![]() People with alters may refer to their alters as "parts inside, aspects, facets, ways of being, voices, multiples, selves, ages of me, people, persons, individuals, spirits, demons, others," etc. 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.:189-191 Once a person has DID, new alters can be created at any age, but are less commonly created in adults. All the alters together make up the person's whole personality. A person with DID experiences himself or herself as having separate identities, known as alters, or alternate identities, and previously known as personalities.:292, Alters take over control of the person's body or behavior at various times. ![]()
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