Seeing violent images?

Some of my alters act in a way that isn't in their nature or personality...in the inner world. Like in the mind we are forced to see things that are angry or violent when we are upset...but we don't want to see or be involved in these uosetting images.


It scares me a bit and its a very recent thing. I feel like we are trying to stop this but...

Has anyone else had this problem? What did you do?

I was watching sponge bob the movie and plankton went into sponge bobs brain and it was all marshmallow and lollipops and I laughed to myself and thought "that's like my brain" "The twins" do have their own inner world seperate from us because they were always trying to put their stuff into the main inner world. We locked them in what we thought was a cell but they created a whole other inner world. It has alot of good parts but also some really dark parts. And where theres background type people in the main inner world there isn't in theirs unless they're zombies etc. They have a hell type place, a zombie area but also theme park, water sports, skiing, live video games - it's alot more exciting than the normal inner world which is basically a village by the sea with a forest and a castle in the middle of that forest. Like a normal type place. Which was obviously very boring to the twins.

So I'm not recommending shutting away parts that are deliberately intrusive with horrible negative stuff but it's basically what I did. And then without anyone realising they turned what we thought was basically a jail cell into a whole other place. We also didn't realise they took Mandy, made a replica of our childhood home but made it nicer and she lived there. We weren't really aware of Mandy till the twins "woke up" and we're trying to get her back into the usual inner world but she prefers living in the twins inner world.

Would it be possible without shutting parts out that are more gory to give them a seperate area where they can do what they like without it effecting others? Most of the time the twins could be doing anything and everyone else has no clue as to what they're doing. When asked they tend to say cards or computer games. But they could be doing anything because their inner activities are so separate from ours. It made the general inner world much more peaceful when we locked them up or they willingly got locked up depending on who you ask.

Charlie used to broadcast disturbingly violent mental images when he was upset or angry. At first noone even knew where the images were coming from.

Previous host used to think it was just herself, like her own 'uncontrolable' imagination. The violets eventually figured out it was Charlie, and last summer when it was happening, V2 managed to have a conversation with Charlie & found out what was upsetting him.

Maybe try to talk to whoever is doing it. If you don't know who is sending the images, then ask. Ask around, ask if anyone knows who's sending them. When you find out, try to talk with them. Ask what's wrong, ask why they're upset, ask what you can do to help them.

I think it's someone who's suffering and they either don't know how to ask for help, or they don't even know they're allowed to ask for help. That was Charlie's situation, he didn't know he was allowed. He was lashing out in anger because he felt he was being ignored, but he wasn't asking for anything because he didn't know he was allowed to ask.

Good luck.

Arin

Oh, if it's images like Arin is describing then I have different way of dealing with it.

I know it's the twins or possibly "no one" If someone upsets us and we're incredibly angry or hurt "the twins" and/or "no-one" will imagine really disturbing things happening to that person or doing really violent things to that person. So outwardly I can be smiling saying "it's fine you've been an ahole" but inwardly they're being tortured and also they like to detailedly work out how to dispose of the body. I used to block it because I thought it was me thinking it and I felt bad or that I was really disturbed. Now I just let them get it out of their system. They're thoughts or flashes of images showing how angry they are, that's all they are - an expression of anger. Once that's out the way they're actually really good at planing how to effectively deal with the person or the situation without violence and in a very calm controlled way. So it's been much better since I didn't block them. Blocking them used to lead to them fronting and then it takes ages to talk them down plus instead of it being just image flashes the body would feel the rage and I don't think that was healthy either. When the anger is contained in disturbing images the body doesn't have the stress of extreme anger or hurt and I'm not shouting or getting outwardly upset. The images and their imagination take the energy out of the anger. That means the dealing with whatever it is can then be incredibly calm, thought out and long term.

But i guess it depends on who in your system is sending these images, why and afterwards how you as a whole deal with it.

I could give you a current example of mine but it may not be helpful, I dunno, so I won't unless you want me to.

Thank you guys for such well written ,thought out responses. I do agree that someone is deeply in hurt and suffering and I'm getting to the bottom of it with you guys help.

-- Sun Apr 28, 2019 11:49 am --

VioletFlux wrote:Charlie used to broadcast disturbingly violent mental images when he was upset or angry. At first noone even knew where the images were coming from.

Previous host used to think it was just herself, like her own 'uncontrolable' imagination. The violets eventually figured out it was Charlie, and last summer when it was happening, V2 managed to have a conversation with Charlie & found out what was upsetting him.

Maybe try to talk to whoever is doing it. If you don't know who is sending the images, then ask. Ask around, ask if anyone knows who's sending them. When you find out, try to talk with them. Ask what's wrong, ask why they're upset, ask what you can do to help them.

I think it's someone who's suffering and they either don't know how to ask for help, or they don't even know they're allowed to ask for help. That was Charlie's situation, he didn't know he was allowed. He was lashing out in anger because he felt he was being ignored, but he wasn't asking for anything because he didn't know he was allowed to ask.

Good luck.

Arin

Thank you! Great reply. I have an issue with communication with this alter when i usually can find a way to communicate with them.

Is it possible that alters read about EMDR and are checking to see if they need to unprotect. If you remember the guidance it states that disturbing/violent images would present in each of the alters mind where there is similaries or a likeness. For example it warns of re recovered memories especially if the DID/PTSD diagnoses This just mean wherever they catch up at unbeknownst to the host or other alters they are unaware of (where co consciousness isn't)