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Originally Posted by LisaNobodyyouknow
So sorry, I guess I worded my question wrong. I'm not asking what to do about the fever, so much as how to begin going about helping her. I afraid to take her to the doctor's office and I'm not sick, well as least for very long, after I come back. I've never had this situation before. Until yesterday, I didn't even know our was possible for one to be sick and not another. How does that even work his can we have different temperatures? Anyway,I'm not asking for a diagnosis,just a methodology. Thank you.
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...in general ....alters and hosts (the body in which the alter reside) do not have different temperatures this is because they all share the same physical body. temperature is a physical number on a thermometer that is designating the heat or coldness of the physical body. you cant take an alters temp because the alter is a mental state of mind....the dissociated state of mind....
if a fever is noted whether or not its during aware state of mind or during dissociated state of mind that temp is what is going on in the physical body...the physical body has a cold or flu or other physical health problems. for physical health problems regardless of altered state of mind or aware state of mind a medical doctor is needed.
that said on extremely rare cases an alter holds the memory of having a fever or broken bones, sprains, bruising...that happened during the traumatic events that caused them to come into being. its their job, purpose reason for being to hold those traumatic memories....but in these rare cases the mental gets converted into physical symptoms (the psychological term and diagnosis for when mental problems show in physical ways is conversion disorder)
what to do about it, well conversion disorders here in NY are treated the same way that the mental and physical problem is treated
example if a dissociative problem was causing the physical symptom of a fever the treatment is treat the fever (see a medical doctor) and also the same thing you do for any other dissociative disordered problems...grounding, work in therapy around why that traumatic event got dissociated into an alternate personality, .....
for some people it helps to develop co consciousness and communication so that the alter can tell you what they need....
some people that are able to develop communication, co consciousness buy their alters the toys and blankets that alter wants to hold onto when remembering the hard stuff....
each one of my alters had their own jobs, purposes reasons for being so how to help them depended upon that. for example rainy was my sad depressed alter, she liked blankets, pillows and stuffed animals so thats what I made sure I had placed in her favorite spot in the house.
only you , your treatment providers and this alter who remembers having the fever can tell you what they need and how to help them.