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Originally Posted by peaches100
I'm wondering about something. I've taken the test for DID online three times. The reason I took it that many times is because of my tendency to be in denial about having DID. What I noticed was that my scores varied each time I took the test. (I took the tests several months/to 1-2 years apart). So here's my question:
If a person has DID, how could they know for sure that they have DID... since they have different parts...couldn't different parts be taking the test each time?
My scores were 40.5, 42. and 49.
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In relation to the DES I wouldn't be concerned about that amount of score variation at all. That isn't a diagnostic test, all it does it give an indication of a person having dissociative experiences.
But yeah sure, different alters will have different experiences of symptoms feeling thoughts about pretty much anything.
I audio record my therapy sessions and on one I was listening to an denial alter telling T about all the reasons why she can not could not does not have DID and her family never abused her blah blah blah blah. She was doing that for about 20 minutes while t was trying to get her to consider the point of view of the other insiders. That alter wasn't having a bar of it.
Then another part pushed forward (you could almost hear the tension and struggle for her to break through to come out) and was like "OMG, what the hell is she talking about, can I please just tell you about all the ways she is wrong?" For the rest of the session she rattled on about the abuse, the different parts, etc etc.
Anyway, that was all to illustrate the point that... yes it definitely make a difference as to which part is out front!