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Originally Posted by BethMae
As far as I know my sexual abuse started when I was 4. It continued until I was 17 and was sadistic and violent. Today my therapist said that she would not take on another client with such severe abuse history because we often require teams of people (which I have). Do you consider 4 to 5 years old to still be toddlers?
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I'm very, very sorry that that happened to you.
I have read that DID can occur with severe abuse that happened before age 5, but I have also sometimes read age 7. I have also read that continual, repetitive abuse is more likely to create this. So, it does seem possible that you may have DID in this regard.
I am very close to someone with DID and in her case some of the children in her inner family share her name and most do not. I imagine it is quite variable from person to person. Sometimes she knows what's happening when a child is out because she is co-conscious, but at other times a child is out and she is unaware of what is happening. These children definitely have memories she does not have herself, which I think is part of the amnesia that Amyjay was mentioning.