Wednesday, September 10, 2003

On the Need to Sustain Multiple Systems

We're not sure where we are going with this next entry, but we'd like to do a little figurin' in this direction.  ('Cuz we're feeling in a pretty damn good mood this mornin').

We know there are contradictions to this theory, and we'd be willing to hear input, but our system still holds to the belief that most of us (the parts) were created to handle an adaptation to a trauma (or major change) to the original birth core. 

A lot of people on the outside - especially unenlightened therapists and talk show hosts think that because a person no longer faces the same dangerous crises, that same individual no longer needs a multiple "system," or has a need to "entertain" an adult "disabled" life.  They would have us reintegrate back into one person with only one identity.  We figure this is a horrendous idea!  We've earned and deserved our time out in this world and we accept being many!  Not one singular entity, but a gaggle of beautiful and interesting best feet forwarders!

In a good theraputic relationship, integration doesn't need to be the goal.  It can be a goal, but shouldn't be forced on us from an external world.  The multiple should be able to choose how he or she would like to live.  It could include something like I want to live better with all of my selves.  Or, I want to comunicate within so we are all moving in the same direction.  Or, we want to support and sustain ourselves to be independent of "neediness" on others.  It's a tough job in any part of society to have a large group work toward one group objective.  Hehe like the difficulty of sharing just one boyfriend between ourselves!  We figure that we could be examples to the external community.  Hehehe, pretty egotistical aren't we!

Regardless, we figure it is pretty insightful to be a multiple.  We see the world uniquely and have learned to progress our own species of self to a world sometimes corrupt and uncaring.  We are all for sustanation!  Hmm, is that a word??  Eh!  Fact is we are gifted!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Ayn and all. Thank you for responding to my journal entry the first day I got up enough courage to keep a journal here. I have Fibromyalgia and was really low the day you responded. May God bless and keep you. Lois

Anonymous said...

Hey - I read a comment you left in my journal - you were my first commenter! ;) *smile* Not only as a thank you, but also because your journal is incrediabely interesting and inspiring I am going to add you to the list of favorite journals on mine. Take care,
Erin