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Old Oct 28, 2012, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by hamster-bamster View Post
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?

only you and your treatment providers (ie a medical doctor, therapist, psychiatrist...what ever or who ever you have now) can answer these question.

we cant tell you whether your "parts" exist or not in fact Psych central has a rule that says we are not to question whether someone has a mental disorder or question whether their alters/parts exist or not.

I cant tell you what to do with your parts, only you know what you and your parts need and what you need to do with them.

All we can say is what we do with our own parts/alters. before I was integrated I didnt worry about what to do with my alters because they were so categorical that they had their own jobs, purposes, reasons for being and this wasnt something that happened just during therapy. my alters/parts were like this all the time in and out of therapy, I had no control over what they did, who did what and who came out when..

Now that all my alters are integrated with me I dont have the problem of all the different parts of me taking over control. So this isnt an issue with me, therefore I dont worry about something like this happening. I guess I have other more important things to worry about then to worry about something thats not going to happen because I am integrated.

my suggestion.. if this is something that continues to bother you, it may be something you might decide to go back to therapy so that you have a therapist that can help you discover what is best for you.