How can I have DID if I don't lose time

I have been reading other posts and even my therapist asks if I lose time, but I don't. I don't always remember something that I did but if someone reminds me the entire memory will come back to me. And when I am angry, or 16, or John I am still there just unable to come forward. I will remember most of what I did when another comes forward. And if I don't I guess I wouldn't know that I forgot something. But I don't miss days or hours of time. I don't have clothes I forgot buying, or run into people who know me as someone else. I do have mood shifts that happen for specific situations or people. I have always done that. Is it possible to have DID without losing time? Or is it most likely that I am on the fringe of the condition?

DID affects people in different ways, some people with it lose time and others dont. some people have a mixture where sometimes they lose time and sometimes they dont.

only a treatment provider can tell you whether you are supposed to be losing time or not, and help you figure out your internal systems. Suggestion - Keep talking and discussing your problems with your treatment providers. someday what ever the problems turn out to be they will make sense to you. we cant diagnose whether you are on the fringe of a disorder or not. Your treatment provider is the only one that can answer this and explain to you how your system works and why it works the way it does.

hi clarity....i don't really know the answer to your questions. do you have a t that understands dissociative disorders? i only lost time in the beginning after (and before ) being diagnosed with did. but i would find very different styles of clothes and run into people that said they knew me and i definitely did not know them. i hear how you are struggling to understand you and it's hard work with a t. as far as for me it would be impossible for me without a t who is knowledgeable about dds. ...hugs if okay......kasva

I had this issue too and it was a great reason for denial. I almost wish I still didn't do this stuff, because now it's just disturbing. But I wasn't coaware for years and those things, the time lapses, the inability to recognize people just fell into place, because it's been happening since we were kids, when DID first starts.

For me now, I notice more like subtle things. I may forget my age. I see my niece run into the room after spending the whole afternoon with her and I am shocked that she's six now. She's asked me before "Aunt Chelsea why are you looking at me like that?" "Like what Jordy?" "Like you've never seen me before".

I don't think a lot of people with DID realize this stuff until they're in therapy for awhile for it. Till they become "co aware".

Some people on here speak about moving around and stuff, living in different places, etc. I don't experience any of that.

Basically, you can't compare yourself to us. Everyone's experiences are different and all of us are at different spots in awareness.

Thank you all for responding. So much of what I have read on this forum is familiar to me. This forum has made me feel more grounded these last few days. Thanks

I always know that each part has time and so it is not lost. Where this idea came from must be so that outside people can understand but internally nothing is lost. As for being able to have all the parts remember all the memories well that is a different story. It takes time but it can be done. Please be gentle with yourself.