Who keeps things in order

[WeAreKaren]

FreyasSpirit, Your post made sense to me. ThePeople re-summarized it well.

The People, My therapist is the one who told me about SPD. (I don't see a psychiatrist.) She says that many of her clients who have DID also have SPD. It is such an unknown condition - despite how common it is -that there hasn't been much in the way of studies done as far as I know. The SPD Life website I told you about and the book I'm reading seem to be the best "launching points" for scientifically-oriented information about SPD in adults. There are lots of websites centered around SPD in children. But despite that, most parents, teachers, and doctors are still very much unaware of it.

My therapist isn't sure whether SPD makes you more likely to develop DID, or whether trauma causes both. The author of the Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight book theorizes that some are born with it, and trauma can cause it for others. I suspect she is correct. I believe I was born with it, but probably not everyone is. Most recently I've speculated that the fragmentation of the senses and extreme emotional sensitivity that are hallmarks of SPD combined with the number of abusers and duration of the various abuses (I've remembered about all immediate family members (5), 2 extended family, and 2 non-family at this point and have "warnings" of 2-3 more extended family to come, starting at < 2 years old and ending when I graduated HS at 17) may be the reason I am poly fragmented.
Karen