For one year I was receiving weekly therapy sessions from someone who specializes in dissociation. According to her, I have DD NOS with some degree of dissociation. I do not have it to a severe degree: I always know where I am, I have a more or less continuous memory of things that are happening to me, I do not black out, etc. I have had some moments, however, when, for instance, I wrote using a complete foreign handwriting that I could not recognize later when it was presented to me, and entered an incorrect SSN using this handwriting, leading to problems. At that time, I was also off my bipolar meds and manic.

I stopped therapy because I lost my job and could not afford it and also because I did not see effectiveness.

I am not in therapy at the moment.

When I was in dissociation therapy, the following parts came forth:

"My little boy" - usually, a 10 year old boy, with straight blonde hair (mine is dark and curly). He has great perseverance and is very meticulous and exact. He helped me with detail-oriented tasks, manual labor, sorting through large amounts of information, and such. At some point he grew into a very handsome youth and then returned to being "My little boy"

"Pippy the Longstocking" - my father's girl, unpredictable and at times scheming. Dangerous to a degree.

"The Crazy Lady" - a tall and extremely skinny lady in a long green dress with a tight waistline, without a bust (I am overweight with E-F cups, for comparison). She overbuys. Before I started taking Lithium, I overbought a lot - it is a symptom of bipolar mania. She runs around like crazy and overbuys. She wastes her life this way. She has children (I do, too, but they live separately).

"The dark lady" - a woman about age 30, similar to me in measurements but skinnier, as I used to be. Dressed in black. Represents my mother to some extent, is borderline, possessive, wants to one-up people, etc.

"The commandante" - as per the title.

"the IT" - an animal-like creature that represents me in pre-verbal age. Has sharp teeth and big eyes. Is massively scared. Bites people when able to find vulnerabilities in them.

My question is, now that I am not in therapy, what if anything should I do with these parts? Do they exist? I do not even think of them every day - maybe I do not need them at all?

Thanks for advice!