I'm pretty new to this. Dx only 1.5 years ago. We are working with parts in therapy. This gets confusing pretty quickly. I, the host at the moment, did not know there were parts until things happened in therapy. Once that happened, parts would reveal themselves to me outside of therapy. It was like therapy gave them permission to be known. It scared me. I got dizzy and faint. I did NOT go looking for it. I did some writing. I knew there were handwriting changes going way back, looking at journals. And at one point in the journals a different person gave his name and a wrote few things. I had no memory of writing that. Clearly, I had as no other person has access to the journals. It helped to ask questions and see what answers came out in the writing, which was different from part to part. Again, I did NOT look for this. It was like I noticed that it happened.

Now, I notice a bit, who is present with me by what catches my attention. It's pretty obvious. Children's toys, women's dresses, sugary cereal, liquor. It's all over the map. It always has been, apparently. My t wants me to start actively engaging other parts during the day. This is mixed. Last night I could not sleep at all and a little part started telling me things about her life all in the present tense, but referencing what I know is the past. Odd. I took notes. Progress though. Hope this helps.

All I did was start talking to them (inside) and asking questions. Then stuff started to flow. Obviously, not everything. Only what the system considers tolerable. Much is hidden. Much.