Several of the alters present during this clip... Da (the comedic cynic) in particular, also Willie (the team's resident 'psychologist'), but at times Addie (Aunty Donna) appears. Although someone starts out talking of themselves as Little Donna (Polly) they are not Polly, who presents for a moment when demonstrating the noises she likes, then disappears. This clip was done in May 2010, 3 months after diagnosis of DID. By the end of 2010, I had reclaimed the body I haven't lived in since before the age of 2. By that time we were away there were more than the 7 alters mentioned in this clip. Toward the end of inte

In the book, Nobody Nowhere, I wrote about my original self, Donna and the two that split off from that, Willie at age 2 and Carol at age 4.

Each was autistic in their own way.

Donna had Agnosias; faceblind, meaning deaf, meaning blind, disconnected from body and lived in a sensory world of pattern, theme, feel, a world of textures, sounds, smells, movement, colour, light. Donna sang songs to herself and made noises at the mirror, related to objects. Donna was present from birth to age 2. Immune deficiencies had set in by 6 months.

Willie was the protector, the fight response of Exposure Anxiety and determined to not allow the environment to interact directly with Donna. 'He' was Schizoid and afraid enough of feelings to dissociate from them. Willie was largely silent. Progressively Willie developed OCD by age 9. Willie is the main reader but came to read lists, bullet points and encyclopedic entries.

Carol emerged by age 4 and embodied the flight response of Exposure Anxiety. Always diverting and flighty, she was hypomanic, idiosycratic (at times to the point of Schizotypal), socially oblivious and indiscriminate, echolalic, would have fitted ADHD. Carol is a paper shredder who associates reading with failure and had the strongest experiences of dyslexia.

Da Boy consolidated around age 8-10 as a playmate and brother to my little brother aged 2-3. He was bombastic, hypomanic, fitted ADHD, was daring, physical and spun, jumped, climbed and has most of the vocal tics.

Aunty Donna emerged around age 8-10 as surrogate mother to my little brother in a household where his care was largely left to me. She was shy, avoidant, self effacing, tended to Agoraphobia, food avoidance and Selective Mutism.

Marnie began to emerge around age 10 and was a wild tearaway who'd presented rather bipolar, unpredictable, impulsive. She pushed people down stairs, threw chairs, shoved tables and by 13 was a street kid dealing with substance abuse and sexploitation.

Also on the team but more secondary were Dondola who identified as Italian and began in early childhood but didn't become a self until I lived with Italian's aged 8-10, Dodds who emerged by 12 who was the documenter, and Shirley, who is rural and emerged around age 10-12 as a result of being sent bush when I had breakdowns.

All have aspects of autism 'fruit salad'.

Donna et al

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