So, as I've mentioned before, TK likes squatting on all fours and snarling/growling at things. The problem is that no one relates to our trigger, as no one else seems to have crazy, animalistic alters that like to do that.
The good news is that the "squat & growl" has replaced that whole "Murder Fantasy" thing he had going on for 10+ years. The bad news is that he's peeing all over the floor when he does it at night... yes, he actually strips down to nothing, squats down on all fours, and starts peeing on the floor. There are giant black spots all over from too much saturation; if the black spots on the floor were a to-scale MRI scan, that person would be dead. -NicS
So, we found a work around around THAT... squatting on toilets... no, seriously, it ######6 works. And its healthier, too. Who ######6 knew? -C.Nic
ANYWAYS, the other work around was that hot green tea, with no sugar or ANYTHING extra added but tea leaves helps SOOOOOO much with controlling urges, because the hotness helps un-dissociate whoever is in front, and waiting for it to cool allows us extra time to see both what time it really is AND review what we need to do. Plus, it tastes great, so thats a plus too.
After figuring that out, C. FINALLY texted Kelsey, his ex-GF of some 4 months (Maybe more, maybe less, again, I don't really know/care anymore), and they have been trying to set up a day to meet up and just talk. I have no idea what his intentions are, but he's been heartbroken for months now, and its time for him to just move on, so whatever his plans are, wish him the best of luck (that means hope he doesn't do something stupid).
As for me, personally, I went down to BSU (the big college in downtown Boise) and spent a good 1/2 hour with C. trying to find a good parking space. We finally parked in a parking garage, but no one knew how to get the stupid little ticket stub to come out, so C. just said "###$ it" (his words, not mine), and we walked towards the "Education" building, a 9-story tall building where some seminars/lectures are held, and where some facility have there offices.
Barlow (M. Rose Barlow, DID expert who works for the university) was on the 6th floor. We knew it was her because we've read so much about her, including her dissertation from the University of Oregon... well, not all of it, just the parts we were concerned about. She did her ENTIRE dissertation (which is a research paper you have to hand in if you want that "Dr." title in front of your name) on DID, covering pretty much every single aspect of it. And to prove it was 100% her: her chart was blown up to 5x its digital size and hanging on a cork board outside her office door, which was also covered with about 12 sticky notes ranging from "I will be back in the office Jan. 20th" to "DID paper in to NIST" or whatever it said.
Heres the chart:
http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jjf/chicago08/barlowfreyd08.pdf
And the best part was that, thanks to my GoPro I got for Christmas, I got the entire after-reaction in 720p. And it didn't start out pretty... we got a $15 dollar parking ticket because we didn't have a permit. After we called and were told we have 30 days to pay it off, we starting talking on the GoPro how shocked we were that she was actually a professor, and how lucky we were that she could help us out with our issues... if she actually cared. Were hoping she does, cause, man, were we shocked to learn she was actually there.
Wish us all luck on our individual things; TK continuing on his road to being free of "blood addiction", C.Nic getting over heartbrokeness, and me getting us into therapy with a DID expert.
-NicS