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You mentioned the ego state... last session I said.. 'you know sometimes you ask me stuff and the me who comes to therapy has no idea what you are asking.' 'Then when I get home and an inner me takes over and knows exactly what you were asking.' She then asked to describe the different modes in which I operate. She didn't call them ego states, it was more like.. describe yourself/ traits you have in different roles. Do you think she is talking about ego states or is this something different?

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">Why don't you ask her? I tend to think of my ego states as specific earlier parts of me that split off due to trauma. They are a specific age with specific memories and a specific appearance. The appearance of my adult male ego state threw that conception out the window, though, since he is obviously not the me of a younger age. He seems to have his own personality, thoughts and feelings. He was very real to me. So there is this aspect of "personality" to my ego states. However, my therapist has a much broader definition than I seem to. For example, he told me you can have an ego state wrapped around something as simple as "the feelings I get when I watch beautiful sunsets." Or an ego state organized around working and carrying out responsibilities at one's job. So, I don't know. I think my definition is too limited. I think what you describe might fit in the broad definition given by my T. Ask your own T! I would be curious to know what she says.