My youngest part is the one who holds all of the memories of our abuse (at least the stuff that happened when I was very young). My abuser died when I was 10, and so I have been able to reassure her before now that he is dead and so can't hurt us. We even visited his grave, where we 'talked' about how he's just dust and decay now (20 years later).

A couple weeks ago we had an image pop into our head of him sitting beside our bed, smiling at us and watching us sleep. It was so vivid and completely disturbing. She (the youngest) is now convinced that he is trying to haunt us. I don't believe that he is (although I do believe in ghosts - but that is not relevent here) because I know all of his thoughts toward us. When I was in session, my t asked what he was doing here, why he was here, etc. and I knew all of the answers. So I've been trying to explain that he is part of our mind, like the flashbacks. While it feels real, it isn't, and he can't hurt us. It's not working well.

Has anyone else had anything similar to this happen? It's sounds crazy, but I am trying to help her work through this.

Thanks,
IJ