I didnt notice any symptoms myself.I was feeling suicidal and a friend recommended a mental health agency where she was a receptionist. One day I went in to work with her. She introduced me to some of her co workers. We told them I was thinking about entering therapy for suicidal thoughts. Her co workers were all very warm and took time to talk with me about the intake process. Part of the intake process with that mental health agency was having a psychiatric evaluation/assesment testing before assigning me to a therapist. when the resident psychiatrist said he could give me a sample of what that is like I thought what the hay forget the sample lets do it for real and I went with him and went through all the tests. 4 weeks later I got a call from him saying the test results were in and asked if I would like to come in and talk about it. I went down and thats when I found out all my diagnostics including DID.

I had absolutely no other diagnosis before this time because I had never been to a psychaitrist or mental health agency before this.

I dont remember doing it but my alters names all ended up to be related to why they were there.. angry ann, jelous Jill, Picky Pat, Patty Cake, Jumprope Jackie, some were named after my parents, hampsters and fish, cartoon characters, names of people I saw on tv, Buffy and Jody from family affair, Cindy, Jan and marsha from brady bunch.

No I wasnt conscious of my alters. They knew more about me than I knew about them, I became aware of them through therapy work.

No one else in my family has mental disorders.

My dialogue in my head before I was diagnosed was the same as after I was diagnosed. I rarely heard my alters because I wasnt co conscious before therapy. but on rare occasions they came through the rain on the roof sound I had in my head nonstop. what I heard was related to why they were there, the emotions and memories that they held. Sometimes commeting on what I was doing.