Question about memories

Hello,
I’m new. I’ve been diagnosed (actually 2x) with DID for several decades now.
I’ve been working with the same therapist for 10+ years and I trust her a lot, tho she is not a DID specialist.
I have no memory of trauma, never have had, though I understand DID is caused by trauma.

It seems I have alters who keep having memories of severe and extreme abuse for which there is no evidence or corroboration. I never had injuries or illnesses that would have been the result. Nobody else in my immediate family have any knowledge of any trauma happening to us other than me being separated from my mother for a few months when I was 3 and confirming that both parents suffered with untreated depression. All my siblings are older and were present for much of my upbringing.

What causes alters to have these unreal memories and what can I do to stop it?
Thanks,
Piper and friends

having false memories of abuse and trauma you will need to work with your treatment providers. they will explain to you the technical stuff about how false memories are caused / created and what you need to do to stop them.

we can not tell you this (as you are new you may have missed the disclaimer at the bottom of every psych central page it says we cant be a substitute for contacting your own treatment providers. we cant diagnose or treat you in other words we cant tell you how anything happens in your body or what things are what in your body. for that you need to contact your own treatment providers)

what I can tell you is that when I was having a problem with a false memory what my own treatment provider told me....

a person has senses and emotions. sometimes the human brain mixes and matches things in a way to make up things. like how someone while fully awake can use their imagination.

for more technical than that and more directly to what you are having a problem with you will need to contact your treatment providers (your own doctors/ therapists or psychiatrists) who can tell you whats what in your own body.

Thank you,
I understand and will read the disclaimer again.
I will be seeing our therapist on Friday so will talk to her more about this.
But what you said generally about false memories makes sense to me.
Thanks for your reply!
Piper and friends

Hi there.IDK what's going on for you,what's true,what's not etc.For me personally though,most of my alters held memories of abuse that I was unaware of until integration.

That seems to be what DID is for,the creation of alters to protect us from the abuse so we can still live a functional life.

I just wanted to second this. This (particularly the emboldened part) has been my experience as well. However, we are not integrated and never will be.

To extremes, maybe they relate in this way and can be helpful at certain times. Possibly from movies a way to cope is what it might. Liar parts are common may sure you train them so that it doesn't become problematic. There might be other clever ways to think lie to galavanize the motives of therapist and con consiousnes

Thanks,
I’m sorry tho, I don’t quite understand all of your reply.
Do you mean alters might get ideas from watching movies or reading books about DID?
I didn’t know liar alters are common. Also, how do you train alters?
Also, I don’t quite understand the last sentence. That alters might lie to manipulate or con the therapist?
May you can clarify if you have time.
Thanks