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Old Dec 30, 2014, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by pegasus View Post
Umm... well if you could just let your 'alters' play then you would be aware and then that wouldn't be DID would it?? DID is when you 'switch' and are unaware and cannot control it. Well, not unless you have had masses of therapy and are near integration? I mean, play therapy can help to make an alter feel safe enough to come out and play but with DID, it's not like you can control it like that! There needs to be a trigger normally, because ... of abuse and awful stuff. Just saying...
Absolutely. I was hopeful that there came a point in therapy where an alter could come out, the host would go away, or to a therapy agreed upon safe place, so the alter could share their story to the therapist. That was my personal question. Not speaking for anyone else.

Edit: Silly me. I'll ask my T! I like the jump the gun though.

Last edited by Gr3tta; Dec 30, 2014 at 07:36 PM. Reason: added something
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