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Originally Posted by elevatedsoul
fascinating, i only know what i've been able to read through articles, papers, and online help sites... ect ect...
so i read about covert and overt systems, such as that covert being a system that is more hidden and overt being a system that is more observable... is that still accurate with information in your location?
that doesn't involve pretending as well right? its just that one may not present obvious switching behavior...? or one may switch obviously and apparently..?
do you have any updated articles or papers that i could read online about current status of such as pretending vs not pretending?
i appreciate it... i enjoy reading about psychology and trying to understand human behavior... as well as trying to learn about myself and understand myself (and my behaviors...)
i just enjoy reading and thinking about things that interest me.. 
thanks, i find this interesting and am trying to gather an understanding although it seems to be trying to elude me...
one example may be, someone who is not pretending would be caught off guard by a trigger...and switch?
and one who may be pretending could be triggered and just pretend to be one who could handle?
could you elaborate more information on the mixed systems..? |
for articles on pretending just type that in your search bar. here in america pretending is just a normal part of a childs development. a child first learns how to pretend and tell lies through activities like lets play pretend, lets play house, lets play what ever. schools teach children how to use their imagination, logic and other thinking solving problems skills. here in america we even have acting classes that teach children and adults how to pretend.
my point here in america we have many ways a child learns how to pretend and control their imagination/ pretending skills. pretending is not restricted to mental disorders. its something every human being with a thinking brain can do.
covert and overt, no like already stated here in my location we do not use those words in reference to DID, every human being and alter has their own combination of both overt and covert behaviors. there is no way to have one with out the other... example if an alter didnt have overt behaviors they would not be posting here on psych central because they would not be able to move or think or eat or drink, blink, run talk... if an alter didnt have covert behaviors they would not be posting here because they would not be able to think, breath, the brain would not be telling them to type the words.
this is different than pretending. a person or alter can choose to pretend/ tell a lie or not. its part of knowing what is right and wrong.
for more information on covert and overt is different than pretending you will need to contact your own treatment providers. this thread is for people to post how their alters switch rather than pretending.