#requested misinfo

Alters can appear as a different skin colour to the body but they are not a different race.

" Alters may have a different perception of their appearance, for e.g., different hair or skin color, body shape " ((this is shortened down a little because theres a lot of other bullet points on the website))

" They may perceive themselves as having an age, gender, sexuality, appearance, source, or even species that may or may not match that of the system's actual body, and they may or may not be aware of these discrepancies. " ((I know this one doesn't mention skin colour exactly but you probably get the gist))

Despite being able to have a different skin colour to the body alters should not claim to be a different race, as race is not based purely on skin colour. Skin colour is a big part of it (and the most noticeable) but race is also based on cultural backgrounds and social factors

" Race divides human populations into groups often based on physical appearance, social factors and cultural backgrounds. "

Along with that claiming to be a race you are not apart of (e.g; a alter in a bodily Asian system claims to be black) can often lead to complicated scenarios where the alter in question tries to "act like their race" by using the n word, speaking over black voices and other things. ((All of which are obviously bad))

So TLDR : alters can appear as a different skin colour within headspace / in faceclaims but they cannot claim to be a different race.

This is a masterlist of misinformation about DID/OSDD that we've corrected or questions we have answered that are unrelated to endogenics / non-traumagenics.

- romantic relationships between alters (sourced)

- are partner systems normal? (not sourced)

- should we use the term core? (sourced)

(continuation of core misinfo) (sourced)

- can alters have multiple roles? (sourced)

- can you have fragments without being polyfragmented? (not sourced)

- can you have DID without alters? (Needs to be remade because I'm not happy with how I answered this) (sourced)

- can two alters look the same? (kind of sourced)

- is it possible for a host (or dominant alter) to go dormant (kind of sourced)

- can OSDD1 systems be polyfragmented? & Does it count as DID if it's only grey out amnesia? (sourced for the first question, kind of sourced for the second. slightly long post)

- what's the difference between a side system and a subsystem? (not sourced)

- can alters have disorders the system doesn't have? (sourced)

- what is a low or high split tolerance? (kind of sourced)

- can alters have a different skin colour than the body / can alters be a different race than the body? (sourced)

high split tolerance would mean someone doesn't split as easy or only splits under extreme stress or trauma

low split tolerance would mean someone splits easily or splits even when under little stress

((this is sort of mentioned below, though they don't talk about the terms split tolerance it does mention how some split easier than others))

i think i get what you're asking so i'm going to try answer this the best i can

first, amnesia doesn't happen straight away, during a moment a person can remember what is currently happening just fine but then afterwards that memory may become foggy, fragmented, disconnected or may be gone completely. this is normal (for amnesia anyways).

there is no time frame for amnesia to kick in, it varies from person to person and depends onthe type of amnesia

second amnesia can and does get worse with time, it can also get worse with stress and stuff, but like i mentioned before it depends on the type

" The memory loss may be for a short time and then resolve (transient). Or, it may not go away, and, depending on the cause, it can get worse over time. "

" While some cases of anterograde amnesia may be temporary, this condition is usually permanent and may become worse over time. "

" Stress and traumatic events later in life can also cause dissociative amnesia symptoms to reappear or get worse "

other specified dissocative disorder (or OSDD) is a diagnosis given when someone doesn't quite fit the criteria for a dissocative disorder diagnosis. the two OSDD's that are related to having parts / being a system are OSDD-1a and OSDD-1b

" Therapists may make this diagnosis when dissociative symptoms are causing distress and impairment, but do not meet the full criteria for another dissociative disorder "

" This category applies to presentations in which symptoms characteristic of a dissociative disorder that cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning predominate but do not meet the full criteria for any of the disorders in the dissociative disorders diagnostic class. The other specified dissociative disorder category is used in situations in which the clinician chooses to specify reason that the presentation does not meet the criteria for any specific dissociative disorder. This is done by recording "other specified dissociative disorder" followed by the specific reason (e.g., "dissociative trance") "

OSDD-1a refers to a system with less distinct parts / alters, there parts usually cannot take full control and usually use passive influnce

" OSDD example 1 is either identity disturbance with less distinct parts than in Dissociative Identity Disorder (they cannot physically take executive control over the person's body, but strongly influence the person's thoughts and actions and amnesia is present), known as DDNOS-1a "

OSDD-1b refers to a system with no amnesia between switches

"or distinct dissociative parts (alters or alternate identities) exist and can take executive control, but without amnesia, known as DDNOS-1b. "

This is a master list of questions we've answered that aren't directly related to DID/OSDD.

- what counts as dissociative amnesia? (sourced, slightly long post)