I don't think I'm DID. But sometimes the line between dissociative parts and alters seems really thin.

If Identity is the sum of personality traits and values and abilities, how different do they have to be before I'm not ME-1 anymore and am ME-2 instead?

No apparent recent holes in memory put separate identities with continuity of memory is possible, right?

Me-1 is shy, quite quiet, won't meet your gaze, lacks self confidence, can't say no, can't stand conflict. body dysmorphic, wants to have an eating disorder, sexual orientation is ace. Me-1 longs for the box Me-1 is asocial a lot of the time.

Me-2 walks tall, looks people in the eye, handles conflict with somewhat heated reason. Is fine with his body, although feels he could lose 15 pounds. Sexual orientation is gay, but is a gay virgin. Would love to have a long term arrangment with a caring partner.

Me-3 is angry. Gets pissed off at the world. Wants to put on steel toed boots and kick over every garbage can in the neighbourhood. Me-3 screams invective at telemarketers. Wants to write bots that spam the forums that were critical about his choice of language. His orientation is gay, but wants to be a savage rough top.

Me-4 is creative. Writer. Idea person. Always thinking out of the box. Lost in imaginary worlds. Lives entirely in his head. Isn't even ace. Sex doesn't cross his mind.

Me-5. A more extreme Me-1. He looks for validation for his low self esteem. He is worthless, shameful, waste of space, unlovable. He is least aware of the others. Loathes his body. Won't look in a mirror. Learned to cut his own hair by touch to avoid mirrors. He spends a lot of time in the bottom end of the window of tolerance, afraid of everything, and sad. Indulges himself in suicidal ideation. He seeks punishment. He's the one who uses a wire wheel on a cordless drill to take off 1/4" wide strips of top layer skin. He's the one who deliberately walks thorugh a nettle patch in running shorts, barefoot and no shirt. Sexual orientation is gay, but leans heavily as being the BDSD sub. Dreams of being beaten black and blue.

Each Me views the others with amused contempt,except Me-5 who is sometimes envious of the others. Me-2 is the most aware of the others, but all the Me's know of all the others.