curious as to how people have met alts

the subject pretty much says it all but i guess i want to hear everyone's input but am really curious if anyone's first encounters with Alts was in dreams?

I would hear Logan and realize that I was unknowingly co-conscious with him a lot in life. A dream actually did make me realize that he was ore than just a figment of my imagination, though.

It was about a few seconds long. I noticed him floating out of somebody's body. **Trigger warning** I think it was his own body. He was being raped by some guy and in the dream her floated skyward as if to escape.**Trigger ends** I woke up with a loud gasp and it sounded like a guy. I then began crying because I realized that I wasn't a boy named Logan and that I didn't exist. The next day I became more aware of him being around. I was depressed all day, though and cried a lot. I didn't understand why and it still puzzles me.

Logan has also turned up in another dream of mine in which Logan/I was being scolded by a teacher and we were kind of the same person. It was like, I was me to everyone else, but Logan was with me and we looked like a mixture of both of us.**trigger** Anyway, he persuaded me to cut in the dream.**end**

But, those are all that I recall dream wise.

I just gradually became aware of Lulu. (The child version of myself. Three years old.) She has been the only one to send me a flash back.

The day before my first therapy session, I had a girl and boy yelling at me and telling me that I was faking. (Two alters that are determined to keep me in denial.) and Hope (another alter) comforted me for about an hour. She always pulls me out of denial.

That's how we all met, though. ^^

for us there voices mainly we hear them we meet.
alters have contacted me through dreams but never yet met an alter through dreams or I just haven't noticed.Drawings and writing toooooo just before I meet them if the inspiration hits hard enough.

channelle

Chennelle, I have a question...What is co-hosting? Because I feel like Logan and I are out a lot at te same time. Is that Co- hosting?

I am curious because my boyfriend shows signs of having DID which i wont get into them but he has this reoccurring person showing up in his dreams (that isn't someone he's met in real life) he's asked the person who they were and the person replied "I am you and you are me, we are two different body's and face, but we share the same in darkness, for we both are creatures" so i'm wondering if it's possible for it to be an alt or somehow related to the possibility of him having DID

Hornet339
I think so the definition is being out at the same time We are trying to acheive being out at the same time It's kind of working we feel like we are blending though. I think it's hard to seperate from the below quote unless you are exeperining the two but it could be just one.

Co-Consciousness/Co-Awareness - when two or more persons are aware of what each other they are doing (and often feeling/thinking, etc).
Co-Hosting - when more than one person is out at once

Do you feel like someone is doing a task let's but you can see what you are doing or are you both doing the same thing at the same time.

Alice89
We can't say whether it's DID or not
but Maybe you could ask for him to try and make contact again without pushing his or the dream person...Maybe start to do some more research it sounds like you have...and maybe him to if he feels he is ready.

I feel like he is in the background watching me from inside. I see a mental image of him in a dark area and it's always towards the right side. (It's SO hard to explain. Hahaa) If Hope is there, notice that I have a mental image of her on the left side (and oddly enough, she is more logical...) and they are always watching from their positions as though in a car with me. Logan is usually out a lot while I'm at school and while he's out he has some influence on my emotions and behavior and he talks to me.

Are any of those similar to your experience?

hornet339
to me that's sounds co-conscious there always watching and aware and they feel like there right near you Barry has habit of doing that.

i'm not expecting someone to say whether it is or not i guess i'm just curious as to if it's possible plus DID has been a big interest of mine for a while now. part of the reason i'm thinking of changing my major from education to psychology (a subject I've researched sense i was about 13 my interest in it being one of the few hobbies i have lol) as far as the DID thing goes I had a long distance relationship for a while with a guy with DID and when we thought he was going to move in with me I did all the research I could on it and well after him and i broke up well i kept an interest in the subject so i still read anything i can find on the subject (any referrals to books on the subject are very welcome) anyway the man I've been dating now for 8 months and living with for about 5 shows many of the same signs my ex did so i decided to come back to this site it's always helped with support in the past plus I enjoy hearing everyone's experiences after all no 2 are the same

It is possible. What other signs is he showing if I may ask?