[rise13eyond]

I'm not going to deny that things right now are...a mess. An absolute storm. Between family drama, neighbor drama, the holidays, poor mental health, bordering toxic relationships....so many things I don't feel like listing or explaining right here, that's not what I'm intending to talk about in this thread. What I want to talk about is how ridiculous this seems to be getting. Two new alters appeared in one evening. That was in addition to the one that showed up a couple weeks ago? I dunno when exactly but whatever. I'm not really saying that it feels like they came out or nowhere, because of all the aforementioned problems I'm going to pretend I fully understand why they appeared. All that aside it's still stressful, and disorienting. I feel like i should be passed the point where new ones form, passed all this confusion. Yet here we are and where does it end? Does it end? I'm not going to say I don't like any of us that are already here. We get along pretty well. But gaining more is neither convenient or easy and dangit like I said I feel like at this point things should be trying to calm down not build.

[MickeyCheeky]

I'm so sorry you're struggling, rise13eyond Please don't give up. You can do this. Things can get better. I'm so sorry you have to deal with all of this

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by rise13eyond

I'm not going to deny that things right now are...a mess. An absolute storm. Between family drama, neighbor drama, the holidays, poor mental health, bordering toxic relationships....so many things I don't feel like listing or explaining right here, that's not what I'm intending to talk about in this thread. What I want to talk about is how ridiculous this seems to be getting. Two new alters appeared in one evening. That was in addition to the one that showed up a couple weeks ago? I dunno when exactly but whatever. I'm not really saying that it feels like they came out or nowhere, because of all the aforementioned problems I'm going to pretend I fully understand why they appeared. All that aside it's still stressful, and disorienting. I feel like i should be passed the point where new ones form, passed all this confusion. Yet here we are and where does it end? Does it end? I'm not going to say I don't like any of us that are already here. We get along pretty well. But gaining more is neither convenient or easy and dangit like I said I feel like at this point things should be trying to calm down not build.

my suggestion is if this continues to happen for you, to contact your treatment providers...

there are situaitons where a persons meds or other mental and physical health problem causes a person to have a type of altered personality states.

just a bit of info with DID type alters they dont just spring up one day. they come into being before a child has any coping skills other than their brains ability to dissociate. reason I mention this is maybe these alters that you are perceiving as new, are not so new, your brain just hasnt been switching into them because up until now you hadnt encountered what ever is the trigger and their sense of agency.

since you know they are there and have some sort of connection to them that is now enabling you to know they are there and whats happening when you switch into them maybe you can ask them what needs to be done to calm things down. maybe use what ever therapy skills you have been using up to now that has prevented your brain from physically switching into these alters.

other than that know you are not alone, many people have more dissociation problems during high stress times. and now seems to be that for you.

maybe you can also contact your treatment providers to find out if they have any suggestions on how you should be handling this problem of new alters popping into existence. maybe there is some grounding and other tools that can help you to stay more present in the conscious level of things instead of dissociating.

Originally Posted by rise13eyond

I'm not going to deny that things right now are...a mess. An absolute storm. Between family drama, neighbor drama, the holidays, poor mental health, bordering toxic relationships....so many things I don't feel like listing or explaining right here, that's not what I'm intending to talk about in this thread. What I want to talk about is how ridiculous this seems to be getting. Two new alters appeared in one evening. That was in addition to the one that showed up a couple weeks ago? I dunno when exactly but whatever. I'm not really saying that it feels like they came out or nowhere, because of all the aforementioned problems I'm going to pretend I fully understand why they appeared. All that aside it's still stressful, and disorienting. I feel like i should be passed the point where new ones form, passed all this confusion. Yet here we are and where does it end? Does it end? I'm not going to say I don't like any of us that are already here. We get along pretty well. But gaining more is neither convenient or easy and dangit like I said I feel like at this point things should be trying to calm down not build.

I’m sorry sweety....but a DID mind is a DID mind....

A DID mind doesn’t quit nor does it tame. It does what it does without question or answers.

Through trauma induced mental affliction, our hippocampus is formed to be all that it can try to be but falls short of normal operations....

I can’t but help to feel that old alters just don’t emerge, but new ones can form as new trauma is endured being that’s our mind’s M.O.

One’s prone to dissociate will always dissociate regardless of age.

So...just welcome the new parts and time marches on. I do