Cartoon characters and confusion

Hiya! So I've been in a little bit of a weird spot lately. Theres been a lot of silence in my head (which I understand is normal!) but that isn't the bit that worries me. Lately, I've been watching a cartoon show and I really like one of the characters and now, for some reason, in my head it feels like someone is trying to mimic this characters actions and even go far as to be motivated like that character. I dont know who it is or why its happening, but for simplicities sake, the character is evil and nasty.

I thought it was my youngest alter but she just seems to be fangirling. I, being a 23 year old woman, have no interest naturally in characters who are only 15 years old. Rook, my protector, is even older than me and has no interest in anything. Astra is depressed and around my age and just wants to die mostly.

I always knew that there was someone in me that was a lot worse than I (IE: Sending death threats and the like) but I couldn't define them or hear them and its just occasionally these spurts of anger would come. Now because I like a show suddenly part of me has adapted this characters behaviour.

All my alters have stopped being here and whoever this is that is acting like the character has taken center stage. Why ? Is it just because its a current interest of mine? Is there someone actually there echoing this character? I watch a lot of shows and even the ones I myself have personally fangirled about have never really manifested like this. Its just a show. I like it and maybe specific characters. Never before have I heard or felt that character almost become a part of me.

Could it be a darker alter using a facade to get noticed? Am I talking bull crap? Feel free to call me out! Its a bit of a weird predicament!!

I have heard of other people having this problem or effect as well. I even think a couple of my alters are similar. Like I don't know what else to compare them to, because I have never really met them, so to me I find a character on TV that seems like them and it is almost like that is what they- look, sound, act like. Don't know if this is what you are doing but perhaps. And I don't think it's bullcrap at all. Just ask them who they are.

we've actually went through a similar problem recently cept for us there was someone there i dunno about your's. it happened last weekend i guess our boyfriend asked to see someone and instead someone else came out. never talked but could use the phone, type talk fully functional. it explained a lot of occurrences of no one remembering something. we finally got his name which was abe. short for abomination. he is incredibly violent and goes from 0-100 real fast. i think it might be some kind of personality disorder cause from what we know there isn't really a trigger he just does it. often though hanna or scar would be in control and there would be a malice intent just sitting there. they could feel it but couldn't pin point it. hanna if i'm right just started saying that he/she could come out and it'd be ok. I guess he took her word. he also has the ability to block everyone else out when he's in control and just popping in and watching someone he wouldn't let anyone else watch or try and take control.
things have gotten better though he's more open and is friends with isabel cause he's only 5-6. they get along pretty good and he hasn't had in uproar in awhile...maybe it isnt a disorder..idk well that's my experience
my advice to you would be to try and welcome the possible them in. maybe try and find out what they like to do by doing a bunch of things. maybe you could talk to them if you talk about those tv characters it might get their attention. good luck! hope you guys are well!
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Has a fictive been created from this cartoon character echoing now? Maybe the fictive choose to mimic to emerge in this way. Usually for me there is an introduction and I confirmed it by listening and I say yes this is a fictive created from a cartoon character, I try my best to get their stats, age, sex location gender usually and their role, if they aren't dissociated. I try to keep them out of the business cause this aint no one I need to answer to in the moment, I need to have trust earned. I wish I had know earlier, it is okay, we all evolve and learn things later on. Boundaries and trusting them is important so I keep rules like 'shut up until', I can deal with parts works inside' If they have trauma role since I don't routinely watch cartoons as adult. We started or someone starts the dialogue we talk lol, laugh, discuss get opinions I might do for them they do for me keeping me away inside when I need to escape life or something dissociated a team effort, mind u. I stopped adding to my map just a preference right now. I stopping adding to my list new emergences cause it is frustrating.

it's normal to feel a connection sometimes to fictional characters. I think maybe ur inside just feels a connection so is imitating.

ShawTrav wrote: Like I don't know what else to compare them to, because I have never really met them, so to me I find a character on TV that seems like them and it is almost like that is what they- look, sound, act like.

mmm, kinda right? but I think it comes from the part. sort of claiming the image for themselves. I def have images that are gleaned from media characters. movies and cartoons and books and stuff.
Zahra looks like a human version of Cheetara from Thundercats.
Roger looks like a secret service agent.
Snow looks like Sigourney Weaver in a business suit.
the list goes on....

idk if I would keep watching the show if it was making the inside get wiggy.

BeccaBee wrote:but I think it comes from the part. sort of claiming the image for themselves.

Yeah that's pretty much what I meant.

Oh and I was thinking about this post. My alters may act like the certain character but they are not that character. They are still themselves.