^ Switching - Astraea

<p>Sep 29, 2014 02:25 PM</p>

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Switching - A change in who is up front. A lot of people don't care for this word, because it sounds as if it refers to one person putting on different masks or "changing into other people", rather than a group of persons in their own right who happen to share a body. Some multiples don't mind the term in the least, due to the way their operating system works -- the frontrunning changes hands or "switches off" from one person to the next.</p>

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Some people have written to us that their doctor has informed them that switching is the same thing as splitting, and that any change in frontrunners means a new person is created. This is not supposed to be the way it works according to the mainstream view, but is typical of what goes on behind the scenes in the psychiatric world; they're basically making it up as they go along, and not telling us, instead letting us believe that they have it all mapped out and know exactly what is going on at all times (sort of like George Lucas creating the Star Wars sequels). (Psychiatric)</p>

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Uncontrolled switching is not necessarily a bad thing if the system has protocols in place for continuous tracking of what is going on and shared skills. These things can be acquired with practice.</p>