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| Author: | Johnny-Jack [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:59 am ] |
| Blog Subject: | Types of alters, categories (updated) |
Abuse absent: Marc-Dominic, Daniel, Aaron Abuse witnessed: Hansel, Sphinx, Edward Abuse from mother: Carter, Adam, Ashár, Little John Abuse from father: John, Jack, Jonathan, Max, Johann, Quato, Little John Abuse from others: Luke, Chase Accent/Dialect: Jack (Appalachian), Chase (British English) Angry: Daniel, Quato Animal: Ashár (wolfdog) Core (original): Adam Cross-gender: none Deceased: Daniel (reanimated Sep 2011) Former Hosts: Adam, Little John Fragments: none Gatekeeper: the Sphinx Helper: Marc-Dominic, Hansel (of Johann) Host: John Introject: none Moral Dilemma: Edward Persecutor: none Protector: Ashár (of Adam), Jack (of John and children), John (of a sibling) Self-harming: John (mild) Sexualized: Quato Shape-shifter: Marc-Dominic Trickster: Quato Twins: Hansel, Johann AGE GROUPS * 9 Littles (age 0-6): Adam, Edward, Ashár, Little John, Max, Hansel, Johann, Chase, Carter * 2 Middles (age 7-12): Jack, Luke * 2 Teens (13-19): Dan, Quato * 4 Adults: Aaron, Jonathan, John, Marc-Dominic * 1 Ageless: Sphinx * 1 Older than body: Marc-Dominic [~15 years older] * 0 age-sliders: (that we know of) SEXUAL ORIENTATION The body's natural orientation is straight male. * Straight: Jack, Jonathan, Dan, Hansel, Johann, Aaron, Little John, Chase, Carter, Max, Luke * Straight with gay addictions (changing): Quato * Gay: John (shifting) * Bisexual: Marc-Dominic (theoretical) * Asexual: Sphinx * Too young/Unknown: Adam, Ashár, Edward GENDER All alters are male, none are female. Sphinx is genderless, though if pressed, he selects male as the logical gender. "SOCIAL STATUS" There is quite a issue in my system about class, culture and education. It was a stupid distinction but existed in my family of origin as an issue, particularly in my mother, so it shaped who we needed to be: * HIGH-BROW: Marc-Dominic (sophisticated blue-blood), Jonathan (cultured), John (academic) * LOW-BROW: Jack (hillbilly), Dan (blue-collar grammar), Quato (street-talking) Some suggest that there cannot be an original or core in a DID system. This doesn't ring true in many systems. In our system, the evidence is overwhelming that there is an original and no evidence that that's not possible or can be explained in any other way. Because the life was constantly in danger and we had to retain knowledge of what helped keep us alive, we actually have more memories and clearer ones from the first year than from some later years. There is a baby and two alters split off from him in the first half year of life. * Original/First: Adam * Created by SPHINX (the gatekeeper): Sphinx, Ashár, Little John, John, Jonathan, Jack, Dan * Evolved: Johann, Hansel, Quato, Chase, Marc-Dominic, Carter, Aaron, Max, Edward, Luke The evolved alters were unknown to the gatekeeper until their revelation. CHARACTERISTICS IN COMMON AMONG ALTERS (as far as we can tell): * protectiveness towards small children * monogamy |
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| Author: | Johnny-Jack [ Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:04 pm ] |
Note that the original or core I speak of about does not mean that there is a genuine true self in Adam, the baby or core, and that the rest of us are invented or something. It means that he and his personality are pretty much how we were as a baby originally. The other parts of us are just as genuine as he is. Adam arrived in the present virtually always stuck in flashbacks where he was being choked and couldn't breathe. Once we figured out how to release him from these, by "grabbing" him at the end of the flashback before the flashback faded away, we enabled him as an alter to be in the present. He was at first extremely frightened but over time he began to act exactly like a baby. After he'd been back several months, we were able to compare what we had seen or felt when he was in the body with an eight-month-old infant (like him) of a coworker. The behavior, such as the lack of fine motor control, was so much like Adam's, it all began to make sense that he really was a baby. The first two alters to arrive after Adam arose as protectors of Adam: Ashar, a wolfpup, and Sphinx, our logical gatekeeper. Both of these are least human so Adam, retaining pretty normal baby characteristics, can logically be defined as the original person/part of us. Human personality is definitely formed over time but anyone who interacts with babies knows they're not really a bunch of disconnected ego states. I await the arrival of a better explanation for early childhood personality development as it applies to DID than I've read so far. |
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