@WovenGalaxy

I'm a 45-year-old-KID at heart, LOL. I've went to every Harry Potter movie, and sometimes watched them over and over again. I even dressed up in a Harry Potter costume at the showing of their last movie installment. I haven't read all of their books, save the last one, but I loved the movies and the culture!

Parseltongue is snake language. Harry Potter could speak it because he had a part of Voldemort inside him, which was the last and final horcrux that Harry had to extinguish. I'm not sure if Harry could retain his ability to speak Parseltongue after extinguishing the Voldemort inside him. (It's okay, you other Harry Potter fans can laugh as I fumble with my explanation of all this; and, please, do correct me if I'm wrong as well as tell me if Harry could still speak Parseltongue).

We all have a dark side within us, and sometimes those dark sides are representative of the emotions we feel. Sometimes those dark sides are NOT who we are, but they seemingly overtake our thoughts and emotions, even if numb and disconnected, in many of the same ways that Harry struggled with the horcrux he didn't know until the very end was inside him. Harry hallucinated, felt anger, felt depressed, went through a lot of the developmental challenges that anyone with childhood traumas would deal with, and more. Harry experienced early childhood trauma, and he continued to experience bullying in school, hostile environments, and many other traumas. His resilience in the books and the movie was impressive, however. Harry did have strong social support from multiple levels, so that must have catered to his resiliency.

I may not speak snake language (i.e., Parseltongue), but I wanted to give my numb anger inside a name. It's not an alternate personality, but rather a feeling inside that I relate to injustice - the lack of justice I had for all the crimes committed against me.

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good," LOL. Expecto Patronum! Mischief Managed! Hee hee. I just had to say that! (Excuse the spelling and grammatical errors.)

Anyway, sometimes creativity helps us to minimize the intensity of our feelings while, at the same time, getting them out and exploring ways to cope with these things that are inside us.

If anything, our coping skills are enchantments designed to quell or ameliorate the horcruxes within us. That's where famous wizards and witches in the therapeutic world come in sometimes - to help guide us. --Okay, now I'm a little over-the-top here, but it helps me and all the inner parts of me feel safe to describe it this way. We all have a child part within us (that is, memories from our past childhood that affect our decisions in adulthood), so we sometimes have to revisit those to learn to cope better with all the challenges that trigger us during adulthood.

Thank you for your kind response and support!