I never had any new alters. good thing too because my therapist would have told me alters dont just come into being one day as an adult. then ask me if I mean I discovered another alter that I hadnt previously known about. then she and I would have discussed how alters with DID are created in my location and culture (through extreme trauma before the age of 5)
Sometimes I wished I did have new alters being created. my therapist thought that was a bit unreasonable until I explained my logic. fixing the problems and reintegrating new alters would be so much easier and faster then the ones created before I was 5 years old. imagine for a moment that today I discover a new alter. all I need to do is think back to yesterday to discover what extreme trauma happened to me yesterday or an hour ago that made this alter suddenly come into being. take care of all the issues surrounding that trauma and the alter is no longer needed to hold those memories, emotions and all that stuff of that new trauma and bam the new alter is no longer needed and reintegrates back into being one whole person again. my therapist was speechless for a moment then said wow what insight and logic and you got that right. but seriously you dont need any more alters. you are an adult capable of handling your own life and problems now.
my suggestion is let your treatment provider know you have a new alter so that you can work on what ever recent trauma caused olivia to recently come into being.
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