I'm an odd one - I now know I've not got DID but there was a time I believed I did also so did some of my family. I've always struggled with dissociation to an extreme level also in particular with depersonalisation and derealisation. When I was growing up I had a system whereby I had characters I pretended to be, they always started out strong and as they took the abuse I ditched them for a new one again and again - in a sense I characterised my development - those characters are known by my family members as almost alter ego's that I've had over the years with a whole lot of character and nicknames etc.
When I get regression towards my younger life - you'll hear plenty of people here mentioning their inner child, I don't fair well, I have extreme derealisation and depersonalisation, their charactistics are fairly recognisable by my family and even myself but because I feel so alien from myself I didnt recognise this as me (I don't recognise a fair part of what I do as me). I also have blackouts with flashbacks and lose time with dissociation.
So I ran with the idea that maybe this is DID, but in my case it was not. No harm was done in my learning this, even if I do feel embarrassed I jumped to the idea and believed it so heavily, by which I feel embarrassed and ashamed. But I know I shouldn't what I was going through was so terrifying and alien to experience I'm not surprised I ended up thinking what I did.
So I'd say run with it, if it is your acceptance of it will put you in good stead and help towards the recovery path you choose and if it isn't, you'll either realise and come to have a better understanding along the way or find out some other way. The only concern to be had would be hallucinations and further possible forms psychosis which if left untreated can be harmful to you or those around you and for which needs medication. Either way it's best to see a professional, I suppose. Can you discuss this further with your therapist, prediagnosis? Good luck. :)
