I agree with what has been said - dissociating is not multiple personality. I dissociate frequently to escape from where I am at the time - either physically or emotionally. I learned to do it before I could read or write - my mother was schizophrenic and dangerous and I learned I could "go away" to a safe place inside myself and I still do it. Now the trick is to learn to control when I do it instead of it doing it to me. I am working hard on this with my T because in addition to my mother's illness, an older neighbor boy sexually abused me for several years and I also "went away" during those episodes. I do not remember usually what happens when I am "away" - although sometimes now I keep a part of my conscious self awake to keep track of what is going on around me and thus I remember bits and pieces. It is difficult going through therapy as I remember those past events - but it is worth going through it in order to recover. Good luck to you!