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Well hello and welcome!

So you'll be talking to the therapist about the dissociation then I take it. I think that's much better than trying to cover it up.

I'm fascinated by the idea of alts using a different primary language, I'm not sure I've seen anyone in this forum mention that sort of thing before, although it seems very reasonable when someone/a system knows more than one language, that something like that might be the case.

Hello, welcome,

I'm sorry to hear about the stressful times you've been through. It might be good if your therapist is new to this. They'll go into it with an open mind and new energy.

Definitely good to talk about your struggles. Covering it up will just make things harder.

I have a part that needs to be taught the mother tongue too, but frankly English is a better language anyway so you can imagine how well that is going. Difference is, my parts don't cause trouble for me. I get stressed and anxious and lose time, but they fill me in on what I've missed and they do a good job protecting me when I'm out so I've specifically told my therapists I didn't want to fix the "issue". They respected that so if losing your parts is something you're worried about, just letting you know that you can talk about this without that risk.

It's a little complex when you also have bipolar 1 because parts can be interpreted as psychosis. Hopefully you're not suffering a manic episode currently but if you are then I wish you the best. It's good you're being looked out for.

Hi Julie,

Welcome to the forum. We hope you're doing OK in the hospital. People get stressed sometimes and it's good to have a safe place to go. We agree with Triskelion that you don't have to give up any parts to have a good life. At least we didn't - which is good because I'm a part (at least not I'm not the host, which I guess technically makes me a 'part').

Kind of cool that you have a part that speaks English.

Get better soon!!!

Iain

Given that different parts have been found to primarily reside in different parts of the brain it would make sence that a pollylingual person would have alters with different mother tounges. If the alter happens to reside in the area that is also used for storing a perticular language then that's what they are going to think and communicate in.

https://neurolaunch.com/did-brain-scan/ is a decent write up on brain imaging and DID

Hope you start feeling more ballence soon. Good luck with your therapist and welcome to the forum