Therapy................

[The People]

We just saw this post. The series rather. I really like how you worked through it even though you were in quite a panic.

People ask us "How Many". Somewhere along the way someone decided that it was better that we not know for safety and other reasons. In reality I don't think anybody know. So we say that, and say that there are about a dozen out front who run the show most of the time.

Writing has been our way of dealing with things forever. We are like the Irish when it comes to talking (not meant as a slur as many Irish will agree with me). I can talk all day and say nothing. If I really want to speak I write it down. The hard and dark stuff. This worked especially well early on in T when the fear of telling anything was so strong. The dark times came with so many warnings....

Now we do talk once trust is there. But we also still write. Poems, stories that or real or based on real, pieces of our puzzle... whatever works.

I am glad your T allowed you to read and acknowledged that it was helpful to her. That would mean a lot to me. Knowing that I helped T help me.

We keep a list of some of us who are out at least some of the time. With each T we bring in the list. There are always changes to be made in one way or another but it is about what we want to tell as individuals. When we came, name, age, role we play, things we like and don't like. Ts find it helpful and sometimes when we pull out the list we are able to see growth in the way we change the information around. Good luck to you and this new T. You are very strong.