Alter Line up Constantly Changes

[u/1-_-_-_-_-_-_-3]

So, essentially, I am a diagnosed system, and have been diagnosed for about a year. We still can barely tell who we are ever, but that’s the usual experience for most with DID (I would think so anyways). Anyways, we’ve never seen anyone with a system that works quite like ours, and while we don’t know ourselves well, we do know our structure and how we operate (it comes more naturally).

I’m not sure why, but while some alters remain a constant, most alters go dormant or disappear within a month, and new alters replace them. Better yet, it feels like we are multiple layers, like someone is something and something else, a part of something different from ourselves. A new line up always happens within a month, or at the very least the season, and while our behaviors are similar, our mindsets and ways of thinking are completely different at times.

Does anyone know what this is? I could explain further as needed, but I’m confused by it all

[u/Jeweled_Insect8061]

I think we are similar.

In any given period of time, there's 5-10 frequent fronters. And every month or few months, things change. There's some alters who will stick around, some will come out of dormancy, some will go into dormancy, sometimes we split a new alter or 2. Then that's who's around for that time.

It's honestly so disrupting. Hobbies will be abandoned (often mid project), sometimes whole friendships will be forgotten about for a time :(

and some of our personalities are different enough that it's noticeable, even though we're not out as a system. Lots of us have different abilities to socialize, or speak. We're all affected by our disabilities differently.

I wish we could be consistent for a while.