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1. Are you able to keep your regular adult state of mind present at the same time that you can access the child part of you with its feelings of pain and shame?
If no, why not? What happens when you try?
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I can now that I understand DID and have accepted the condition. It was a very different, painful and confusing story before the official diagnoses. Today I share her pain and have found communicating that I understand and will do anything to help her if I can helps. Indulging in a few little treats helps too. Helping rather than hindering helps a lot. Sometimes it's like taking care of a sick child. She came about in the beginning to help me, it's now my turn to help her.
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2. If your answer to #1 was yes, can you also experience the pain in tolerable increments without getting overwhelmed, pulled too far into the pain, or without losing your adult state of mind?
If no, why not? What happens when you try?
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Yes.
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3. If your answer to #3 was yes, while you are in touch with the child part's pain, can the adult part of you comfort the child part of you sufficiently to where the pain recedes and the child part of you feels a measure of soothing and healing?
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Yes.
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4. After making several/many attempts to do this and failing to achieve trauma resolution/healing, have you decided to quit working with child parts and doing this type of trauma work?
If yes, did you find a different method that helped you more? What?
If yes, what did you do about your child part(s) once you stopped trying to access/experience/resolve your traumatic issues? Did you cut them off from awareness?
If no, what made you decide to continue with the trauma work?
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I didn't do 'trauma work' as such. By the time I was diagnosed and referred to a psychologist he said I had done most of the work myself and he doubted that he had anything else to offer. He said my coping tools were remarkable and that sharing my experience in forums had obviously been very helpful.
