yes I understand what you mean. one thing about having mental disorders is sometimes it leads a person to believe they are just fine. for example you may know that you have alters but most people that I know, their alters dont refer to their self as being alters and most times in those i know and in my own system there is the do not tell aspect of extreme abusive trauma.

example every time I was abused in any way my abusers made sure to threaten me with harm and harm to others if I ever told. the ways in which this happened to me caused me to have alters who's sense of agency was to follow that and at all costs don not tell.

since in my location DID happens when children under the age of 5 undergo extreme abusive trauma my alters did not disclose to anyone me included that I had DID, to do so would have resulted in breaking the do not tell rule built in to my internal system.

not to mention the nature of the disorder.... a persons memories and such get dissociated, so in me it was just part of having DID to not know I had DID, just to grow up thinking I was just like anyone else, since I had everything that is DID from before age 5 up until I was integrated there wanst all this questioning in me. it was just my normal. it was only after being diagnosed that I found out that what I considered to be normal for me was actually not normal.

i also did not have any alters who's sense of agency was to go around telling people or me that I had DID. probably because at the time that my alters were created before I was 5 years old my mind did not contain any mental disorder information. what was my mind set as a child under age 5...it was playing with my friends, eating and sleeping, playing with my siblings and playing with my toys, my childhood during those years was not about researching on the internet about mental and physical health problems. the only time I had any reference point to being sick was when my siblings and I needed stitches or band aids or sprains and such from the town doctor. people just dont go around spouting off about this mental disorder or that one to their children ..can you imagine it.. so amanda (an adult talking to a 4 yr old child) if someone does this that and the other thing to you and you do this that and the other thing at the same time everything that makes up your personality will break apart and become alternate personalities and then you will be called mentally ill with a disorder called DID here is what you need to watch for (supplying the diagnostic criteria) people dont talk to children that way so its pretty normal for a child not to know that they are DID and why most people in my own location dont even suspect they have DID until a treatment provider tells them.

my point is on all sides of your question, no matter how its spun, my alters were unable to tell me I had DID, simply because of how and why I was DID and the nature of the disorder.

right now you dont know whether you have DID or not. you have done some great research and ......feel..... you may have this... my opinion now its time for you to talk with your treatment providers. let them know what you suspect you may have, they will tell you how and why what you see as being DID is what ever they already diagnosed you with or they will be able to get you set up for a new diagnostic evaluation since its been a year since the last one.