Posted by cricket on December 6, 2005, at 10:53:50
In reply to Hey Alex, and Cricket, posted by muffled on December 5, 2005, at 22:43:06
Hang in there Muffled.
I know my T had a stint where I felt like he was only talking to my voices. I didn't like it at all. I felt very left out. But it's hard. It was hard for him (T) to figure out how much to engage them. It was hard for me to figure out how much I wanted them engaged.
Very thin tightrope to walk all around I think.
Also, sometimes my T misunderstood my different voices which felt like double misunderstandment because I felt misunderstood then too.
But I tell you the biggest advantage that talking about them or sometimes just letting them talk brought me - normalization.
It suddenly felt okay to have these voices, to talk back to them, to disagree with them, to cry with them, be angry with them, feel sorry for them. All of a sudden (maybe it was more gradual but it felt sudden) I felt okay with it. Not freakish, not ready to be locked away. I felt okay. I still do.
I hope you have a good session Muffled. Let us know how it goes.
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