Posted by shelliR on August 11, 2001, at 18:48:59
In reply to Re: Update » shelliR, posted by Elizabeth on August 11, 2001, at 0:02:00
> > FYI, many people with DID have migraines from switching, especially between parts that sap their energy.
> Huh. What do you mean by "parts that sap their energy?"I had seen people (in the hospital) who have had very angry parts (alters). One woman had to work with a certain alter because she was not co-conscious with the alter and the alter was putting her life in danger. This was a very interesting case because the woman was very very conservative, but the alter was a lesbian. So she felt very humiliated when she talked about it in group therapy. She had been sexually abused by her mother, so probably this alter developed out of those experiences. Her primary "self" was a straight wife/mother. Anyway negotiations had to take place about safety. Every time this alter came out she was enraged (about something, I don't know the gritty details) and the woman always came "to" with a horrible migraine. Lucky for her, she was not on an MAOI, so she was given a shot for migraines and it did work for her.
And actually I have seen variations of this-- that the alters who are angry when out take a toll on the body. In my case when alters are out I do not feel possessed, but in cases where extremely angry alters are out, the main personaity can feel in her body that something has happened, and it sort of is like a possession in a way.
> > > Best of luck to you, as always.
> > Dittto
> :-)
:-)
Shelli
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