I think it's a good idea. Let us know how it goes!

Sounds great!!

My therapist wants me to communicate with my other parts, but some are very hostile to others, most only communicate when they want to and one will not communicate at all. The one that will not communicate is a protector and can be very dangerous to other people.

be sure to tell everyone to bring sunglasses....ok im sorry, i can't help it cuz your profile pic cracks me up

we hope you could share with group how you begin this process so others may learn from this productive exercise...

what do we tell the one who says they are so angry they want to self harm?

Sometimes self harm alters can break pencils or pop bubble wrap.

Also using a rubber band on your wrist or ankle delivers a bit of pain but no cuts or real damage. Unless you have a condition that contra-indicates this. Same with ice or frozen veggies. You can hold them on your arm or leg and it hurts but doesn't do damage.

Obviously, check in with the doctor or therapist to see if this would work for you and be safe.

Also scribbling furiously with bright colors on paper with colored pencils can help.

Yes, please let us know how this goes.
It's something my therapist wants me to do as well, but we haven't had any luck yet.

hi hylie

that sounds like a sensible idea - to a non multiple anyways
but those of us that aren't multiple most likely never will have any idea of your complexities ...

so, how did iit go?
were all of you willing to participate?
And willing to be brief, cos you all need sleep
:)

kevin

i tried it a week ago...it went well the first night, but the next day, just before falling asleep i did it again and had a nightmare, and a very awkward and weird and odd dream that sort of scared me as well that i think all my alters dremt and thus as a host it was ...(nameless)to say... but im gonna try again today and will also post tomorrow how it went

Have done it twice so far. Right now my other people are worried about me. I'm not doing so well...working on it.

its me: well ever since we have tried, i am not only dreaming (the host).. but we are all able to dream...some of which i can do without, but i have a smalll smalll detail here and there that helps me understand my alters when i wake up. so im not liking it but i am learning from it.. its like my alters dream to show me things..idk. i can do without.

I used to do that and don't anymoregot too hecticwas stressed out morei think we are all different and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn'twe take turns drawing, and doing other things to express ourselves and what we want to do and want to have
alsothe nitemares thing is more common with mei don't get to sleep at night, someone else does and when I do i have nitemares and the ones who sleep well are more relaxed and energizedeven with few hours of sleep, my ability to function along with others at work is amazingtho i don't deny I need to sleep in order to function...

I am finally starting to be able to do that - very helpful, but very tiring...

Lisa

I don't know. I guess all of Me and My parts are trying to figure out what to do about Researcher being autistic. We haven't had a meeting per se, but everybody is thinking about it.

Connecting with the inner world is definitely helpful for me. For myself I try and check in around the middle of the day as some of my internals are still struggling with some pretty difficult issues. For example the primary issue atm seems to be the deep sadness felt by the kids compared to the volcanic anger felt by the teens regarding what happened to us when the body was younger. I must admit its taking me a long time to work with being able to hold these emotions. However, by communicating with the internals I can check in with them and try and do something small on a daily bases to help the internals feel heard/ This can then lead to a plan of action on the weekends when we can do something more time consuming to work through some of these issues. So anyone going through communicating with the internal world Ild encourage you to keep pursuing it. As others have already noted it can be difficult at times while other times it can bring new revelations.