Robin Sikarwar
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“The "apparently normal personality" - the alter you view as "the client"
You should not assume that the adult who function in the world, or who presents to you, week after week, is the "real" person, and the other personalities are less real. The client who comes to therapy is not "the" person; there are other personalities to meet and work with.
When DID was still officially called MPD, the "person" who lived life on the outside was known as the "host" personality, and the other parts were known as alters. These terms, unfortunately, implied that all the parts other than the host were guests, and therefore of less importance than the host. They were somehow secondary. The currently favored theory of structural dissociation (Nijenhuis & Den Boer, 2009; van der Hart, Nijenhuis, & Steele, 2006), which more accurately describes the way personality systems operate, instead distinguishes between two kinds of states: the apparently normal personality, or ANP, and the emotional personality, or EP, both of which could include a number of parts. p21”
― Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control
You should not assume that the adult who function in the world, or who presents to you, week after week, is the "real" person, and the other personalities are less real. The client who comes to therapy is not "the" person; there are other personalities to meet and work with.
When DID was still officially called MPD, the "person" who lived life on the outside was known as the "host" personality, and the other parts were known as alters. These terms, unfortunately, implied that all the parts other than the host were guests, and therefore of less importance than the host. They were somehow secondary. The currently favored theory of structural dissociation (Nijenhuis & Den Boer, 2009; van der Hart, Nijenhuis, & Steele, 2006), which more accurately describes the way personality systems operate, instead distinguishes between two kinds of states: the apparently normal personality, or ANP, and the emotional personality, or EP, both of which could include a number of parts. p21”
― Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control
“Know mankind well,
don't degrade every man as evil,
and don't exalt every man
thinking he is good.
He who cannot discover himself;
cannot discover the world.”
―
don't degrade every man as evil,
and don't exalt every man
thinking he is good.
He who cannot discover himself;
cannot discover the world.”
―
“Whenever we manage to love without expectations,
calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven.”
―
calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven.”
―
“Nothing is more creative... nor destructive... than a brilliant mind with a purpose.”
― Inferno
― Inferno
“The observed is true as long as there is an observer.”
― Astavakra Gita
― Astavakra Gita
Sufi Club
— 6 members
— last activity Oct 08, 2012 06:40AM
All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere ...more
Beautiful Souls
— 1 member
— last activity Oct 04, 2009 10:03AM
uncovering mysteries and revelations
Soul Society
— 11 members
— last activity Aug 04, 2011 12:11PM
A Bleach Role Playing group! Apply for the Captain position =) Join a squad and jump in on the fun! We also have alot of fun events and contests =)
Soup for the Soul
— 12 members
— last activity Sep 08, 2010 02:01PM
A bookclub for the Frenchtown Dixie Branch Library of the Monroe County Library System. We read Inspiritional Fiction. Soup for the Soul meets the Sec ...more
Reawakened Soul
— 13 members
— last activity Feb 23, 2010 03:08PM
This is for fans of Kenzie's story of Reawakened soul. ...more
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