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This is very insightfully put. And interesting to ponder. Also- if you ever decide to do hypnosis to learn more about your ego states- I am sure so many would be interested to hear about it...(raises hand)....
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What I think is cool is how different people here deal with these ego states. Some are willing to allow themselves to step into these ego states and almost become that little girl or that teenager. Others seem to image there adult ego state stepping in and providing the guidance and loving care that the younger state needs. Others seems to sit in therapy and allow their T to serve as mediator among the states. Then there is me who represents them in drawings and then in therapy acknowledges what they're feeling and what they might have experienced.
To me this is just another case where therapy protocols outlined in some textbook don't accurately reflect the true art of the profession. I think it is amazing how a T might sit with 5 different patients in the same day and use 5 different ways to basically do the same thing--listen and help put the fragments back together.
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Rapunzel- I totally agree about the different ego states for different tasks, especially now that I am becoming aware of this internal phenomena. Recently I had a minor thing with a supervisor- now that I am aware of these states I can totally see that a different state had taken over in that moment time. The whole interaction was nothing like how my executive self behaves.
And when they are very activated it feels a lot like this:
Therapy is definitely interesting......
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My T has pointed out a few different ego states in me, which conflict with each other and hate each other and try to do things their own way. Generally I have different ego states for different roles or tasks, but I have had one try to take over something that another ego state was supposed to be doing (the one that was supposed to be doing it apparently got scared). It is weird when you see fragments like that in yourself. I'm still aware no matter which ego state is operating, and all have the same memories, etc.
I think that DID is a similar fragmentation, but more complete, so that the ego states separate from each other and don't recognize each other as part of the same personality, and don't share memories, etc. I think that most people, if not everybody, has splits and chips and pockmarks like this - just a matter of degree.
My T hasn't done a lot of work with my ego states directly. Once she had me switch between them, and talked about integration. I can recognize my ego states on my own if I try. I think I still need more work on this.
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