to begin with, anyone claiming psych knowledge who uses the phrase "make it up for attention" doesn't have even a remedial grasp of general psychology, much less abnormal psych. if you think DID means "10 people in one body disorder," then sure. that doesn't exist. but that's not what DID is. not to mention that most people with DID conceal their symptoms, often for years, and get misdiagnosed multiple times before anyone catches it. a condition whose hallmark is hiddenness is a weird thing to fake "for attention." but you know, people arguing this point wouldn't actually know what DID really is.

DID is a disorder wherein someone experiences multiple incongruent subjective perspectives/self states that affect their relationship to themselves, others, and the world around them. that's the framework the actual research uses.

anyone who talks about DID without that understanding isn't educated enough on the topic to be making claims. they've gotten lost in their OWN definition of what they think DID is instead of engaging with what it actually is and decades of well-documented research. that's the framework the actual research uses, and it's in the DSM-5 and ICD-11.

"does the scientific consensus say it exists?" it's literally in both major diagnostic manuals. that IS the consensus.

they're shadow boxing. inventing an opponent, beating it, and declaring the real thing doesn't exist. don't listen to people who fight shadows and tell you the other boxer isn't "all that." they don't know what they're talking about. it's not hard to actually get a grasp on what these disorders are and mean. they just think they already know. that's equal parts pathetic and dangerous.

so no, that's not the clinical consensus, and clinicians don't treat patients based on podcast strawmen.