((((((((woundedhearts))))))))) safe hugs if ok

I don't know if this is what you are talking about, but I'll share how I describe what I experience sometimes.

I feel as if I, the host, am the skeleton on the biology textbook page and an alter who is not completely out but is affecting me is the mostly transparent overlay page that goes directly over the skeleton.

I am much more in charge of the body than the alter is, but I am not always in control of what is said or the things that my eyes really notice when I look around. And I can smell things that aren't really present. When this is happening, I sometimes hear what I've just said as if I'm on a 1 second delay (you know when you are watching TV and the sound is slightly off from the actors lips). And I can usually feel the alters feelings and know that they are separate from mine. It is very confusing both to experience and to explain.

Elizabeth