Hello Kaliope, the answer is in your beginning paragraph I think. Your 6 year old is the dominant alter, which means she has drawn strength from something. 'She held in her hand a ball of light...' I think there is more to that and probably sometime she will share her story with regards to the ball of light. I don't know what that story will be but it will be the key to her strength and opening up with you. Gosh, I hope this is making sense, I may be wrong but I had a similar experience...