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Originally Posted by Willowtrees
One thing I dont understand is, I didnt have alters as a kid. I went through abuse that probably made me dissociative, yes. But alters as their own distinct people didnt show up until I was 18, after a very traumatic event. So why cant there be an original for me? I understand structural dissociation. I just dont understand why its so set in stone.
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I didn't recognise alters in myself till I was 15, that's when I had the biggest identity crisis in my life- I felt like I was in the wrong body.
But knowing what I know now, there were things and situations I've done as a kid growing up starting at 6 years old that doesn't jive with the singular mentality. Emotions, feelings, and actions were always out of character to the main theme. Even when I was a teenager, I was switching in and out trying to deal with the abuse at home and school.
The original you is the system. Your just fragmented into parts.