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by AW10 » Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:00 am
I couldn't understand how exactly two alters can integrate if so many things about those two alters is contradicting; as wouldn't it result in conflicts if they integrate. I concluded that two non-integrated alters are parts of mind that are considered foreign to one another thus dissociative, so integration would merely be that parts becomes associative thus no longer be foreign to one another.
However, that still couldn't answer the question how it wouldn't be conflicting, before I understood that every part of mind, dissociative or associative, doesn't have to be relevant all the time. The difference is how many autonomy are there, thus does two autonomy can seek to be relevant in the same time, or there is single autonomy telling which part of mind should be relevant now.
If that's so, then how would integration of two autonomy happen: autonomy A seeks to manage part of mind that autonomy A owns and also part of mind that autonomy B owns, where autonomy B seeks that autonomy A manages part of mind that autonomy B owns. In that case, core would be autonomy seeking to manage all parts of mind and all other autonomy seeks that management.
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by ArbreMonde » Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:19 am
Integration is when two parts no longer see each-other as different but they see each-other as the same. When they look at each-other it feels like looking into a mirror. So they become one part with two or more identities.
They share all ressources and memories, all their wounds are healed. When the different identities hold different opinions, there is no conflict but a conversation.
Here is a series of articles about integration and fusion and how they are different.
https://troublesdissociatifs-wordpress- ... r_pto=wapp (automatic translation from french to english)
Another way to look at it is (spoiler for Steve Universe season 1 finale)
this song about a character who is the fusion of two other characters.
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