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Old Jul 12, 2008, 12:08 PM
Orange_Blossom
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Hi Shadow,

What stuck out to me in earthmama's post was that she is very aware of her "little one" as opposed to a therapist telling her that a "little one" (little ones, angry ones, different sex etc) stepped forward with a completely different appearance, and earthmomma having no idea that happened or that three days had gone by without her knowledge.

earthmama does dissociate and checks out so this is where it gets tricky.

Again, I just want to state that we are not experts/professionals so when we said we don't think it sounds like DID, that was just our opinion based on our own experiences and knowledge.

That said, in my own personal opinion, a younger ego state (which, to me, sounds like what earthmama was talking about) is different from an alter who steps in and takes complete control after being triggered by something that reminds her/him of the horrific trauma they endured as young children.

During those horrendous experiences the only way they could survive/deal with it was to "split" off the traumatic events and "hand over" the reins to "someone else."

Example, MaryJane might have created someone named Daisy during the times when the father was sexually abusing her at age four.

Daisy would be the one to endure it so MaryJane could survive. If Alice in Wonderland was on the TV in the background during it, chances are anything Alice in Wonderland related would trigger MaryJane and Daisy would step forth to spare MaryJane from experiencing the reality of what happened back then.

Daisy (alter) holds those despicable memories and steps forth when triggered as a completely different person/personality, not just a smaller version.

Argh! Someone help me out here, lol. I hope this answered your question.

Edited to add trigger icon.