling the trigger lever, having trouble driving, bumping ones toe and a joke are all examples of a good or bad trigger.

with my dissociative type alters something happens (trigger) that caused my alters to take control of the body and do whats needed in life.

another term I use frequently in my posts is sense of agency..

since you are a teen ager Im going to try and break this down a bit...here in america (thats where I live) this is a new diagnostic for treatment providers. its a guideline that tells therapists and psychiatrists to look for this happening. if its not happening you cant call that person DID.

sense of agency is just new phrase that means each one in the system (the alters and the one they live inside of) all have their own way of being, their own amount of control that they have, their own jobs with in the system (your word grouping), their own purpose, what they can and cant do, and how they do it and when they do it. there are limitations just like normal people are not perfect, normal people have things they can and cant do, what they are supposed to do and all that stuff.

every one with DID is different because they are not living the same kinds of life but everyone with DID here in america has to have the the same things that the doctors have to look for in the guidelines before the doctors can call them DID.

I think of it like my medical doctor cant say I have a cold if he doesnt see I have cold problems. its like that a doctor for mental disorders cant say a person has a mental disorder if they dont find the things the guidelines say there has to be. sometimes it takes many years for mental doctors to find all the stuff they need to to call someone DID,. sometimes it only takes going through a test one time.

my point yes you are going to be different then others here but you will also find things here that you also have in common with other people here. I may have had a different kind of system then you have had. and you may be different then me, that doesnt make either one of us wrong, just different.

hope this has helped you to understand my posts a bit better.