I don't consider myself crazy now.I was crazy when I was growing up with a mean drunk for a father who beat my mother,and had to pretend it was all OK.My people got me through those terrible years and none of us "pretend" anything.I know some people think I am a "nut",including my own family,but I frankly don't give a damn.

Good for you Loddy. It's good to hear a strong voice or read it anyways.
I have been going crazy to. Fighting over cloths mostly. SG wants to wear dog callers I don't want to look like a dog thank you. Sara wants lots of junk food I want to loose waight. Safee wants to resolve things peacfully while SG thinks were a bunch of pansies and wants to fight. I understand.

this is Emily. i like your kitty. whats his name

His name is Storm

Pretty kitty!! One thing we did in the beginning was sit down and work out a schedule. Today is tuesday its 5 pm and its your turn to colour pictures or talk online or whatever. It didn't make everyone super happy at first but it cut down on all of the yelling and fighting. Mostly after that there was just sulking!

I understand what you mean about thinking it could drive you crazy...I still feel that way some days!

he he he i'm an alter and so are we? yep, pretty crazy. how about being locked inside forever, let out and not know a thing? you ever feel that? we got it goin on. littles cryng, protectors being retarded, spiritual mombo jumbo. people pissed on, people pissed off, wax on, wax off sheeesh! there should be t-shirts for us!

~talk to the hand, or call waiting, because the rest of us aren't listening! LOL

it's like buttons on a phone. if you'd like to speak to a protector press @#$% anger buttons

to reach a little ~ press 1, 2, and 3 and listen to them count to 4, 5 and 6

to reach someone who cares stay on the line and listen to dead silence. LOL

we're not crazy mean lazy or dumb~ we're brilliant!

so there. folds up my arms in resistance. LOL

Skyln

AprilStar~ This is a prime example of what you explained. I apologize for my alt coming forth and saying that. Have you read my Got Milk post yet? I would read that and have a good laugh. The bottom line is that whether we like it or not, they are here to love us, protect us and keep us from harm and have an interesting way of going about it.

Having a good dialog in your journal and setting up boundaries will help the inner chaos subside. The idea is communication, not control. They all have needs. Look at my Skyln... I feel badly she was locked in all those years, but now she had needs. I'm an educator of elementary kids as well and I hear you there. Hang in. Again, I'm so sorry.

~K of DEstany's House and Skyln too

I know for a fact I am crazy, but we all have our issues, me and my alts. Thank god Brookie is to young to understand why I do what I do, I wish her never to follow in my path. Ella try's to keep things as sane as possible, but I'm the problem. LeVorg could care less about everything, she's so vain. Kevin worries so much, he's scared and I don't know why, I blame myself, he should be happy. Even though I'm the host I admit I'm weak, Ella's the strong one. It is quite crazy when communicating, we fight alot. We still have much to work on. Good Luck to you and your alts. :3

the professionals and those who love us tell us we are not crazy, but how many of us (before we knew about our selves) would have thought people with voices and multiple personalities were ok? I still think I'm crazy. Yes, it's real, and I guess that's where their definition comes from, but it sure doesn't seem healthy.
Butch

April, I bet all this "I want it now" is coming from the fact that they all suddenly know you can hear them now. They've had to fight to get their time out before, but hey, now you KNOW they're there, and you can hear them, so they want your attention, and time to be themselves. They feel they deserve it for all they've done and put up with all these years.

And so they do, but as Kaydee says, it's now time to sit down together and work out a plan to insure safety and sanity. Promising each their time to have a safe activity is great, and works wonders. Make sure you uphold your promises, and explain why it's not okay for anyone to pop out while you're driving, or at work, etc.

I still get periods of arguing and fighting over time, but they have come to understand when it's safe to come out and when it's not, so even though it can get noisy, I feel more secure knowing that someone's not going to try to force me aside at a bad time.

Time is what it takes, my friend. Be gentle with yourself and know that if you've gotten to this point, it's because you're doing something right. Things will continue to get easier as your communication keeps improving and everyone learns (in their own time) who to cooperate and make life better.

Hugs,
Wistala