June Bug,

That is a wonderful description you gave. I have a really rebellious teenager named Angel, a loving teacher named Alison, a suicidal neurotic named Alice, a small me named Lilly, a very helpful male presence that I refer to as my guide named Angelo. I’m aware of other somewhat insecure and perhaps aggressive activity but don’t have clearance to discuss.

I struggle with the terminology because even after all these years it sounds weird to me. I never used it out loud for the first twenty years because I didn’t know what was going on, and so I thought I was going mad and I was afraid of losing my children so I never told anyone about my strange and wonderful inner world.