What helps me is to remember the hell they went through and why they were created. They got me through the trauma that I probably could not have coped with. It was the only way my mind could pull me through it. They took my place so that I could survive. For years I could forget some of the horid stuff but they kept it for me. Now as much as I would like to get rid of some stuff I don't want to face, I look at them and can not give more for a small child to handle. I figure it is time for me to start protecting and helping them just like I would a small neighbor child or my own child. I take at least some time each day to talk to each and either play or work with them. I don't like remembering or feeling what I had forgotten but better me than that internal child that has gone through so much and protected me in the past so well.

This is just the view I have come to take and is working very well for me.