https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/ Thu, 07 May 2026 22:53:59 +0000 MyBB https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2958 Sat, 10 Oct 2020 16:55:54 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2958 Stuck with this dufus for a month now and then switching]]> Stuck with this dufus for a month now and then switching]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2951 Sun, 09 Aug 2020 03:33:21 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2951
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For the ED alone I could be referred to a group. The Ed issues come from the teens. They are sooooo not cooperative group settings. This results in switching and a mess.

Surely to God there are other people with DID and ED. I have met some here. My biggest issue is that too many PDocs don't believe in DID. I am on a disability pension and need a form signed every year to keep the money coming in.

Did you ever feel like you were travelling through planets and ended up on earth by accident?]]>
For the ED alone I could be referred to a group. The Ed issues come from the teens. They are sooooo not cooperative group settings. This results in switching and a mess.

Surely to God there are other people with DID and ED. I have met some here. My biggest issue is that too many PDocs don't believe in DID. I am on a disability pension and need a form signed every year to keep the money coming in.

Did you ever feel like you were travelling through planets and ended up on earth by accident?]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2942 Sun, 19 Jul 2020 02:36:50 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2942
In the USA there has been a while 'Black Lives Matter' movement. While black Canadians have faced a lot it isn't nearly as bad. The people who have it the worst are the Canadian Indinenous people.There is so much judgement against them.Yes,some livethe lives that people assume they have but they have such dark histories. From the time that Canada became its own country, the Prime Minister ordered that the kids from the familieswere to be pulled out of their homes, placed into schools where they were stripped of their language and culture.Bad things happened and went onforgenerations.

People don't hear that though. I know people from that culture and their view (which could well be true) is that people weretrying to euthanize them. There is little or nothing to discredit that theory and there is almost nithingin history books.Inever even knew about the schools untilImovedwest as an adult.

We all know how trauma messes up so many generations. Somehave come out on top but others just cannot get past it.

The other day my PDoc went off on a tangent about "them." People with any level of intelligence know that words like 'them' and 'they' people are being lumped into one group.

She had talked that way before. This time I had enough.I told her that I was changing the subject. She apologized for upsettingme.

That night Iwrote her that Iwouldn't be seeing heragainbecause of what happened. She wrote me back and wished me well.

My T wrote and said that I should find another PDoc. Unless my doctor would other follow up.He is rather off the edge himself soI wrote her and asked her for a referral.

What did she say?

Maybe I could come back to her and teach her about Indeginous people. WTF? She didn't know anyone she couldrefer me to.

Sounds like cover your *ss. I thought and thought about it but I can't do that. Plus she is an educated woman. A Irish one as she came from money along with whatever her salary is.She can hire a tutor.Icannot do that.

I don'thave any Indigenous blood but have connections who do. My first little sister was Metis. She is grown with teenagers and is a great Mom. One is quite ill.

I have friends who are professionals. There is good and bad in every culture. Every town.Every family. It is not my job to teach that to a woman who is a specialist the natureof things. She doesn't help memuch anyway. She knows nothing about DID. I went to her for the ED. It is complex because more than one alter is involved. So lately when I have a binge and tell her she says "that's too bad." She serves no purpose. So why should Ibe her tutor?]]>
In the USA there has been a while 'Black Lives Matter' movement. While black Canadians have faced a lot it isn't nearly as bad. The people who have it the worst are the Canadian Indinenous people.There is so much judgement against them.Yes,some livethe lives that people assume they have but they have such dark histories. From the time that Canada became its own country, the Prime Minister ordered that the kids from the familieswere to be pulled out of their homes, placed into schools where they were stripped of their language and culture.Bad things happened and went onforgenerations.

People don't hear that though. I know people from that culture and their view (which could well be true) is that people weretrying to euthanize them. There is little or nothing to discredit that theory and there is almost nithingin history books.Inever even knew about the schools untilImovedwest as an adult.

We all know how trauma messes up so many generations. Somehave come out on top but others just cannot get past it.

The other day my PDoc went off on a tangent about "them." People with any level of intelligence know that words like 'them' and 'they' people are being lumped into one group.

She had talked that way before. This time I had enough.I told her that I was changing the subject. She apologized for upsettingme.

That night Iwrote her that Iwouldn't be seeing heragainbecause of what happened. She wrote me back and wished me well.

My T wrote and said that I should find another PDoc. Unless my doctor would other follow up.He is rather off the edge himself soI wrote her and asked her for a referral.

What did she say?

Maybe I could come back to her and teach her about Indeginous people. WTF? She didn't know anyone she couldrefer me to.

Sounds like cover your *ss. I thought and thought about it but I can't do that. Plus she is an educated woman. A Irish one as she came from money along with whatever her salary is.She can hire a tutor.Icannot do that.

I don'thave any Indigenous blood but have connections who do. My first little sister was Metis. She is grown with teenagers and is a great Mom. One is quite ill.

I have friends who are professionals. There is good and bad in every culture. Every town.Every family. It is not my job to teach that to a woman who is a specialist the natureof things. She doesn't help memuch anyway. She knows nothing about DID. I went to her for the ED. It is complex because more than one alter is involved. So lately when I have a binge and tell her she says "that's too bad." She serves no purpose. So why should Ibe her tutor?]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2933 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 18:53:34 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2933 3

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I am watching 'Mom.' The daughter is dealing with a r&pe from 16 years earlier.

As a child there was nobody to tell because anybody that I should have been tell had hurt me. Well, once when I was 3-4I did tell my sister "Daddy hurt me." She told me to go to sleep.

Things happened with peers in plain view of friends. Nobody said a word. Long after I went into T something happened. I told my friends and they didn't believe me. I never went to a doctor right away because I thought I was just drunk and switched. When I finally got a doctor to examine me he treated me like he was putting out the trash.

It took years and years of T before that first memory broke through. It was just the knowledge. When alternate T asked if I had an idea who it might be I named a neighbour. My initial cue was... nevermind. I was right but he wasn't the first full memory.]]> 3

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I am watching 'Mom.' The daughter is dealing with a r&pe from 16 years earlier.

As a child there was nobody to tell because anybody that I should have been tell had hurt me. Well, once when I was 3-4I did tell my sister "Daddy hurt me." She told me to go to sleep.

Things happened with peers in plain view of friends. Nobody said a word. Long after I went into T something happened. I told my friends and they didn't believe me. I never went to a doctor right away because I thought I was just drunk and switched. When I finally got a doctor to examine me he treated me like he was putting out the trash.

It took years and years of T before that first memory broke through. It was just the knowledge. When alternate T asked if I had an idea who it might be I named a neighbour. My initial cue was... nevermind. I was right but he wasn't the first full memory.]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2932 Thu, 11 Jun 2020 17:02:22 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2932
I had wanted to fit some stats/scientific facts in but didn't know where to look. Facts make things more sense to the doubters. Science facts, not my facts.

I didn't ask but she provided the information anyway. I was so happy. I don't know why I didn't ask her for this. Does it surprise people that I am writing a chapter on never asking for help?]]>
I had wanted to fit some stats/scientific facts in but didn't know where to look. Facts make things more sense to the doubters. Science facts, not my facts.

I didn't ask but she provided the information anyway. I was so happy. I don't know why I didn't ask her for this. Does it surprise people that I am writing a chapter on never asking for help?]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2926 Sun, 17 May 2020 14:02:16 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2926
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For example, my red dot issues took place in a church with an RC pr*@st as a leader. So along with having a family and small-town that are FUBAR, my spirituality is really messed up. As this started at the age of 3 (When Two arrived) we had lots of time to grow as a group. In a size that is. we started off with a safe room and with so many of us we ended up with a whole castle. A place is big enough for everyone to hide. Next to the Castle is.... there is a word but it slips my mind right now. Anne? It is part of our world but not attached to the castle. A lot of littles live in there. I don't know if they are fragments or full alters as they hardly ever come out. Sometimes at night they come out as a group and play in the area b/t their space and the main castle. What will become of them? Will they just fade away? We rarely see them anymore but the building is still there and we sense that at least some of those littles are still there.

The Root Person is more aware of us than she used to be. We think. She went into hiding at 15 as she couldn't deal with things anymore. It frightens us when she comes out because she has always been a risk for self-harm. Two sees a young girl in the hallway now. We don't know if it is her or someone by the name of Grace.

So for us it feels as if there is no end in sight. I think that T is hoping that the writing of our book will make us better. Maybe well enough to cope on our own. The pre-T part of the book is done in a rough draft. However, each chapter of the memory section is so difficult to write. We only see her once a month now and with Covid crap it feels like forever. She did try a video chat but it wouldn't check so we talked on the phone. For the next time, we were overwhelmed that the idea of talking caused us to burst into tears. So we skipped that one and then she was away. Or homeschooling her kids. As said by Two, it feels like 5 months since we have seen her.

We thought we had found a friend that we could talk with about these things. However, we are very different people so going beyond a chat doesn't work. Plus, she shared my status with people that she knows which really pisses me off.

So I am still isolated socially. I have felt lost ever since I stopped working. The idea of ending T does not appeal to me at all. Does that need to be the goal post? I have been in therapy for longer than I have been without it. Am I walking in circles or a labyrinth?

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For example, my red dot issues took place in a church with an RC pr*@st as a leader. So along with having a family and small-town that are FUBAR, my spirituality is really messed up. As this started at the age of 3 (When Two arrived) we had lots of time to grow as a group. In a size that is. we started off with a safe room and with so many of us we ended up with a whole castle. A place is big enough for everyone to hide. Next to the Castle is.... there is a word but it slips my mind right now. Anne? It is part of our world but not attached to the castle. A lot of littles live in there. I don't know if they are fragments or full alters as they hardly ever come out. Sometimes at night they come out as a group and play in the area b/t their space and the main castle. What will become of them? Will they just fade away? We rarely see them anymore but the building is still there and we sense that at least some of those littles are still there.

The Root Person is more aware of us than she used to be. We think. She went into hiding at 15 as she couldn't deal with things anymore. It frightens us when she comes out because she has always been a risk for self-harm. Two sees a young girl in the hallway now. We don't know if it is her or someone by the name of Grace.

So for us it feels as if there is no end in sight. I think that T is hoping that the writing of our book will make us better. Maybe well enough to cope on our own. The pre-T part of the book is done in a rough draft. However, each chapter of the memory section is so difficult to write. We only see her once a month now and with Covid crap it feels like forever. She did try a video chat but it wouldn't check so we talked on the phone. For the next time, we were overwhelmed that the idea of talking caused us to burst into tears. So we skipped that one and then she was away. Or homeschooling her kids. As said by Two, it feels like 5 months since we have seen her.

We thought we had found a friend that we could talk with about these things. However, we are very different people so going beyond a chat doesn't work. Plus, she shared my status with people that she knows which really pisses me off.

So I am still isolated socially. I have felt lost ever since I stopped working. The idea of ending T does not appeal to me at all. Does that need to be the goal post? I have been in therapy for longer than I have been without it. Am I walking in circles or a labyrinth?

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Tomorrow I will join my friends for dinner. I am proud to say that I bring something to this family. They were never ones to celebrate anything but Christmas. The mother of the house who is my friend is in her 80s loves to be fussed over. So I have made a change in the way they do things for her. I am proud of that. She is nothing like my own mother and I don't look upon her as a replacement. We are friends who fill gaps in each other's lives.

Her son will gook. He is a good cook. He is close to me in age but there is no romantic twist there. Certainly not on my part. Should he try to make it so I will brush him off but we do get along as friends. And with his own issues, he appreciates what I bring to the group. Things he doesn't think of, a sounding board for him and his mother that has actually allowed them to get along better.

My friendship mix is quite unique. And mostly I am OK with that.

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Tomorrow I will join my friends for dinner. I am proud to say that I bring something to this family. They were never ones to celebrate anything but Christmas. The mother of the house who is my friend is in her 80s loves to be fussed over. So I have made a change in the way they do things for her. I am proud of that. She is nothing like my own mother and I don't look upon her as a replacement. We are friends who fill gaps in each other's lives.

Her son will gook. He is a good cook. He is close to me in age but there is no romantic twist there. Certainly not on my part. Should he try to make it so I will brush him off but we do get along as friends. And with his own issues, he appreciates what I bring to the group. Things he doesn't think of, a sounding board for him and his mother that has actually allowed them to get along better.

My friendship mix is quite unique. And mostly I am OK with that.

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I Googled the drug online. Oh My F*ck! I stopped paying attention to these papers they give you years ago. I never even know where they are by the end of it. Living alone I have nobody to check the list.

I have been falling, have rashes, kept getting a pain in my right side.... I would go on but why bother? I have scars from the falls. From scratching the rashes. From pulling myself out of SI urges.]]>
I Googled the drug online. Oh My F*ck! I stopped paying attention to these papers they give you years ago. I never even know where they are by the end of it. Living alone I have nobody to check the list.

I have been falling, have rashes, kept getting a pain in my right side.... I would go on but why bother? I have scars from the falls. From scratching the rashes. From pulling myself out of SI urges.]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2895 Thu, 12 Mar 2020 01:19:26 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2895
When I was on the higher dose I started talking in my sleep. That part wasn't so weird. I have occasionally done this in the past. However, I would ask "myself" to speak up so "I" could hear what I was saying. I would do as asked and I would actually wake myself up. Rather funny really. However, after the fact, I wondered if I was hearing some sort of internal meeting? I forget what I was on. Too lazy to get up and look as I am off to bed. Has anyone else heard meetings? Some people talk about knowing what goes on in their internal world but we know very little besides what Two reports to us.

Goodnight! Don't forget to wash your hands to help avoid the C-Virus!

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When I was on the higher dose I started talking in my sleep. That part wasn't so weird. I have occasionally done this in the past. However, I would ask "myself" to speak up so "I" could hear what I was saying. I would do as asked and I would actually wake myself up. Rather funny really. However, after the fact, I wondered if I was hearing some sort of internal meeting? I forget what I was on. Too lazy to get up and look as I am off to bed. Has anyone else heard meetings? Some people talk about knowing what goes on in their internal world but we know very little besides what Two reports to us.

Goodnight! Don't forget to wash your hands to help avoid the C-Virus!

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She did acknowledge that her mother attempted SH and in her letter, she said that she hated the daughter. When working with the therapist she said it didn't bother her and she didn't want to dwell on it. She didn't want to deal with anything. Needless to say, she ended up quitting.

Prior to starting therapy did anyone encourage you? I do remember a friend telling me about a workshop for 'Adult Children of Alcoholics.' I wondered why she said that. Then it was "OMG, my father is an alcoholic!"

I think I was already in therapy at that point.

I remember telling my roommate and then another friend that I was starting therapy. Because my family was driving me crazy. Instead of being shocked they were relieved.

I cannot imagine weighing over 600 pounds and not recognizing that I needed talk therapy too. The woman is k*ll*ng herself.]]>
She did acknowledge that her mother attempted SH and in her letter, she said that she hated the daughter. When working with the therapist she said it didn't bother her and she didn't want to dwell on it. She didn't want to deal with anything. Needless to say, she ended up quitting.

Prior to starting therapy did anyone encourage you? I do remember a friend telling me about a workshop for 'Adult Children of Alcoholics.' I wondered why she said that. Then it was "OMG, my father is an alcoholic!"

I think I was already in therapy at that point.

I remember telling my roommate and then another friend that I was starting therapy. Because my family was driving me crazy. Instead of being shocked they were relieved.

I cannot imagine weighing over 600 pounds and not recognizing that I needed talk therapy too. The woman is k*ll*ng herself.]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2839 Wed, 16 Oct 2019 18:53:15 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2839 Carolyn Spring]]> Carolyn Spring]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2836 Mon, 07 Oct 2019 14:24:25 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2836 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2825 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 19:54:27 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2825
I'm not sure where to put this, but here seems close enough.

Recently I have had some lost time. From the 25/08/19 to 01/09/19 I basically can't recall anything. This is by far the longest stint I am aware of. I've peced together most of what I did and nothing outrageous or out of normal. The last time was 2 lost hours back in March, and was until now also the longest. I think I lose minutes at a time most days but never anything like this that I know of. I don't know if I should be concerned or not, the time back in march left me a bit shaken but I got lots of reassurances from inside and I know what went on and so forth but not so this time. All has been basically quiet for the last two weeks.

In addition to this I have a cut foot, quite bad, 100% through a tendon, got micro-surgery last week, all looking to heal up really well, not hurting much, just annoying to be crutches. I bring this up because cutting my foot is the first thing I remember, I can't recall a thing for a week before that moment.

I don't really have a reason for posting this other than I don't exactly have anyone to talk to about MH stuff with. I'm don't feel concerned about the lost week for some reason but think I probably should be. I was concerned about the cut tendon until the Dr said don't worry we can fix this kind of thing.

I guess the only thing is should I be concerned about loosing a whole week.]]>
I'm not sure where to put this, but here seems close enough.

Recently I have had some lost time. From the 25/08/19 to 01/09/19 I basically can't recall anything. This is by far the longest stint I am aware of. I've peced together most of what I did and nothing outrageous or out of normal. The last time was 2 lost hours back in March, and was until now also the longest. I think I lose minutes at a time most days but never anything like this that I know of. I don't know if I should be concerned or not, the time back in march left me a bit shaken but I got lots of reassurances from inside and I know what went on and so forth but not so this time. All has been basically quiet for the last two weeks.

In addition to this I have a cut foot, quite bad, 100% through a tendon, got micro-surgery last week, all looking to heal up really well, not hurting much, just annoying to be crutches. I bring this up because cutting my foot is the first thing I remember, I can't recall a thing for a week before that moment.

I don't really have a reason for posting this other than I don't exactly have anyone to talk to about MH stuff with. I'm don't feel concerned about the lost week for some reason but think I probably should be. I was concerned about the cut tendon until the Dr said don't worry we can fix this kind of thing.

I guess the only thing is should I be concerned about loosing a whole week.]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2812 Sat, 10 Aug 2019 21:57:27 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2812 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2810 Sat, 20 Jul 2019 18:32:02 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2810

https://www.wikihow.com/Live-with-Dissociative-Identity-Disorder]]>

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We do find some old ways coming back. Like thinking of something and it happening. Not exactly but we were talking about pain allergies one day and that night we went out to find some girls spray painting in the alley. Note to self. No more cutting through alleys at night.

But it really is nice to have someone to share with who understands. I have a few friends who are accepting but it isn't the same because they just don't get it.]]>
We do find some old ways coming back. Like thinking of something and it happening. Not exactly but we were talking about pain allergies one day and that night we went out to find some girls spray painting in the alley. Note to self. No more cutting through alleys at night.

But it really is nice to have someone to share with who understands. I have a few friends who are accepting but it isn't the same because they just don't get it.]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2776 Sat, 04 May 2019 14:24:15 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2776
My system and I have begun to wonder if we might be polyfragmented, but the problem is we can't find any in-depth information on the experience of polyfragmented systems.

We are autistic, and despite the fact that there's no obvious Monumental Trauma in our childhood, we believe that the fact that autistic brains are more easily traumatised contributed to our multiplicity. We've read that polyfragmentation tends to result from "worse" trauma, but we've also read the opposite. Some sources also say it results from abuse by multiple perpetrators. We were bullied in school pretty consistently by a variety of different children, but I'm not sure if that counts.

Right now, we have relatively few identified alters (19), but we've been noticing for a while that it sometimes feels like we just grouped a bunch of parts together under an alter to make our numbers seem smaller. For instance, some of our alters seem sort of different each time they're around, or have different "modes" they operate in, and we've been wondering if those modes could actually be separate alters who feel like they have to consistently present as the same person. We have pretty continuous memory in our daily life, though, and even though it's possible for us to examine a memory closely to figure out who was fronting at the time, we don't do it very often, so it's possible for alters to slip through the cracks and just never step forwards, if that is what they want. We recently discovered an alter who had been doing just that for a while. He's quiet and it's honestly like he just holds a very specific set of emotional reactions instead of being an entire person.

When we first started to realise we were multiple, and identify alters, most of our parts were like that. They were flat, and held fragments of things. We got up to a list of about thirteen and then freaked out because we felt like that was too many. I can remember writing out in a little notebook which alters would "fuse together" to bring the numbers down. It worked for some of us, but not others. In the cases where it worked, the resulting alter is much less two-dimensional. In one case, it didn't work at the time, but one of the alters who was meant to fuse must have ended up integrating other parts on her own over the years, because she's much more nuanced now.

We also have a few sets of alters who are in their own little subgroups. For example, we have Mx. 9 and Rune, who are both around 9-11. 9 holds trauma, and Rune doesn't, but they both like the same colours and it's honestly like they're the traumatised and untraumatised versions of the same kid. I mention this because we've read that some people use the term "polyfragmented" to describe systems with more complex organisation, and with our sub-groups, it sounds like we might fall under that description.

I'd really appreciate it if anyone who is polyfragmented could describe their experiences, particularly how you experience identity. Thank you in advance.]]>
My system and I have begun to wonder if we might be polyfragmented, but the problem is we can't find any in-depth information on the experience of polyfragmented systems.

We are autistic, and despite the fact that there's no obvious Monumental Trauma in our childhood, we believe that the fact that autistic brains are more easily traumatised contributed to our multiplicity. We've read that polyfragmentation tends to result from "worse" trauma, but we've also read the opposite. Some sources also say it results from abuse by multiple perpetrators. We were bullied in school pretty consistently by a variety of different children, but I'm not sure if that counts.

Right now, we have relatively few identified alters (19), but we've been noticing for a while that it sometimes feels like we just grouped a bunch of parts together under an alter to make our numbers seem smaller. For instance, some of our alters seem sort of different each time they're around, or have different "modes" they operate in, and we've been wondering if those modes could actually be separate alters who feel like they have to consistently present as the same person. We have pretty continuous memory in our daily life, though, and even though it's possible for us to examine a memory closely to figure out who was fronting at the time, we don't do it very often, so it's possible for alters to slip through the cracks and just never step forwards, if that is what they want. We recently discovered an alter who had been doing just that for a while. He's quiet and it's honestly like he just holds a very specific set of emotional reactions instead of being an entire person.

When we first started to realise we were multiple, and identify alters, most of our parts were like that. They were flat, and held fragments of things. We got up to a list of about thirteen and then freaked out because we felt like that was too many. I can remember writing out in a little notebook which alters would "fuse together" to bring the numbers down. It worked for some of us, but not others. In the cases where it worked, the resulting alter is much less two-dimensional. In one case, it didn't work at the time, but one of the alters who was meant to fuse must have ended up integrating other parts on her own over the years, because she's much more nuanced now.

We also have a few sets of alters who are in their own little subgroups. For example, we have Mx. 9 and Rune, who are both around 9-11. 9 holds trauma, and Rune doesn't, but they both like the same colours and it's honestly like they're the traumatised and untraumatised versions of the same kid. I mention this because we've read that some people use the term "polyfragmented" to describe systems with more complex organisation, and with our sub-groups, it sounds like we might fall under that description.

I'd really appreciate it if anyone who is polyfragmented could describe their experiences, particularly how you experience identity. Thank you in advance.]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2762 Tue, 23 Apr 2019 21:58:53 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2762
I don't want to trigger anyone so please forgive the vagueness in regards to what we were discussing or the feeling involved, but the question I have is, have others before or after diagnosis, been aware enough to wrap their arms around the one fronting and offer promises of protection even without stepping forward?

Thank you,
Chimera]]>
I don't want to trigger anyone so please forgive the vagueness in regards to what we were discussing or the feeling involved, but the question I have is, have others before or after diagnosis, been aware enough to wrap their arms around the one fronting and offer promises of protection even without stepping forward?

Thank you,
Chimera]]>