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I think we all have parts of us that are at different developmental levels. I read a story in Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul about a girl who was turning 11, and she said that when you are 11, you are also all of the ages that you have ever been before, 10 and 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and 0. And when she feels like crying and pouting over something that upsets her, that must be that part of her that is 6, or maybe 2. It was really cute. I'm at more than one level developmentally also, and my T says she's not talking about DID, but how does it feel to have that clash between a competent adult part and another part of me that feels like (and sometimes acts like) an incompetent child?

It does make sense to respond from a younger part of you, or to have feelings that come from that younger part of you. And I'm not sure that it helps to apply your adult reasoning abilities to those feelings. I think that maybe you just need to feel them and recognize them for what they are, and accept and validate that part of you.