Okay, a little poll here...

Let's say everyone has a choice and that everyone has the means to see a mental specialist. Would you do integration with what you now know?

There is no way in the world we would integrate.

Nope. Feel sorry sometimes for normal people! They just can't multi task with any efficience!! Horrible at trivial pursuit games and jeopardy. Their categories are limited. Not as many interests. We've decided cooperation is much better for us. Susan, an alter, likes clean house, clean car. So we give her time to do that. Another is fascinated by medical stuff, so goes to the doctor..even recently had one carpal tunnel surgery & scheduled the other. Others wouldn't have a blood test without a general anesthesia. Over time some alters have become more dormant..like the angry one. But in an emergency, we know we can call on him for help. It took us years with a good therapist to get organized. But the feeling we can handle life is priceless. None of our friends have any idea we are multiple. They've commented on our wide range of interests, our energy, our understanding, how we always carry thru on what we say we are going to do. No one thinks of us as crazy, having issues, unable to cope. Little do they know, it takes a village! Every alter was born for a reason & contributes to our well being. So tell us when we should be frightened, when a person is not safe. We may not need their insight frequently but when we do we have the resource. Learning cooperation was not easy. We still see our T once a month to handle alters' concerns & keep on track. But I wouldn't eliminated anyone. That's what integration feels like to us. It's like a junk drawer in the kitchen. Don't throw it out cuz some day you may need it. When you do, you are darn glad you have it in the drawer.

[amandalouise]

for me there wasnt a choice, it just naturally happened as part of the healing process. like you posted in your other integration thread with the link about what integration is.

http://forums.psychcentral.com/disso...tegration.html

I'm like an "other" because I don't know.... But I'm normally a "no".

T asked me if I wanted to integrate and I was like I don't know. I really don't know. I'd miss everybody and it would be weird being normal if it happens. When we got stabile on bipolar we were and still are bored.

It would be nice to not dissociate everytime someone said 'hi" though. Maybe remembering something???

Pros and cons.

I told her if it happens it happens, but I have a rebellious bunch. I was wondering if an other was going to cancel us but we made the appointment lol.

After this last one we were dazed and almost dead, so it's like this needs to be a Friday after work kind of thing.

[krazy_phoenix]

No way hozay!!! We have good (sometimes) co-consciousness. We striving for stability, not integration.

Originally Posted by krazy_phoenix

No way hozay!!! We have good (sometimes) co-consciousness. We striving for stability, not integration.

What is this thing called "stability"? Too many voices, too many opinions, too many ideas, too many thoughts,...at once.

Everytime I think we hit a centered place....a bomb goes off. I feel like a pinball all day everyday. Even in our sleep it gets pretty wild, the differing dreams like seeing a new movie every night.

But when this is life....anything else would be weird.

Massive yes here. If I could integrate in an instant I would.