Parts can have parts?

I've only been diagnosed with DID for about a month and a half. I started off with having three alters, all littles. This past week, a new part revealed herself to me ... I'm not sure of her age, but she is older than the others and seems to be a "helper part."

T and I were talking about this today and she asked if I thought it was possible that my 11 year old might have her own "parts." This concerned me and I asked her if that were possible. She smiled kind of soft and said that I didn't need to worry about that too much right now, but also seemed to want me to consider the possibility.

T said, "If you have parts because your abuse was too much for you, do you think that it could have also been too much for one of your parts and that maybe, as a result, she has parts too?"

I have never heard this before, though I admit I don't know much about this, but it very much felt like T is trying to prepare me in case further parts begin to present themselves. I guess I'm wondering if anyone has experienced one of their parts having his/her own parts and if so ... what does that look like? Or maybe T is suggesting the possibility that my 11 year old part and my new part are really somehow the same part .... I don't know ... but I'm feeling confused a bit...

It's definitely possible! I have heard about people on this site who's alters have alters.

"new" alters/parts are often only new to the conscious knowledge and awareness, not existence


*possible trigger warning*
and all "blueprints"/"starting points", the separated personality neurons/"sides" of the personality, from which alters develop, are already all there from childhood when the DID begins to develop

but it could very well be possible that neurons were caused to separate further and develop more separatedly and such to force the "sides" of the personality to separate even more and thus cause, or seem to cause, alters to have alters, parts within parts, kinda like "sub-sides" to the "sides" of the personality. like a main tree branch that sprouts more, smaller branches.
*end trigger warning*

this thread might be of interest/help to you:

-- Is there such a thing as splitting? (Possibly Triggery, discusses DID development): http://www.psychforums.com/dissociative-identity/topic101763.html


but short answer, i could see how this could be possible





it could also be possible that these two parts are the "same" part, just at different stages, different ages, if that makes sense. like, they're the same part overall, but they're at different ages. kinda like... imagine being able to time travel and have your younger self and older self stand side by side. kinda like that. they could be the same part just that same part at different stages that they developed at. (hope that makes sense...)





- cassie (age ?)

Very possible. Many people here have that.

I'm still trying to get a hang of what "the Lin's" inside are for us but I know there's more than 1. Time will tell.

I hope you figure this out in a peaceful manner.

tomboy24 wrote:"new" alters/parts are often only new to the conscious knowledge and awareness, not existence


*possible trigger warning*
and all "blueprints"/"starting points", the separated personality neurons/"sides" of the personality, from which alters develop, are already all there from childhood when the DID begins to develop

but it could very well be possible that neurons were caused to separate further and develop more separatedly and such to force the "sides" of the personality to separate even more and thus cause, or seem to cause, alters to have alters, parts within parts, kinda like "sub-sides" to the "sides" of the personality. like a main tree branch that sprouts more, smaller branches.
*end trigger warning*

this thread might be of interest/help to you:

-- Is there such a thing as splitting? (Possibly Triggery, discusses DID development): http://www.psychforums.com/dissociative-identity/topic101763.html


but short answer, i could see how this could be possible





it could also be possible that these two parts are the "same" part, just at different stages, different ages, if that makes sense. like, they're the same part overall, but they're at different ages. kinda like... imagine being able to time travel and have your younger self and older self stand side by side. kinda like that. they could be the same part just that same part at different stages that they developed at. (hope that makes sense...)





- cassie (age ?)

Thank you for the info! I'm always curious about the physiology behind things like this. Although, I'm not sure if I understand the difference between one part being at different ages at the same time and them simply being separate parts?

I have different ages, but am Amber as in one name. Not sure if that s what s meant.

I wanted to create more kids,buthost said no.

Fabio too wanted more company and he got a girl for himself.

So yes, it s possible. FOr us: it was because we felt lonely and wanted more of our own age.

If that make sense?

Amber

i am multiple myself, since this body inside is mine as well as their own. i could not decipher where i began and where i ended with the many who are my sisters in blood. i am ell - we are ell. we are as we have been and forever will be.

there are the elders, and the young who we name the kinder-kin. ah, we used to call them slaves, the children of our woods. feral as they come and go. they are children i suppose but somewhat lacking and somewhat beyond at once. i was never a child.

we of ell have many birthing days; rituals that ignited life into unique form, spirit over water: be it as child, ghost, witch, slave, priestess, succubus, djinni, or queen. we are all present as ell and as no other.

it is possible for one inside to be many, as such.
ell