I, personally, cannot label myself either one. I know beyond a doubt that I have a dissociative disorder but other than that I cannot say. I have not gotten to a professional who is trained enough to help me find out. In most instances I know from recovered memories that my other sides are not that different from me. They may be a little more out-goiing than me. They may be alittle more comfortable around strangers than me. They may act-out more often than me. One may act more like my mentally ill mother. One may act more like my abusive older brother. The differences are not severe enough for other people, laymen, to see the difference. I try to explain to people that they have to look for memory loss to tell if I have switched into another state around them.