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Originally Posted by Claritytoo
I am still confused by that. My therapist will also back off if she thinks I have switched. I pushed John out at a session so she could talk with one of us. John was scared to death and my therapist kept talking to me and not John. I didn't understand why until you posted this. I know I asked her why she didn't talk with John but I don't remember what she said. I just remember being annoyed that she had an opportunity to talk with one of us and didn't. It makes sense that if I switch something must have triggered me. But how is it that therapists talk to alters during therapy. Right now I am very confused. I am trying to figure this out but I can't. Who talks to the doctor? It is almost never me.
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I cant speak for your therapist but with mine it was because the agency she worked with had a rule that she had to work on my problems not on causing me to force my alters out to please and talk to her. forcing alters out just to please and talk to the therapist can do more harm than good with some people with DID.
my therapist also didnt want to get arrested for causing me to have false memories and fake alters or switching into alters just to please her, have my alters talk with her. NY has rules about therapists causing false memory syndrome and mental disorders / mental problems in their clients.
only your treatment provider can answer why they do what they do with you.
suggeston - maybe this would be a good topic to talk with your therapist, and ask her why they do things with you the way they do. you might even consider letting your therapist know you are not always aware of what goes on in therapy, and make a plan with them to address your concern of what happens when you are not aware, like my therapist has done by taping my sessions with her.