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Thank you very much for the hug. It means a lot during this time.
It is confusing. Melissa is the main person. Then she has 3 strong emotions that she named that come out when they are needed: I (Elizabeth) am considered the mature one, Wissy (Melissa's childhood nickname) is childishness, and Asylum is anger. Besides the strong difference in emotions, we as emotions don't feel like different people. We are the same as Melissa (that we know of).
You mention pains of the past. I do not have any big ones, that I know of. My childhood was relatively normal, with a loving father and siblings. So why do the different emotions exist? I'm not sure. And why have they been named? An even more puzzling question. These will be things to discuss when a therapist is finally found.