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I am a 21 year old female who has dealt with Anorexia for over eleven years. I was aware of some pretty disturbing trauma in my youth, but after beginning IFS therapy, more trauma has presented itself, as well as a number of alters who intertangably come out. I always knew I had the system inside of me; i just never knew it was out of the ordinary to hear constant chatter like a loud restaurant in my head; that's just how my thoughts worked. But now child alters are starting to act out, I do try to use 'safe place,' and DBT grounding skills (frozen oranges!!) I've only just begun dialoguing, which seems helpful. Are you aware of any other techniques I can use to continue working with my parts while I am on an 'in between' of treatment (due to insurance; i'll be going back). This is all so relatively new to me and it's often frightening because I am more in realisation of the time I lose and the very distinct parts I have. I doubt myself a lot though, maybe I'm making it all up, right? Maybe I'm a crazy person> Maybe I made up the trauma as a child and adolescent, so I could later use it for attention? I know the last part isn't true. I just want to trauma to go away. But my system is out of control - we left treatment in the middle of opening up a new trauma, and I cannot deal with it myself.
