[RozG]

[bipolar_bear]

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((Roz)))))))))))))))))))))))))))) I will sit here quietly with you if it is ok.

BB

[RozG]

(((((((( BB ))))))))

i am scared, so thank you.

[wanttoheal]

(((((((((((((((((RozG)))))))))))))))) We're here. Is there something we can do to help support you?

[onlymedid]

Roz

I'm sorry you are so scared and switchy. I hope things get easier soon.

BJ

[RozG]

((((((((wanttoheal)))))))) i don't know

but thank you for being here.

[RozG]

(((((((( BJ )))))))))

Thank You for always being here., i try not to be scared.

[wanttoheal]

Glad to be here with you Roz

[RozG]

thank you ((((wanttoheal))))

((((everyone))))

[(JD)]

I can sit for a bit too

What are you afraid of, do you know?
Switching isn't bad in itself, you know.

[RozG]

((((((Sky))))))

i find switching scary coz i have no co-consciousness, just lost time and peeps telling me what i done....scarey

[(JD)]

OIC. Well, don't listen to them when they tell you stuff. It's past, nothing you can do about it.
Most things aren't really far off from what the general makeup of the person is. And you dissociate to be able to cope. You must be pretty good at this, since you came out?

IDK how much time you lost. Yes, that sounds scary. Can you figure out pretty much what you did? How long does it take you to figure things out usually?

[RozG]

I don't usually figure things out as such. Usually I have lost time and sometimes a friend can tell me what happened during that time, sometimes not. Sometimes I know by things like finding things in the house "I" didn't buy etc. Sometimes I get an e-mail etc from a friend wanting to know WTF my "attitude" was all about the previous night etc. But mostly with living alone it's just lost time and suddenly finding myself somewhere or with someone I don't know and don't know how I got there.

Why don't I have co-consciousness or know my "system"? That is scarey, you know?

[(JD)]

I think each alter has to be "open" to knowing about the other(s) before communication can begin. How do you know they know about you? Do you have a book to write in and tell about yourself and ask about others?

[RozG]

No. I don't know how that would work when they don't know each other?

I know from friends that the only one who knows everybody is the "protector" who thinks she is the boss.

[(JD)]

That's one way to get to know each other. Have a diary or journal. Each person can write or draw or just say hi. Anyone who doesn't want to yet, won't, so don't worry about that. Maybe you don't want to. Maybe there is already a journal, have you looked for one? That might let you know what you've been doing lately. If you don't have one, you can begin one, and tell whomever it is that is dumping you into life is causing you upset and write how hard it is to be out and not know people or places or things you should be doing. What do you think about that idea? (A journal.)

[RozG]

((((((Sky)))))))

i think that is a great idea...i just have to find a way to teach all of my littles it's good fun to do maybe? maybe i will talk to my clinical psychologist or my counsellor and ask them to help coz they say my littles trust them.

thank you for that idea.

[(JD)]

Maybe you could have a book to write AND draw in, or two books, one to write in, and another a coloring book for the littles to use?

Whomever is ready to start communicating, well, that's the beginning of co-consciousness. Some might be afraid that that means they won't be liked or they will have to go away. It's good to maybe write something about how nobody will have go away if you do this.

That's a good thing to put in a journal: who your T is, and how much you trust or like him/her, how you can get in touch with T and when you should.



I have to say nite nite now. Take care.

[RozG]

(((((((Sky)))))))

Take care and Good Night. Thank You for your help.

[wanttoheal]

(((((((((((((RozG)))))))))))) How are you doing today? Thinking about you.

[RozG]

Good today thank you ((((((wanttoheal)))))))

[(JD)]