meeresbande:

DID and other multiple systems are valid no matter if:

• switches are very sudden and/or drastic
• switches are smooth and/or take time
• lots of switches happen
• switches happen only rarely
• you can pretty much control switching (within limits of course)
• little to no control over switches
• only two or a few people ever front
• many different people front
• no co-consciousness or co-fronting
• lots of co-consciousness or co-fronting
• stark differences between different people when they front (like different allergies, eye colours, physical and/or psychological illnesses/symptoms etc)
• strong filter or otherwise no stark noticeable differences when different people front (for example, everyone has the same handwriting, accent, not much changes for the body etc)
• lots of blackouts/time loss/amnesia
• only rarely/little blackouts/time loss/amnesia
• system members are very different from each other
• system members are very much like each other
• big system (polyfractured)
• small system or dual system
• fit stereotypes
• doesn’t fit stereotypes
• etc.