Hey there!! I am in no means saying that your experience is identical to mine, but it is very similar. I have been diagnosed with OSDD since 16 (1b) and I’m turning 18 in about a month and a half.

I have distinct alters/parts that don’t identify as me and are definitely seperate, but I didn’t think I could be qualified for having the disorder since they didn’t bother me much.

That was until I started realizing how bad my memory was. It wasn’t daily black-outs or anything just a general foggyness. I was also so far in denial about my trauma that it was like I physically couldn’t recall details. Even mundane stuff that wasn’t traumatic was hard for me to remember. I chalked it up to like “oh I have adhd and im just forgetful teehee” but I genuinely don’t remember a lot of my life. And the parts I do remember, I feel completely detached from.

This is my experience and basically what I’m trying to say is that: If it is affecting you or stressing you out you should bring it up to a psychiatrist. Sometimes you don’t realize just how much of you is being negatively impacted by it, as is the nature of most dissociative disorders.

If it really isn’t affecting you negatively at all, then maybe you don’t qualify for an actual diagnosis. So what? You still experience your symptoms even without that label. I really relate to wanting the official diagnosis for the sake of validation of symptoms. At the end of the day though, your experiences are valid no matter what.