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Removed all the problematic discussion of DID (called multiple personality disorder in the article, which is not correct) and put it in the discussion page in case someone with the disorder/educated in it wanted to go through it.

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 Some genderfluid people ask to be called by a different [[Names|name]]<ref name=":2">Kat. "Hi I'm new." ''Bigender'' (blog/forum). [http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://bigender.livejournal.com/64281.html http://bigender.livejournal.com/64281.html]</ref> and [[pronouns]] depending on what gender they feel at a certain time. For people who switch between only two genders, this can mean switching between two names. These may be feminine and masculine versions of the same name<ref>Leo/Leann. [http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://bigender.livejournal.com/65263.html?thread=269551#t269551 http://bigender.livejournal.com/65263.html?thread=269551#t269551]</ref> or names that don't sound similar at all.<ref name=":3">DamianBella. [http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=265811#t265811 http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=265811#t265811]</ref> They may also take a gender-neutral name that works for them at any time, either in addition to these names, or instead of them.
-== Compared to dissosiative identity disorder ==
+== Gender fluidity and dissosiative identity disorder ==
-Genderfluid people usually don't think of themselves as having alters. Most genderfluid people feel like the same person all the time, with the same likes and dislikes, just with a different gender.  However, some genderfluid people switch between specific personas along with their genders, and each persona has their own likes and dislikes. Those people may notice similarities between this and Disosiative iIentity dDsorder, (DID) and may ask a therapist if they have that condition.<ref name=":2" />
+Genderfluid people usually don't think of themselves as having alters. Most genderfluid people feel like the same person all the time, with the same likes and dislikes but a different gender.  However, some genderfluid people switch between specific personas as they change genders, and each persona has their own likes and dislikes.  This is different from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), which is a disorder characterized by dissociation and the existence of alters.  DID is caused by traumatic abuse that happens early in childhood and almost always exists alongside PTSD or cPTSD.  Gender fluidity is not caused by abuse and is not more common in people with PTSD or cPTSD.
-Dissociative Identity Disorder, previously called Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD). In DID, a switch between personalities means that the other personality isn't aware of the amount of time or things that happen while they weren't the one who was active. When the other personality switches back, they don't remember what happened during that time. That's called a blackout or lost time, and it's the main thing that makes DID risky. The main difference between gender fluidity and DID is that genderfluid people don't have these blackouts.<ref name=":1" /> Another difference is that DID is usually thought to be caused by a traumatic experience, such as having been abused as a child. (However, this is debated. It isn't certain that all cases of DID have an origin in trauma.) Genderfluidity isn't caused by trauma.<ref name=":3" /> Another thing that makes trouble in DID is that the personalities can't communicate with one another.
-A healthy form of multiple personalities isn't formally recognized by psychology, but there is a community of people who say they have healthy multiplicity or plurality. Personalities within a healthy plural system don't experience lost time, have worked out living agreements similar to house rules, can communicate with one another, and are on friendly terms with one another. A typical case of DID has none of these characteristics, and these characteristics make it possible for a healthy plural system to function well. This is a sign that multiplicity can be just another way that some people's minds work, in the wide spectrum of neurodiversity.<ref name=":0">Cheshire Court productions, “What is multiplicity?” Version 1.1. 2002-05. [http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://www.karitas.net/blackbirds/layman/brochure_pluralv1.1.pdf http://www.karitas.net/blackbirds/layman/brochure_pluralv1.1.pdf]</ref><ref>“What is multiplicity?” The Layman’s Guide to Multiplicity. [http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://www.karitas.net/blackbirds/layman/whatis.html http://www.karitas.net/blackbirds/layman/whatis.html]</ref>
-If someone is considering that their gender fluidity might be like DID or multiplicity, this characteristic is important: "Everybody has different sides to their personality. The difference is that multiplicity involves distinct persons with their own full range of thoughts and emotions, including their own various sides of themselves as well."<ref name=":0" /> Even a genderfluid person who has different personas for each gender doesn't necessarily experience these personas as being whole different people, but just as different aspects of their one self. In that case, it isn't much like DID or multiplicity.
-In some cases, there is little difference between a genderfluid person who has different personas for each gender, and healthy multiplicity. Genderfluid people of this kind could find that resources created for healthy multiple systems are helpful for themselves as well.
-Some people who have thought that they might have DID or multiplicity might find that it works better to call themselves genderfluid.
 == See also ==