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Old Jul 29, 2014, 02:29 PM
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Hi...so here's what I think, take or leave is totally fine. I said a lot of it in my other reply there, but several things come to mind regarding your post.
One is that I don't have people coming up to me and saying they know me by different names either... tho sometimes people "knew" me, when i had no clue who they were. Forgetful? Dunno.
Another thing is that "integration" is an old term. And old therapy goal, and mostly outdated now. It is (for most) a far better goal to get "everyone" or all your sense of Self on the same page and to communicate and have the same goals - like you said; one knows something is wrong and wants what is best for your boy, one doesn't think anything is wrong (i also have that)... one feels young... etc. It is more important for each to have a voice, to express their thoughts and emotions and look at root causes and to come to agreement as a whole because all parts are needed to the whole. Like 'the sum is more than the total of the parts'.
Also, while EMDR is a useful trauma tool, it is often very hard to use with dissociative people - instead of working to resolve issues, it seems to help us dissociate more. So your T is right in that regard that it isn't the right time. In fact, I have found that EMDR is actually more useful for bringing me out of a state. Something you might talk with T about.
Hope some of that is useful. best!

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Originally Posted by CalmingOcean View Post
That's basically it. But the thing is I don't feel like I have different people in my head... Different parts of me maybe. But I don't feel like they 'take over'. Yes I am very forgetful, like extreme I get that, and sometimes I will forget the question I am trying to answer after starting in to what I thought was answering it and have to ask her to repeat it. I know there is one side that really wants help for my baby boys sake, and one side that seems to think I am fine, and then of course little victim me that can't seem to ever find words to speak... But they are all me you see. I don't ever suddenly become 7 and want to play with dolls and color and forget, I don't have people say they know me by something different, I feel like I am me with different sides that everyone seems to have... I guess it's just the forgetfulness I often have but I thought that was just all part of dissociating.

Anyways, I am so confused and she is avoiding answering what she thinks is wrong. But she says we can't start EMDR treatment until all of me learns to trust her, and eventually, if she is a good therapist, all of my parts will integrate as one, and then she will know when I am sitting there and she is talking to me, that she is talkng to the actual me...
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