Thanks for all this! It's helpful! Do different alters present with different emotional/mental diagnosis too eg Depression, Borderline etc? I'm guessing the answer to that is affirmative.

In the last year my inside family has begun to talk/communicate (dare I even say integrate! There is a slight uprising when I state that). For me this is 'key', albeit at times overwhelming, dialogue, dialogue, dialogue!

I am 50lbs over weight (most I've ever been) and I think it is my Depressed alter. I sometimes hobble around with her like I'm really old (like 90) (not just old, like I am).

Recently, I discovered I am also likely ADD. The reasons were so traumatic that I could and can barely mention them. It explains sooo much but I am unclear as to what physical ailments are connected there to her.

One alter used to be hopelessly allergic to milk products, but now, with a bit of digestive enzyme, and having faced, and worked through an issue around my husband, all is well, most of the time.

Other medical symptoms arise and recede depending on who's around but, I am noticing, I can tell who is presenting, by the symptom,. So there is a positive to all this fufurough !

Communicating all these alters to the outside world has been and is a task! Thanks for being here on this site! I am learning I am not alone by reading you posts and then feeling less alone.

Take care, everyone and thanks again for asking this question. I feel almost normal (I know there are so many implications when I use that word) when I hear I am NOT the ONLY one!

I don't do hugs super well but this time I am VERY appreciative!