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Old Oct 26, 2005, 03:07 PM
Anonymous29319
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I'm confused. In your first post you said your therapist is clueless but now you are saying your therapist worked to get W_I to come back. In order for your therapist to work to get someone to come back she has to know what is going on otherwise she wouldnt have tried to "call out" the person. And the only way to get the person to come out is to let them know they are safe from whatever is triggering them. Your second post tells me the therapist is not clueless and knows exactly what is going on and is doing her best to help you. See therapists know when a person enters a memory piece. They are trained in detecting changes in mood, heart rate, breathing rate, tone of voice, posture, language, and mannerisms. Each time a DID person switches every one of these things changes at the same time from how the person normally is to the information that the memory content is about. Your therapist knows when "Amber" is there. She may not know the name yet but she knows "Amber" by her mood content, her heart rate, breathing rate, and so on. Everytime you have the same mood, heart rate, breathing rate and so on regardless of name the therapist knows it. My therapist "Sue" was not trained in DID work and knew right off the bat that something was different during a meeting we attended together. At this point she did not know I was DID and that I knew I was DID but in denial. When we came out of that meeting we were in her car and she said I was like a different person in there my (to use her words) "heart rate, breathing, posture everything sang of confidence" when I am not normally that way. That was her first clue that I was DID, and she knew each and every time I was in that "Mary" memory piece. She also knew without a doubt when I was experiencing the memory piece of angry 10 year old "Margo"But she didn't discuss the specifics with me at that point. Your therapist may not have discussed with you when you switch or what memory pieces you have switched into but she knows what is going on. There are many reasons why a therapist wouldn't discuss what happens when a DID switches (the main one being heart rate and breathing rate changes are automatic not something anyone can control so it has not been disclosed to the general public so therapists are able to weed out the fakers. a person in a true switch has the same heart rate and breathing rate EVERY time they enter the same memory piece). Im not your therapist so I can't say why your therapist isnt discussing the switches specifically in regards to you. Maybe she does not know you know you are DID, it could be that she is using certain techniques to find out if the switches are true switches or it could be the content is not what you are ready for yet. I don't know why your therapist isnt talking about the fact that she knows whats going on and is taking care of it but the fact that she is actively "calling out" W_I tells me she knows what is going on and is taking care of the situation. Like my "Margo" "Amber" is there for a reason I know it makes you uncomfortable but the only way to find out what that reason is, is if "Amber" keeps "coming out". Talk with your therapist she will help you to understand what is going on and the process better. Take care.