names for the nameless?
karmagrrl
i feel bad that i know there are inner kids inside my mind, and they
don't have any names. i'm not forcing it either way, i'm not making up
names or separating personalities, neither am i forcing myself to think
i am just one (i was at first and it made me very much worse).
i feel guilty about calling them just "the inner kids" like they're a
bunch of nameless, faceless, nothings. because i do *sense* some
differences, tho i can't describe them very well. maybe the inner kids
are so upset all the time because they don't have names! i don't know.
how do ppl name their inners/alters? do the names just pop up as
thoughts, or do you have to actually pick them? should i just wait?
karamgrrl
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Jackie
If you want to know their names its probably a good idea to ask them:)
Usually, they have names. They might not want to ~tell~ you the names
until they trust you but they usually ~have~ them. If somebody ~asks~
you to give them a name, you can think one up, or think of one
together, but otherwise I wouldnt stress over it.
If you care to know why they're upset all the time, its likewise good
to ask them. Same for if you want to know if they mind being called
"inner kids" as a collective. If you dont get any answer at first, you
might try writing down your question and leaving it out in a prominent
place, and checking later to see if anybody wrote back.
Nation of Jackie
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karmagrrl said:
>
>i feel bad that i know there are inner kids inside my mind, and they
>don't have any names. i'm not forcing it either way, i'm not making up
>names or separating personalities, neither am i forcing myself to think
>i am just one (i was at first and it made me very much worse).
>
>i feel guilty about calling them just "the inner kids" like they're a
>bunch of nameless, faceless, nothings. because i do *sense* some
>differences, tho i can't describe them very well. maybe the inner kids
>are so upset all the time because they don't have names! i don't know.
>how do ppl name their inners/alters? do the names just pop up as
>thoughts, or do you have to actually pick them? should i just wait?
I had this dilemna a couple of months back. I have about seven all together:
Chris(host)
Terra
Jezebel
Shebbie2(the baby)
12-year old boy
14-year old girl (STBA[Sullen Teenage B*tch Alter])
9-year old girl
Gollum(who is deep, deep down there somewhere. He is not human, not sp*rit,
don't know what he is to be sure, but he calls himself the animus)
I named all of my alters that have names after things or persons they remind me
of. Terra is a character on a video game my son has called Final Fantasy 3.
She is half human, half esper(a m*gical creature. A unicorn would be an
example of an esper)
Jezebel is named after a b*ble scripture in the book of Revelation about a
woman in a c*ngregation who was metaphorically called "That Woman Jezebel" due
to her subtly undermining influence on the other women regarding the matters
of husbandly headship and about the whole headship arrangement in general.
Shebbie2(the baby), is the only one who has named herself. I used to just call
her the baby until once I was reading a post from someone here's little named
Shebbie. The word stood out to me and I just liked the way the name sounded.
I heard her voice in my head saying Shebbie over and over and over and
laughing, so I got permission from the other poster here to call my little
Shebbie2. My little is happy now that she has a name. She often complained
in my head about not having one.
The other nameless ones are very low-key, barely present alters who I dont'
really feel I know well enough to name. The young boy suggested being called
I.R. Baboon after a Cartoon Network character, but I get the feeling that he
was only joking. He is a jokester about everything. He is the one who
handles the yukking it up in my system.
The teen girl handles all the immature incidents of rebelliousness and exudes
attitude big time. She is moody and unpleasant. And of course she thinks she
is hot stuff. Even though our body is 200 lb. :oD hehehehe. She really
resents it too. She says I am "holding her back".
The nine year old girl usually only comes out when I find myself arguing with
my son like we were siblings or something. When she comes out, I am never
aware of it until I come back. It is hard to discipline my son because when
she comes out and argues with him, it undermines my authority because my son
sees me more like a little sister he teases. And I'll often pester him in
this stage just like a little sister getting on big brother's nerves.
Gollum.......is..... Gollum. He is a creature, not a person. In my mind I see
him as being thin and bony and has green skin believe it or not. He has mossy
green hair that is shoulder length and straggly. He has yellow eyes that are
very watchful but a mouth that rarely speaks. He claims to be my animus which
is the male principle exsisting in females. A man would have an anima. All
this is rather Jungian and he dug it out of my mind. He claims to be the
gaurdian of my unconscious mind and the gatekeeper of it. He also claims to
have exsisted since the beginning of my family line and all the memories of
all the deeds of everyone in my family line he has preserved and claims to
have access to. He believes that he will be passed on to my son with all my
memories and all my ancestors as well. He says this is why history repeats
itself. He claims that there has been at least one w*tch in every branch of
my family tree and that that is the reason why I have any awareness of him at
all. He says I am a w*tch. Which I fight vehemently due to the fact that I
have been a JW since I was two. Terra is the part of me that fights to
practice m*gick.(White only) I'm scared that one day she will win. She tries
very very hard to take over and be the host. She says it's for the whole
systems good and that we would all be well balanced if we did things her way.
Which I'm sure is some sort of Z*n thing. She says that Chr*stianity is a
guilt and neurosis inducing r*ligion. She says she doesn't believe in
Patriarchy, but Matriarchy.
You know, I'm not sure why I'm rambling on like this. I guess I just got on a
roll. It's odd, I never talked much about my alters' personalities and traits
and beleifs except briefly. Maybe it's time to introduce myself anyhow.
Terra likes your screen name(of course) It reminds me of a screen saver I saw
in a download section that was named: My karma ran over your dogma." :oD
hehehehe I thought that was pretty cute.
Bye,
>
>karamgrrl
BFN,
Chris
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In article <62rrr2$k...@mochi.lava.net>,
Pope C the Anonymous <pope...@lava.net> wrote:
<snip>
>*None* of my insiders or Others have names, though some have titles.
<more snip>
Others? What are Others? (You don't have to answer me if you don't
want). I'm not multiple, but I have Others (beings that talk to me in my
head that say they come from the sky). They told me to call them
Others. They always talk to me as one, but they say that, like my elf
background, they are separate beings with collective thought. They once
said that they were the stars.
I may be *way* off here...
:)
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