What you describe amandalouise, seems to be what is happening with me now.

It's like I'm going back and finding these "parts" of me and where they were frozen. Understanding and feeling what the feeling/emotion was in that particular moment. My body experiences the feelings right now, but the emotion part is still a numbness. It may be because I can't see past the moment before the damage was done. Not sure about what it will look like to get the actual emotions. Fearful/curiousness.

As I've found these "parts" they do seem to be an actual part of "me." Existing with me and me understanding whey they "are"