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I discovered for me, to understand the difference between parts and Dissocaitvie type alters I had to understand what a personality is, ...

In general a personality is who and what you are, how you behave and react, your feelings/ emotions....... are you funny, happy, sad, do you walk with joy in your step or do you tend to walk slow with a purpose, are you shy or out going, do you look at life from a reality, serious, or do you enjoy life as a prankster, do you bounce with lifes ups and downs or do you tend to fall hard, do you wallow in self pity, or are you a kind of person who feels life owes you something or are you a go out there and get it, make life what you want it to be. are you a morning coffee person, or a juice person, are you a skip meals or a full breakfast bacon and eggs person, Are you a famous person or are you an average jane or john doe, are you a good worker or a slacker, or are you somewhere in between all these extremes.

How do you find your personality? its not online, its not in another persons answers. It wasnt in this site or that website forum and wasnt in my therapists willingness or lack there of to answer me or anyone else...

its literally right there in your face. go to a mirror and look. what do you see.... is your eyes brown, blue, green, is there a sparkle or dullness or curiousness in the way you are looking at yourself. is that a smile on your face or did you just stick your tongue out at your self playfully or out or fear or uglyness or somethnig in between,

your personality is literally right there in front of you.. are you wearing formal clothing or are you wearing casual wear, do you enjoy loose fitting clothing or tight show your figure kinds of clothing. was your clothing chosen for a particular reason, maybe you enjoy running and active life style so you choose clothing to fit your active life style.

Your personality is literaly right there at your feet. are you wearing heals, leather, sports wear or maybe you prefer to be barefoot.

your personality is literally right there in your hands, are your hands rough and well used or are they delicate and well cared for, do you wear polish, if so why that polish and color...

your personality is right there in those baby pictures and baby book that your parents took and kept for you of your first year of life. Its right there in all the family get together stories about you... did you walk and talk at a certain age, did you cry when you fell down trying to stand or walk or ride that bike or did you pick yourself back up and have a go at it again, whats that one annoying story about your childhood that family always gets around to when there is a family get together.look at those pictures, books and stories what do they say about what kind of child you were, your likes, dislikes and behaviors...

Its all right there in front of you and inside you, no one else has your personality and no one else can tell you what your personality is. you know your personality because you have lived with it all your lives from the moment of your biological birth.

It didnt take me long to figure out what personality I had one day when I was in therapy talking about dissociation, parts, alters......... there I was a college student, a lesbian with a partner, working at a crisis center as a volunteer, wearing a brown, green, orange, red fall style shirt, jeans, flip flops, talking about my daily life, what joke was funny to me that day, whether I was feeling happy or sad, confused, stressed out over a homework assignment, eating a candy bar and strawberries, drinking a pepsi. planning to have chineese for dinner, it was all right there in our faces the who what and hows of my personality. it was all right there in the questions I asked, in the answers I gave, in the sitting quietness...

Right now if I had to describe myself in terms of personality I would say that I am a wife, mother, I love the summer season, Im a do'er not a complainer do nothing kind of person, Im compassionalte and love helping others, Im outgoing and organized, Im firmly bonded to my children and wife (I will go to no ends to care for and protect my wife and children) Im resilliant (going through a hurricane and work related trauma proved that with a bang) my eyes are blue my hair is indian straight and black, my religion is a variety of beliefs in other words theres something in every religion that i find helpful in my life at one time or another.......I can see my personality in every choice, question and answer from the moment I woke up this mornnig, to present, how I slept last night, what positions I slept in, how I am feeling and wearing and what my daily plans are, right down to what I am writing right now, its all there. what my personality is like.

(now that you all know what a personality is I bet you can read your past posts and discover what your basic every day personality is like, especially if you are a frrequent / daily poster, your every day personality is right there in print for you and others to see and know. )

now that you know what a personality is, I can imagine its much easier to discover what a persons "parts" are...

some of my "parts" are....

Mother (Im a mother of 4 children. thats a part of my whole personality of who and what I am.)

Lesbian( I am a lesbian, thats a part of my whole personality of who and what I am)

Comedian (I love telling jokes, thats a part of my whole personality of who and what I am.)

Simple right? you take your basic every day personality that you are and instead of looking at every one of those things together that make up who and what you are, how you are feeling, how you ask and reply to questions, posts, react to life situations, you select only one of those things and that's one of your "parts"

these normal every day parts can become a problem sometimes.

Im cooking dinner and my wife walks up to me and asks for my help, instead of treating to her as an adult and wife I turn off the stove and approach the situation like I would my children, I have suddenly switched into the mother part of myself.

or how about this one, Im in a vehicle, my wife is driving and she has to stop fast, suddenly her arn goes out in front of me to prevent me from lerching forwards in the fast stop. yup she has suddenly slipped into parent/ mother mode ( apart of herself). every parent out there can connect with this one

my point is "parts" are completely normal and as human beings we tend to slip in and out of them many times a day. even here if you read your posts I bet you can now pick out when you have slipped into your "Parts" The "Composer" that composes a post/ thread vs that "motherly" part of you when replying to someone, or that "antagonizing" part of you when posting, or that "questioning/ inquizitive " part of you, or that "informative" part of you, keep in mind I am not talking yet about my alters of any disorder yet, these are completely normal parts that every human being has.

for me and my therapist this description of personality and parts came in handy for just about every therapy technique and understanding my dissociaiton problems. it was the first step to recognizing when I was in a normal part of my self vs when I have switched into one of my alternate personalities. in order to work on my dissociation problems I had to stabilize my present life, in order to do that I needed to understand what my triggers were and why I kept slipping into parts of myself, being reactive instead of from a grounded state of mind.

Some of you may recognize this as SDM or IFS ...

Structural Dissociation Model. please kep in mind that structural dissociation is not a disorder, it is a therapy model that sometimes helps people to understand their self, its a way to chart your normal parts and alters if you know enough about what a personality is, what a part is, ewhich is your alters versus your normal parts, what your triggers are, how and when you dissociate, and if you have the type of system that has a definite order and pattern called heirarchy, this therapy model is rarely used now because of the reclassification and diagnostics of dissociative disorders rendered it useless to .....most if not all ......with dissociative disorders.

The new structured therapy model being used today is called IFS.

IFS is Internal Family Systems therapy model. please keep in mind this is not a disorder. its a therapy. it combines CBT, DBT, Meditation, Structural Dissociation model, REBT, and other therapies into one therapy technique. It is taught in a structured way, meaning you cant just jump into the middle or end of it. you have a definite order and way to do it. it includes things like wording that is different than any other treatment model (example problems are not called problems, they are called trailheads) each therapy session begins with doing a Meditation (this is not hypnosis nor is it someone hypnotizing you. you are just following a IFS relaxation, like if you are sitting here and you close your eyes and think about something happy, it will relax you, the meditations with IFS are structured to relax you, body scans and focused to get you to think about how you are feeling so that you can notice parts of your normal personality. this therapy is not for causing one to dissociate or expect you to become your alters, its specifically for teaching you to stay focused, aware, not dissociated. IFS is ..........not........... strictly a dissociative treatment. it is used with every single mental disorder in the books and with physical health problems too. its for everything. so please do not take the fact that you and your therapist are doing IFS as being you have a specific disorder or problem. the reason why treatment providers are using this is because it works for everything, its got a bit of every popular therapy model built into it.

I did not do the SDM/ IFS therapy models as they were meant to be. my own therapist and I used parts of those models in different way then the structured way because the structured way did not take into consideration that I had no knowledge of most of my Dissociative type alters. instead we worked the more natural approaches and incorporated various treatments that happened to fit what I needed at that moment.

So how are my parts different than my alters and how did I find them.... thats for another post in this thread this post is long enough. I will be giving it a few days between this post and the next one so as to not confise everyone with my posts jumping in the middle of things.
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It can be hard to know what your personality is when all you ever remember from childhood is conflicting feelings. You have social norms getting in the way and religion, morals. All kind of things. Example, I started finding women sexually attractive when I was 8 years old probably even younger. It was not acceptable to be gay in the 80's. My family would have abandoned me and I would get made fun of at school. Fast forward to when I was 19. I was still having those thoughts about women but I was engaged to a man and heavy in the church. So then my religion taught me it is not acceptable to be gay. Then I realized it had very little to do with sex because the thought of touching vaginas to me is gross. It was more about wanting a mother figure since it was older women I was attracted to. Where that came from I dont know and because I still struggle with those thoughts and have ever since I was 8. It has been very hard to know what my true personality is as far as being gay. I still dont know. In my 20s I started thinking the most horrible things were funny. I felt this sinister persona come over me and I had heard of DID through the movie Sybil but that was it. I had watched that as a young child. I thought I had to have a drastic change the world could notice and since I never had that it never crossed my mind that I could be DID. I just thought it was a character flaw in me. Then when I was diagnosed DDNOS in 2003 or so I was still told I had to switch dramatically to have any type of Dissociative Disorder. So I abandoned the idea and focused on my OCD but then things started happening. Now I understand that sinister persona is an alter and not a character flaw. I still go through days thinking it might be a character flaw. I'm saying all this to say when you are messed up as a child from whatever you went through it can be hard to know who you are. Then throw DID in the mix and its nearly impossible.
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Thanks, amanda. The way you are presenting this makes it very clear to me.
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Thanks, amanda. The way you are presenting this makes it very clear to me.
Thank you unaluna. Im glad my post has helped clear some things for you.

Dnester try something for me.... don't over think this. don't add into the mix a bunch of conflicts and problems. keep it simple.

this is simple, easy..... if you were a stranger just finding psych central and they were reading all of your past posts what would they think about the kind of person you are..

I see in your past posts that your personality is that you are caring, compassionate and helpful... I see this as your every day personality because you reply to others in a caring compassionate and helpful way. you don't antagonize or pick fights with people here.

I see in your posts that your personality is that you are smart, like to learn and are inquizative. I see this because you are able to use a computer, make posts, do research to find what you need and your posts include questions.

I see in your posts that your personality is that you are self sufficient. I see this because you are able to use a computer on your own, no one needs to tell you what to do, when and how.

I see in your posts that your personality is that you are sociable and enjoy being with people. I see this in your posts when you posted about things you enjoyed and the fact that you posted you work at the front desk of your group home where you have to help others.

that's your personality. you are not your disorders and for you LGBT doesn't describe who and what you are. you may have conflicts but they are not who and what you are.

you are a compassionate, caring, sociable, smart inquizative person. that's your basic personality.
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I am my parts and my alters are parts of me. No need to make it so long complicated and confusing. Because it really isnt. My alters dont define my "personality" and it is a bit farfetched to think that they ever could or would.
 
 
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I am my parts and my alters are parts of me. No need to make it so long complicated and confusing. Because it really isnt. My alters dont define my "personality" and it is a bit farfetched to think that they ever could or would.
thank you invisible butterfly....

looks like you too have done some work with your normal personality, normal parts and alters. Im glad your alters don't define your personality either and that you find this is easier to understand when you keep it simple too.
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I am fortunate in that I have been doing this a long time and my adoptive mother was also my counselor before she retired to adopt me so I have help 24/7. But no matter how complicated or easy one wants to make it ultimately it is all a part of the entire person. Pretty simple and basic
 
 
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For my brain to understand things I need to picture it. I see parts and alters as the same, a segment. Each is a segment is part of an orange. Put them all together with the skin on and there is a whole orange. All put together we are a whole.
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For my brain to understand things I need to picture it. I see parts and alters as the same, a segment. Each is a segment is part of an orange. Put them all together with the skin on and there is a whole orange. All put together we are a whole.
Great picture

heres how I see parts vs alters using your orange picture...

An orange has normal "parts"...

the skin
the segment wall
the pulp inside the segment walls
seeds

each of these parts yes make up the whole orange.

the orange is sitting on the table and rolls off.

one part of that orange gets bruised.

this damaged part of the orange most of the time does not affect the rest of the orange. its safely encased inside one segment/ segment wall

but sometimes because of heat or cold it may affect other parts of the orange like making the near by parts of the orange have a bad taste or odor. but other than that its not a big problem.

same situation in "alters"

the orange rolls off the table each part of the orange has their dissociation symptoms.

(it breaks inside in a way that the bruise is now a separate part of the orange you know how sometimes when you peal an orange theres a part of the orange already broken off from the rest of the orange its not connected to the orange core or the segments next to it.)

the segment that is now free from the rest of the segments starts functioning like its own little orange, the seed grows and as it grows it uses up the fluids in the pulp but remains separate from the rest of the orange.

when the large orange finally gets pealed the person pealing it gets surprised by seeing a little orange inside or a big orange.

(another fruit and veggie you can use this analogy with is bell peppers )
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I discovered another "part" yesterday. please keep in mind I am not talking about alters. the two are completely different...

for alters with DID dissociation symptoms are required, for parts a person does not have to be dissociated.

for alters a person's flight or fight response to a trigger caused a person to switch over to behaving, thinking and responding from the unconsciously / dissociatively stored personality traits called alters (for more on this you can read my integration thread here Integration For "parts" a person is fully aware and consciously switching into different roles in their life.

examples of Alters..... Rainy was my alter that handled storms and depressed emotions beginning in very early childhood when I was under 5 years old, and abused in the worst ways possible in a mine shaft. in order to switch into being Rainy I had to be having my dissociation symptoms (numb, spaced out, and more...) because of being triggered by a storm, my brains natural flight or fight response with out my knowledge would route my responses to my unconscious personality Rainy. then Rainy would do her job, purpose, reason for being created, go home change into dry clothing, get something hot to eat and drink to warm the body up, when safely home out of the storm, my brains normal flight or fight response would switch back over to the consciously stored in my brain normal every day personality.

Example of Parts..... Mother. I became a mother when my wife, a close friend and I used IVF for me to become pregnant and my biological children were born.

All my alternate personalities are integrated now so that my consciously stored personality and my unconsciously stored personalities are one whole personality again.

Parts are completely normal and a person can have as many as their life needs. yesterday I discovered a "Part" of myself. I was at the Y teaching my youngest how to swim. I have mobility problems due to my MS (Multiple Sclerosis ) I was sitting on the Y's special lift with my child. my wife lowered us into the water and we remained sitting on the lift as the child got used to the water temp. As the child relaxed I relaxed. the child knows how to hold her breath this is a child who will throw a temper and hold breath to scare the you know what out of the parents. and also holds breath in water in bathtub. but at that moment I didn't think about that as the child slides off my lap and into the water. Child starts sinking like children do when learning how to swim. I and my first aid training kick into action I throw myself off the lift go under water (8 ft pool) aim for the floor, cant find the child, but there was another child playing and I "rescued" that child too that didn't need rescuing. I come back up and theres my child happily splashing on the near by stairs. Last night when my wife and I were discussing it we discovered that I do "come to the rescue" when I see anyone in trouble, be it my wife, children, someone on the playground, at work, in a store, I "come to the rescue" this situation where I "come to the rescue" is not limited to children, so its not the mother feelings in me, its a normal part of who and what I am, Im someone that likes to help others.

this "rescuing" part of me yesterday was good but not so good too. good because if I hadn't acted and my child really was in trouble it could have ended differently. not so good because my "recuing" someone elses child had interfered with what that parent was teaching their child, and scared the parent, someone they didn't know grabbing their child.

its time for me to work on this normal part of me that likes to "come to the rescue" I have not decided whether I am going to use CBT / DBT (recognizing my behaviors and making changes) or give IFS (parts therapy) another try. but I do know that I cant be unintentionally "rescuing" people strangers or not. in this day and time we live in that could be dangerous behavior.

Bear with me as I do some researching and may end up posting about various "parts work" techniques to discover which way is right for me, and maybe what gets posted will help others here too.
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I discovered another "part" yesterday. please keep in mind I am not talking about alters. the two are completely different...

for alters with DID dissociation symptoms are required, for parts a person does not have to be dissociated.

for alters a person's flight or fight response to a trigger caused a person to switch over to behaving, thinking and responding from the unconsciously / dissociatively stored personality traits called alters (for more on this you can read my integration thread here Integration For "parts" a person is fully aware and consciously switching into different roles in their life.

examples of Alters..... Rainy was my alter that handled storms and depressed emotions beginning in very early childhood when I was under 5 years old, and abused in the worst ways possible in a mine shaft. in order to switch into being Rainy I had to be having my dissociation symptoms (numb, spaced out, and more...) because of being triggered by a storm, my brains natural flight or fight response with out my knowledge would route my responses to my unconscious personality Rainy. then Rainy would do her job, purpose, reason for being created, go home change into dry clothing, get something hot to eat and drink to warm the body up, when safely home out of the storm, my brains normal flight or fight response would switch back over to the consciously stored in my brain normal every day personality.

Example of Parts..... Mother. I became a mother when my wife, a close friend and I used IVF for me to become pregnant and my biological children were born.

All my alternate personalities are integrated now so that my consciously stored personality and my unconsciously stored personalities are one whole personality again.

Parts are completely normal and a person can have as many as their life needs. yesterday I discovered a "Part" of myself. I was at the Y teaching my youngest how to swim. I have mobility problems due to my MS (Multiple Sclerosis ) I was sitting on the Y's special lift with my child. my wife lowered us into the water and we remained sitting on the lift as the child got used to the water temp. As the child relaxed I relaxed. the child knows how to hold her breath this is a child who will throw a temper and hold breath to scare the you know what out of the parents. and also holds breath in water in bathtub. but at that moment I didn't think about that as the child slides off my lap and into the water. Child starts sinking like children do when learning how to swim. I and my first aid training kick into action I throw myself off the lift go under water (8 ft pool) aim for the floor, cant find the child, but there was another child playing and I "rescued" that child too that didn't need rescuing. I come back up and theres my child happily splashing on the near by stairs. Last night when my wife and I were discussing it we discovered that I do "come to the rescue" when I see anyone in trouble, be it my wife, children, someone on the playground, at work, in a store, I "come to the rescue" this situation where I "come to the rescue" is not limited to children, so its not the mother feelings in me, its a normal part of who and what I am, Im someone that likes to help others.

this "rescuing" part of me yesterday was good but not so good too. good because if I hadn't acted and my child really was in trouble it could have ended differently. not so good because my "recuing" someone elses child had interfered with what that parent was teaching their child, and scared the parent, someone they didn't know grabbing their child.

its time for me to work on this normal part of me that likes to "come to the rescue" I have not decided whether I am going to use CBT / DBT (recognizing my behaviors and making changes) or give IFS (parts therapy) another try. but I do know that I cant be unintentionally "rescuing" people strangers or not. in this day and time we live in that could be dangerous behavior.

Bear with me as I do some researching and may end up posting about various "parts work" techniques to discover which way is right for me, and maybe what gets posted will help others here too.

I have a question. You mentioned you dont have to dissociate with parts and you know you are switching over to the other part. How does that differ than being co-conscious with an alter?
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I have a question. You mentioned you dont have to dissociate with parts and you know you are switching over to the other part. How does that differ than being co-conscious with an alter?
Using the swimming example, when playing a part of myself when teaching someone how to swim I may say” okay, I am going to let go now. Try to swim on your own.” When a co-conscious alter tries to preform the same task they may loose themselves a little and let go without notice or they may not think to let go at all. They may dissociate and let go accidentally or worst case scenario, they may try to punish someone for failing to learn how to swim on their own. This is only an example of how I interpret this and does not relate to daily life. Mostly I would not relate this to daily life because we are not responsible to teach each other to swim - but in a scenario where we are responsible teach someone how to swim, there are expectations that you may be able to take part in this activity with full consciousness. There are ways to prevent dissociating from happening, and there are ways to be supportive to our parts and not alters. I believe one way to prevent dissociation is to find and identify our parts and alters, and practice using them.
 
 
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"alters vs parts" discussion has been moved to a second thread by the admins.....…

Parts vs Alters (continued)

rather than having two different threads for the same topic………….."Alters Vs parts" …..Im asking the moderators to please close this thread. and we will continue in the thread ...Alters Vs Parts (continued)
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