Another thread about the deaths of alters was making me think... I have an alter that is a girl, around 4 years old, and dead. She is a ghost. I only recently became co-conscious with her and she doesn't come out very often.

But now I am remembering back to that time, when I was four. I am suddenly remembering now how my mom told me a story about the family who lived in our house before us-- they had a daughter who died young from a heart condition. My mom would swear she could see the little girl's ghost at night when she was alone in the kitchen. So at night, because I couldn't sleep, I would become the ghost girl. I would wander around the house in pitch black as quietly as I could. I would be her. And sometimes I'd watch my mom and hear my mom call out, "hello?" and the next day she'd tell her friends about the ghost she saw. I did this almost every night.

I think I am remembering the creation of an alter, but I'm not sure. I know I have this alter, and now I have this story that goes with it. I've never had this happen before-- have any of you?