Ok all - I really don't get it. I don't get all this talk of ego states vs. DID alters. My first t acknowledged inner children (plural) and did refer to them as ego states or my being fractured. Having done a lot of reading and dialoging, I found that many ppl use "ego states", "fractured" and "alters" indiscriminately. When i asked my former t if i was DID she said absolutely not.
Eventually i changed t's and the new one said yes i am DID.
Even my current t - who is used to working with "altered states and ego states" finally had me do a mapping for DID.

Througout these posts, i can see no difference between the descriptions of the "ego states" and my own supposed "alters". THere are the mood swings, the children crying, the protectors, adults fully formed with their own thoughts...
Why does none of this make sense??
Even the books use all those words to describe DID/MPD.
Can anyone fill me in?