Thanks, Maviforce. Not only am I DID...took years to be able to say it as I didn't did anything(alter talking!) prefer MPD) but I've known many. Literally every person was different...common trait dissociation. Degree, mechanism, other feeding issues etc. different as was cause other than abuse. My T tells me he learns something new from every system he works with. Did u know a female body can send a male alter for blood tests & get the lab in trouble cuz the tests come back with male hormone levels etc. Been there, done that..not the only one. Did you know that during an 11 hour surgery an alter can be present & accurately report back everything that was said & done....neither did I until recently but again T says not the only one. The DSMs are written for & by normals. They write it to be logical, definitive, &to explain something they have no first hand (internal)experience of. And so insurance companies will pay! They write for off the rack fit, whereas every suit is custom. Thanks again

QUOTE=MavriforceK9r;5966027]Greetings...
Psychiatric Therapist or not I have to disagree with you on some things and one of those things is that the DSM 5 that you speak of can not be perfect and 100% accurate because human logic is not 100% accurate and constant research is still necessary in order to better uncover and accurately diagnose the conditions of the mentally ill.
I believe that it is quite arrogant to suggest that those who don't seem to have the more common type of DID are suffering from something else or that their perception of what is going on with them is incorrect because of not lining up with certain "requirements".
I can't speak for others who suffer with DID but, I do know for a fact that what happened to me about 10 years ago one night when my motor control was taken away and I was suddenly thrust further back into my own mind yet still able to think, see, and hear everything as it happened was no fantasy or delusion or trick of the imagination. What it was was damn scary and I knew who was at the helm because I've known him for years and I felt him that night, very strong. Have you ever heard mad laughter? I have and it was coming from my own mouth only it wasn't me laughing. It was him. The same one who broke another child's wrist in kindergarten and let me think for decades that I was responsible for that. The same one who beat the **** out of a cat at the age of 5 and stayed silent about it for a great many years, letting me think that it was me who did it because my body was the implement used to do it. I don't know of your experiences but, I know of mine and I also know that there are some co-conscious DID sufferers who can switch to other alters to handle different situations and while this may be "extremely rare" as my own psychiatrist suggests I have actually seen it in a documentary that I will be happy to post the link to for you if that's what it will take to make you see the light.

Also my child self does still exist within me and I and my other alters guard him with our life as we are determined that he will never suffer again. Not ever.
I wasn't able to respond to this post earlier when I first read it and it did trigger one of my alters because I got so upset. Do you wanna guess which alter it was? The one that I clamp down on. The one that I have had to learn to clamp down on so, that he can never hurt anyone else ever again. Sometimes it doesn't work like it used to because of the amount of stress that I'm under right now. Normally I have a tightly ordered mind and exceptional control but, lately my mind has been like grand central station with formerly dormant, weaker personalities waking up and wondering what the heck is going on and it's very difficult to deal with. Yesterday I got triggered and one of my introject alternates had to calm me down because I was on the verge of a panic attack.
If this condition isn't DID then just what the hell is it? It certainly isn't schizophrenia.[/QUOTE]