Myth Patients with DID can have only a few alter and are not aware of their alters or their condition Some people with DID may have only a few ‘alters,’ whereas there may be a case where several alters co-exist, and some that were not apparent were discovered during therapy. Although people who have undergone extreme abuse like child trafficking or ritual abuse may even have hundreds of alters in the DID system, there is no direct association between the number of alters and the severity of trauma.
