The overall score on the DES does not mean all that much - really. A
trained T will look at the individual answers and throw some stats at them to get the real picture. Not all T's are trained to diagnosis however and even fewer to DX DDNOS or DID.
As I keep saying over and over again, don't DX yourself. I don't think tests like this should be online. I can take all kinds of online tests and self diagnosis myself with all sorts of stuff that I don't even have. Yes, the DES, scored correctly, is a good start, but it's only a start. A T looks at so many things to DX something.
A low score or a high score do not mean that you have DID and a super high score does not mean you have DID.
My LC says the best way to get confused is to read stuff that is junk and to talk to lay people about DID. I like it though because, although there is a lot of fluff out there, I muddle through it to find the truth and often get back on the right direction when I wander off it.
-- Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:45 pm --
Johnny-Jack wrote:I have 14 alters, most not fragmentary, each different, with their own name. We switch, cooperatively. I don't lose time. How does the current definition of DID account for me/us?
If you have alters you have DID, but the problem is that with DDNOS-1 ego states appear to be alters. That is the tricky part.
To have DID you loose time. This is due to amnesic boundaries. These boundaries are what make them alters instead of ego states.
It does not matter how many alters you have, although the tendency is that the more alters you have the more likely it is to be DID. (Haunted Self) What you need to have DID is 2 or more ANP that switch between themselves. These are not emotional parts that hold trauma.
I hope this helps anyone in question.
As for JJ - you have been diagnosed DID right? Are you questioning that?