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Originally Posted by Luce
Yes, we have. It is only in the last couple of years that we have managed to come to a general acceptance of the multiplicity being real and true beyond a doubt. There are two alters to whom it still doesn't 'feel' real but they at least acknowledge now that it feels that way to them because of the very nature of dissociation.
Which I think sums it up really.
There is so much more we could say on this topic. We had one group that lived and worked through the therapy. Then those other two took over for some years and actively denied that the DID and abuse was real. Now I have taken over to... fix things.
That there can be parts of our selves that are so insulated from the reality of the abuse is a testament to the power of dissociation. They don't remember it, they didn't experience it, they don't feel it, they don't 'know' it.
I think a big part of healing the dissociation is letting them in on enough of the pain to feel its realness.
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Yes, and them not wanting to feel the pain of the realness. Dissociation is indeed powerful. I'd love to hear any other insights/experience you are willing to share. I'm in a bit of a transition so everything here is stirred up and it is grounding for me to know that other systems are coping and how they got that way. And there is part of me that just finds the whole thing fascinating.