I was fortunate that my first therapist actually used to suggest that I talk to the different parts. There was a part that kept bothering me and I imagined sitting down and having a conversation with him and after I listened to what he had to say he never bothered me anymore.

I know these are parts of me, but I can really have conversations with the different parts. I wasn't too sure about them at first, but now we kind of all get along. There's even a model in marriage and family therapy that deals with having all the different parts getting along and the "self" of the person being the leader of the parts. Its called Internal Family Systems (by Richard Schwartz maybe?).

Anyhow, my trauma therapist often has me check to see what's going on with the different parts and to listen to the different parts. Actually, that's when things started getting much better for me, when I started to take them seriously.

So I figure if there is a whole book and a recognized model that deals with this stuff then I can't be too crazy. I used to call all the parts "my committee". I consider them a resource, there's a couple of internal therapists on my committee, so I always feel like I have someone to help around. I used to refer to them as "they" and then one day in therapy, I noticed that I was saying "we". The angry part doesn't scare me anymore.

So I'm really impressed that you thought to find out what was up with the other Seesaw! It sounds like having the conversation helped.