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Old Nov 23, 2014, 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by flockpride View Post
It seems like my child parts have been locked down for so long, mostly at this point they sob or are terrified. I don't want my partner to keep seeing that. There's a lot of grief inside. I am pretty sure, they are capable of having fun. But I, the everyday capable part, am concerned that might also freak out my partner. Being young and scared, they only tend to emerge if I am home alone. Then it feels like we're stretching out and breathing after a long car trip. Does that make sense. And it's not like I can control it. I mean, on some level the message got to the inside, a very long time ago, "no childlike behavior is acceptable in the home. Be a little adult." So actually, the parts I'm aware of aren't really spontaneous anyway.
one thing about dissociation is that its a reaction to a trigger. find that trigger and you will find what causes you to dissociate into the child like alters.

example being home alone is a sure fire trigger that caused me to dissociate into an alter that would cry/be scared/terrified/ by turning on the tv I felt less alone because I could hear the tv voices. or I would put on music, my wife and I would also alert the neighbors when she had to be out of town. one thing about neighbors. you dont need to tell them you are afraid to be alone, you just let them know during normal conversation that one or the other is going to be out of town and they naturally tend to call to see if you need anything (milk bread what ever...), call just to check on how things are going, call for conversation...which was a great help. my wife and I also send emails /small chalt videos and skype when one or the other of us are out of town so I dont feel so alone. we also have quite a variety of pets ...birds, dogs, cats. that can also be comforting when home alone. Another thing that helps me is that I have lots of child like blankets/toys that are the same as those I had when I was a child. before I was integrated I found that ifg I carried /played with/held the toys it was calming things down in my head with the alters so there was no need for me to dissociate to get away from the head chaos in turn the alters did not need to come out to get their needs met. they were getting their needs met through me.

my point is if you dont want to switch into your alters you can find out what is causing you to be afraid at home since it only happens when you are at home, what is different then when you are not at home, that could be triggering you into dissociating. once you know what the trigger is you will know how to fix this problem so that it doesnt keep happening.
Thanks for this!
CalmingOcean