Ah, I see. Thanks for explaining.

However, I hope you realize when you use MPD/DID as a catch all when discussing dissociative disorders you may be misleading members/readers.Such as the OP here, asking about DID beyond early childhood, the way you phrase it they will think it can develop later in life rather than a very young age.

A dissociative disorder does not automatically mean DID and that was the main point I was making. And you made it sound like the veterans have DID from trauma as adults,that maybe extreme trauma can cause it later in life. It can cause a dissociative disorder, yes, but not DID.

Is there a sticky explaining what the different dissociative disorders are somewhere?I hope so, I think when there's so many different opinions and thoughts the facts can get lost and be confusing for members, especially newcomers.

If someone joins here having recently been diagnosed with a dissociative disorder it could be very confusing and possibly harmful for them to read posts and think they must be DID because of what someone said. They may not even realize there's different dissociative disorders. They may not even realize everyone dissociates and its all a matter of degree and severity.

I'm just concerned about misinformation, ya know?

And I do hope you will one day be believed and get your diagnosis Michael.