After months of debate, I found the courage last night to contact one of my father's old friends online. It wasn't easy but I added him on facebook. He accepted it right away and I messaged him with "Do you remember me?"
After a few minutes I got "I know your dad, right?"
I confirmed and went on to ask him the name of the ventriloquist, the one that programmed Samantha- the shell alter that held 5 hurt littles. Then I asked him if he remembers Samantha's cue.
I wrote the whole thing here http://www.experienceproject.com/storie ... er/2007952 but please know it is triggering. I talk about DIDy things here and write my memories on EP. Everything I write there is triggering.
So now I am waiting to hear back from him, if he does write back. I didn't mention much to him, just that my father was abusive, I would like to know the name of the ventriloquist if he remembers it. Then just moments ago I told him I remember him being in the basement and my father showing him what I was groomed to do.
I didn't mention DID or anything else, just that i was looking for answers to my past. I just want to know if he remembers the guy's name and if he remembers the last time he spoke to my father, what the cue was that my father used.
The man I contacted never hurt me. He was a good person.
I'm on pins and needles waiting for a reply.
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Has anyone else tried to contact people from their past to confirm a memory or recover lost information? How did that go for you?