Can alters have different talents?

✘ Myth: It’s impossible for alters to have different vision, health conditions, talents, and so on. “Those are physical. Even if the mind is different, the body stays the same.” Not impossible at all, and instead, extremely normal.

What can alters do?

The different identities, referred to as alters, may exhibit differences in speech, mannerisms, attitudes, thoughts and gender orientation. The alters may even present physical differences, such as allergies, right-or-left handedness or the need for eyeglass prescriptions.

Do alters have different skills?

What is a did alter?

Alters involve marked discontinuity in sense of self and sense of agency, accompanied by related changes in affect, behavior, consciousness, memory, perception, cognition, and/or sensory-motor functioning. DID alters can have different physical affects, accents, memories, ages, names, functions, genders and other traits.

Can alters function independently of each other?

Each can function independently. All the alters together make up the person’s whole personality. Alters typically develop from dissociation caused by prolonged early childhood trauma, although attachment problems and persistent neglect in very early childhood are also known factors.

What are the possible disabilities of an alter?

Alters may be disabled when the body is not, for example a blind or mute alter may be created in response to abusers instructions, e.g. “Don’t talk”, “You didn’t see anything”. These alters can regain their sight or hearing, for example, after working through the memories that caused their disabilities. :34-35

What are alters in psychology?

These personality states can be thought of as alters. Alters involve marked discontinuity in sense of self and sense of agency, accompanied by related changes in affect, behavior, consciousness, memory, perception, cognition, and/or sensory-motor functioning.