05 switching confusion
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</p><div class="learning-header" ><div class="learning-position ng-binding" >05 <a ng-href="/learnings/289810-switching-confusion?board_id=37307" lst-drawer-interceptor="learning" rel="nofollow" name="" class="ng-binding" href="http://learni.st/learnings/289810-switching-confusion?board_id=37307" >switching confusion</a></div><div class="learning-header-text" ><div class="learning-url"><div class="attribution" ng-switch="attributionType" ><div class="edit-and-flag" ng-hide="isPhone" ><div ng-show="learning.can_edit_learning" class="edit-learning" ><img alt="Edit Learning" src="http://d3pof0dg6ipqi1.cloudfront.net/assets/edit-button-5d5def249acc4b57ab34d50dd4cd7163.png" /></div></div></div></div><div class="clear" ><div ng-include="'/templates/learning/presentation'" ><div ng-switch="" class="ng-scope"><div ng-switch-when="html" lst-learning-html="learning" class="ng-isolate-scope ng-scope"><div class="learning-layout-container small_image wrap_text" lst-layout-learning="learning" ><div class="learning-image-container" ><div class="learning-image" lst-learning-image="learning" ><a ng-href="/learnings/289810-switching-confusion?board_id=37307" lst-drawer-interceptor="learning" href="http://learni.st/learnings/289810-switching-confusion?board_id=37307" ><img ng-src="http://assets3.learni.st/learning_preview/961971/image/large_image.jpg" class="resize-to-fit" src="http://assets3.learni.st/learning_preview/961971/image/large_image.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><p ><a href="https://www.diigo.com/search?adSScope=my&snapshot=no&what=%40www.psychforums.com" >www.psychforums.com</a></p></div><div ><div><p >in list: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/list/aynetal3/%2A%2A%2A+9-9-13/2lqnnp6e1" >* 9-9-13</a></p></div><div><ul ><li ><div>when you switch, how do you experience it? i see people talking about rapid switching and i'm uncertain if it explains the way things feel, like i remain conscious on some level but feel out of control and aware of being someone else. the body feels either very heavy or wired depending on which state is i'm in. i feel often inlfuenced or compelled to do or say things (if i refuse to say or do these things they get stuck on repeat in my head until i do).</div><div> </div></li><li >how do you experience this? how do you get that clarity for each one?</li><li >my mental health has been declining this past few weeks; yesterday i was mostly bedbound with a few free moment, cycling between extreme depression and feeling nothing at all, being unable to move my body- it being a deadweight like it does not belong to me. i was wonder if this precurses a longer/deeper switch? do any of you experience this? or when a new alter comes up?</li></ul></div></div><p >Annotations: http://bit.ly/18bM3Fv</p><div >Photo: http://bit.ly/15W63oW</div><div >
</div><div ><a href="http://learni.st/users/ann.l.garvey" class="posted-by ng-binding" >Ann Ludford Garvey</a><a href="http://learni.st/users/ann.l.garvey" class="posted-by ng-binding" >
</a><p class="comment-text ng-isolate-scope ng-scope" lst-truncated-text="" lst-limit="200" lst-text="comment.body" >It seems as if the writer's statement on the experience of switching works for us as an explanation. I think some of the confusion comes in that different parts seem to understand the switches differently. Like our Corey (mid-older) perceives questions answered by our Marie by just concentrating on the next thought that comes after the question, where our Casey (mid-younger) still perceives switching as an authoritative voice which is sometimes accepted and sometimes makes her frustrated. There are times the switches are fast, and others slow. I've heard of multiplicity like being on a stage ... whoever has the stool in the front of the stage has control of the body/brain. Others can be standing behind her sharing co-consciousness, and sometimes one will push the "Out part" over and take the lead. This is frowned upon by most parts unless they are feeling in the hot seat. Other times like being in the hot seat a part might say, someone else PLEASE take over - and then those switches are slower. We don't always have clarity of who is taking over. It might be part of our therapy, but our doctor is responsive to talking with whichever part is out, but we don't say ... this is Annemarie, or this is Henry. He's pretty much out of the loop even at 14 years being with him as to which parts are by which name, unless someone specifically wants to be identified. And, it works that way in our head too. Whoever the part out is "Ann". Sometimes our boyfriend will say something like, "bring it up a level." He doesn't call parts by name either, but he knows when he isn't talking to someone that is being regressed.We don't seem to last real long as to who is doing what - so, we can't say totally that like Kelsie had all afternoon, because KC might have in the middle gotten up to raid the fridgerator. We have 20 parts (one has symbolically died), but after the age of 18 when we left our family home (now 54 years old) there were no new parts added - BUT a lot of "work-out" from the 19 remaining. I know that if we are really studying our behavior, emotions, thoughts, etc., then we often have to stop and figure out who is instigating the differences and then that is discussed with our Doctor. I hope the writer starts to feel more comfortable as she discovers herself and the way her brain operates. Sorry for being long-winded here ...always our best!</p></div></div></div></div>