by MK91 » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:54 am
Do you happen to know specifically why this particular alter hates you so much?
See, two of my boyfriend's alters used to hate me when they first met me. Because A) they wanted to be left alone wallowing in their own self-misery in the back of Johann's mind and I wasn't letting them, and B) because they aren't generally social people and had never spoken to to anyone as themselves rather than as Johann.
Once you know the root of the problem, it's easier to solve. HIM didn't like me because I accidentally triggered him out one night without realizing it, and he was mad that I now knew he existed (actually he was mad in general, but still). But when I promised that I wasn't going to tell anyone, nor did I think he or Johann were crazy, he slowly started to adjust to me. He's still adjusting, but he will now willingly come out and talk to me now for short periods of time when Johann or whoever else is out wants to take a break. HIM is very secretive, and used to hate me because his existence was a secret. Even now I have to be careful when I'm talking to him, because if he thinks I'm prying where my nose doesn't belong, he shuts down and stops talking to me. (And he's the core, so I can't have him disliking me...)
Johnny didn't like me at first because he was determined not to fall in love like Johann did. Johnny's personality is a lot like HIM's, therefore he's a pretty private person too. However, Johnny is fully accustomed to me, and possibly jealous of Johann (the host) and HIM (the core) for both being 'Johann' and being who the world sees when they look at the physical body. So if Johann and I get married, despite wanting to more than anything - Johnny can't be the one to do it.
See, one night back in mid-January I get a phone call at about 9:00PM. And Johann is panicking that Johnny is freaking the hell out on him all pissed off for no reason (probably got into an argument with their mom, Johnny's never been good at handling those), and was possibly going to do some sort of damage if he wasn't stopped. Only Johann had tried everything he could think of, and he couldn't subdue him because Johnny is bigger and stronger than he is. So he pushes Johnny into possession and tells me to do something before something goes wrong. So I wait until Johnny stops making angry growling/snarling noises into my ear to tell him, "Johnny, calm the f*** down. And then when you're calm, calm even more the f*** down." (this became sort of a catch-phrase after that night, which usually hints to Johnny at times if he's over-stepping boundaries emotionally and we think he might freak on us). So I spent about 15-20 minutes coaxing Johnny to calm down and tell me what was going on. Eventually he did, apologized to Johann for scared the crap out of him, and passed out. But since that night he's trusted me because he knows I'm listening to him as Johnny, and not as Johann.
It's all a matter of seeing that alter eye-to-eye on their level. In the case of both Johnny and HIM, they're both fighters (Johnny is the gate-keeper/defender, HIM used to think he was the same thing until discovering he was the core, so he works as a second defender), and if they had had it their way, they would have fought me to prove that I was not a threat to their system or to the physical body itself. However, I am a girl, and having honor, neither of them would strike a girl, and instead decided to distance themselves from me. It wasn't until I approached them both separate in their own moments of weakness without attacking them or making anything worse, but trying to solve their problems that they realized I wasn't a threat.
If I had an idea or knew why this alter hates you, I might be able to advise you on how to approach it...=\
~MK~
26, Agender (she/they).
Autistic.
Dysthymia. Social Anxiety. Agoraphobia.
Borderline Personality Disorder.