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This may be a stupid question or may already be in a thread somewhere that I haven't found yet so I apologise. I'm wondering if you can have parts but not have DID? For me it feels like there are different "parts" of me. Like in therapy today the 7/8 year old part of me was very strongly present and terrified and wanting to hide in a small space somewhere. That isn't a common reaction for me as an adult, but when I was 7/8 years that was how I often tried to deal with being scared or afraid. Honestly, it was like I was having a conversation with the 7/8 year old part of me during session.
How is that possible though, to have separate parts of yourself that can talk to each other and recognize each other, and sometimes one is more strongly present than others, but they are all usually there (except perhaps when I dissociate)? My understanding of DID was that one part or another is in control, but that there aren't multiple parts aware at the same time with one being stronger than the other(s). Am I wrong on my understanding of it? I'm not diagnosed with DID though either, so I don't know what's going on. It's bothering me though and I don't really know how to talk about it or explain it to my T.
How is that possible though, to have separate parts of yourself that can talk to each other and recognize each other, and sometimes one is more strongly present than others, but they are all usually there (except perhaps when I dissociate)? My understanding of DID was that one part or another is in control, but that there aren't multiple parts aware at the same time with one being stronger than the other(s). Am I wrong on my understanding of it? I'm not diagnosed with DID though either, so I don't know what's going on. It's bothering me though and I don't really know how to talk about it or explain it to my T.