[MickG]

Could someone here explain what "fragments" are? I spoke to a woman who said she had a very young and angry fragment come out that she is trying to integrate.

Is this term and "alter" used here interchangeably? Or is a fragment something else?

[Silversand]

i heard that a fragment is a part that is not fully developed like a full blown alter his...a fragment may have only one particular job - like doing dishes or something... i could be wrong but that seems like something i read somewhere.
I think i read it is easier to integrate fragments as well...who knows...all systems are different.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by MickG

Could someone here explain what "fragments" are? I spoke to a woman who said she had a very young and angry fragment come out that she is trying to integrate.

Is this term and "alter" used here interchangeably? Or is a fragment something else?

here in NY, USa "fragment" is a type of alter. there are many different types of alternate personalities, identities, personality states, ...

here fragment means the alternate personality is not fully formed...

some abstract ideas that can help you understand....

have you ever played in the sand and built something but it never got to its completion maybe it was a sand castle and you built the sand castle but every time you try to add more to it the water just keeps washing the sand away from the castle...

or maybe you cook... you know how sometimes what you are cooking never quite reaches that final done product either the potatoes are still a bit hard in the stew while the rest of the vegies and meat is all completely cooked..

or maybe you are creative and you are making something with paper and glue but you never get to that final completed project because things interfere, or more things get added its an ongoing piece of art....

thats what treatment providers here in NY think of fragments.. they are bits and pieces that originally got split off from the host for some reason but they never quite made the cut to being a fully functioning alternate personality.

example before I was integrated I had a fragment type alter. when ever this alter surfaced all it could do was one thing ...held my memory of being angry at someone..who I dont know and neither did this alter. they were just angry but they had no memory of what, what caused the anger.. you name it, it was just a little bitty piece of my anger.

this fragment integrated with me. with me integration wasnt something that was hard, forced to do, something that any of us had to try and do.. integration just happened. I had what my treatment providers call lack of affect... this is being unable to feel and show emotions appropriately and in context with whats going on, then one day during an argument with someone, I realized I had the ability to feel and be angry again. I realized I was down right mad, what a new feeling ..going from having no anger to feeling and knowing I was mad. integration of my fragment was that easy and that simple.

[pegasus]

Fragment = part = piece = alter.