Not Sure Where Else To Ask

I've multiple questions, some of which make sense to ask here on this forum and some of which don't necessarily, but as I am unable to figure out where to go looking for I like to keep track of how everything is going between all of Us, and I've run into a bit of an issue trying to research a few things I've discovered. My apologies for some of it being irrelevant.

1) Inability to recognize certain characters
Sometimes, when specific people are out, we confuse alphanumeric characters with eachother. However, this does not seem to be related to dyslexia, as they are always the same characters (for example, playing a card game, looking at the number in the corner, and reading an ace as a four and vice-versa, but not confusing other things, such as 9 or 6.) This appears to be a continuous thing. Has this happened to anyone else?

2) Inability to say specific words
Another thing, somewhat similar, that I've noticed is that certain alters have an issue saying certain words. However, it is not pronunciation-based, because they are able to say homophones to these words.

3) Communication for animal alters
We have an alter who is a cat. He goes by the name of Schrödinger. He is unable to speak, but recently he seems to be interested in learning to. However, we have no idea how to begin with helping him. He can "think loudly" in English, so the issue does not appear to be lingual.

I had more, but I seem to have forgotten, so I suppose I'll leave this list as-is for now.

He is unable to speak, but recently he seems to be interested in learning to. However, we have no idea how to begin with helping him. He can "think loudly" in English, so the issue does not appear to be lingual.

Sometimes when trying to speaking and teaching to animals it's best to approach them as already having the knowledge, you just have to find the words in them.

Gerudo7 wrote:I've multiple questions, some of which make sense to ask here on this forum and some of which don't necessarily, but as I am unable to figure out where to go looking for I like to keep track of how everything is going between all of Us, and I've run into a bit of an issue trying to research a few things I've discovered. My apologies for some of it being irrelevant.

1) Inability to recognize certain characters
Sometimes, when specific people are out, we confuse alphanumeric characters with eachother. However, this does not seem to be related to dyslexia, as they are always the same characters (for example, playing a card game, looking at the number in the corner, and reading an ace as a four and vice-versa, but not confusing other things, such as 9 or 6.) This appears to be a continuous thing. Has this happened to anyone else?

Yes, but I can't for the life of me think of the few things it happens with us with right now.

This can happen for a variety of reasons.
1) There is a meaning behind it, like for the card number example, there could possibly be a reason why either the ace or number 4 (or both) is meaningful in some way, and that's why you always get them mixed up.
2) There is an alter who simply always gets the ace and the 4 mixed up.
3) Like dyslexia, this is just how your brain processes certain things. Similar to how some people have certain words that they just cannot pronounce correctly.

Gerudo7 wrote:2) Inability to say specific words
Another thing, somewhat similar, that I've noticed is that certain alters have an issue saying certain words. However, it is not pronunciation-based, because they are able to say homophones to these words.

This would most likely be PTSD-related. There is something about those words that makes them not want to be said, either a memory is tied to those words, or a fear is tied to those words, or emotions are tied to those words, or something like that and it makes them not want to be said. Kinda like how certain things said by other people can be triggering, there can be words that are triggering to you that make your brain go "no, we're not saying that word".

Gerudo7 wrote:3) Communication for animal alters
We have an alter who is a cat. He goes by the name of Schrödinger. He is unable to speak, but recently he seems to be interested in learning to. However, we have no idea how to begin with helping him. He can "think loudly" in English, so the issue does not appear to be lingual.

I had more, but I seem to have forgotten, so I suppose I'll leave this list as-is for now.

Start with simple things, like making an "aah" sound, or an "ooh" sound. Then try simple words, and try to help him out by having the body say it, or having him watch your lips in a mirror or inside the inner world, or something like that. Try the words "yes" and "no" at first, they're simple and they'll be the most helpful for beginning communication. And take it step by step. For "yes", first make the "yuh" sound, then the "es" sound. Yuh-es. Ye-es. Yes. Stuff like that. It helped with Ray, our half-dog alter, and Shay, our Autistic alter.


-Cassandra