Could it be a DID?

Okay, so first of all, I'm new here, and sorry, this could be a rather long post. Also English isn't my first language so I'm sorry if there are any mistakes.

So I've been wondering if I could have a DID for a while. There are thoughts in my head that don't really belong to me, but still come from inside my head. It's like another person is there and comments or feels something or wants me to do something. And also I sometimes forget what I have been doing in the last couple of minutes, usually no longer. It never really made me worry, I just thought this would be normal.

Also, the friend of a friend of mine (I don't know how to say that in another way) has a DID and she (my friend) told me about it so I became interested in this topic. But it never crossed my mind for even a second that I could have a DID or something similar then. This was a few months ago but now the things I've said in the beginning are becoming more and more ... conspicuous not sure whether that's the right word...) and I told this friend (not because she knows about this topic, just because she's my friend) and she asked me whether I could have a DID.

I've been thinking about this for a few weeks now. And on one day something happened. Well, there was a situation when I thought I would rather disappear for a while and now I can't really remember what happened in the hour after that. I know, I've been standing in front of a mirror and I thought something like "this isn't me! And why am I wearing a dress?" but it's not really a memory, it's more like some scene I watched in a movie, only with myself in it.

This made me wonder whether my friend really could be right and I tried to ask myself whether there was someone else - and I really got an answer!
After that I started to feel "not like myself" more often, too. I don't know how to describe that in a better way. I got to know some "others" in my head a bit but I'm still not sure whether they really are there.

I'm not sure if this could be a DID because I normally don't have any problems with remembering things, only for some minutes or that I have these strange movie-like memories.
I thought about talking to a psychologist but I'm not sure whether all these things could just be my imagination or not, and as long as I'm not sure, I'm just to scared to talk to my parents about it because it won't be easy for them to accept, as well it will be for me.
I can't decide whether to accept it or deny it and I just don't know what is real anymore.

So I wanted to know if someone of you knows if this sounds like a DID or something similiar or not. I would be really glad if someone had an advice for me.

Yes, it sounds like DID, especially this part:

Sanya wrote:I tried to ask myself whether there was someone else - and I really got an answer!

You heard a voice? Who answered your question? Often, but not always, that is a good sign that you have an alter. Possibly an inner helper. But this by itself is not DID. In any event, hearing a voice (even having alters) does not mean you are crazy, or going crazy, or mentally ill, or have anything at all wrong with you.

Was your friend's friend with DID diagnosed by someone in your community? Does the friend with DID have a therapist? Perhaps you could find help there.

First of all, thanks a lot for your answer!

It really helps me to calm down for now and also makes me a little less insecure.
Sometimes I'm almost sure there is something, but then again I feel like there's nothing at all.
But hearing from someone that it could at least be possible hopefully will give me the strenght to at least tell my parents, well, not everything yet, but at least something. I have to start somewhere, don't I?

So yes, there was something like a voice, well, more like thoughts, quite similar, but not fully like my own thoughts. She more or less tried to convince me that she's real, but, you know, it's hard to believe.

My friend's friend got diagnosed by a therapist, but unfortunally she lives really far away, so this won't really help me.

Sanya wrote:My friend's friend got diagnosed by a therapist, but unfortunally she lives really far away, so this won't really help me.

That therapist may be able to help you find a therapist or other support near you.

You seem awful confused. I'll try to help.
Don't worry, your English is fine.
If you're meeting others (in your head or otherwise) than it's probablyDID or DDNES.
Well, you have the thoughts from others (if they're differing from yours than I doubt it's you), time loss (however minimal, our host, Faith, gets time loss after a switch, being co-conscious the whole time and then forgetting what happened during the switch a few hours or a day later, so time for her is like a blur). Sometimes with time loss an alter will show the host (you) what happened which is when you'll get the feeling of looking at yourself. When Faith is co-conscious, she can experience what we're doing but has a lot of symptoms you seem to describe when you look at yourself do things, except she is experiencing all of those feelings while someone else fronts, if that makes sense.

Starting off you should maybe visit tomboy24's "For all new/seeking advice" (may not be exact title) page and DID terms page, in addition to Resources.
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btw if you were wondering, I'm 18, and a girl, and our host, Faith, is 14 and also a girl (so the body's 14 and a girl's body).
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-Shadow