subsystems:Treating Trauma-Related Dissociation on understanding the nature of dissociated parts (pp
subsystems:Treating Trauma-Related Dissociation on understanding the nature of dissociated parts (pp.165-167)Core concepts from this section:“Personality, identity, and self are not actual things. They are terms that give a broad and condensed impression of who we are to others and to ourselves. We do not have a self like we have a brain or a heart. Instead, our minds construct a continually evolving story about who we are; this is what we call our ‘self.’ Patients with dissociative disorders subjectively experience their selves and personalities as fragmented, and often as outside of their voluntary control and awareness. Normally, our sense of self is continually updated as we learn from and reflect upon both new and old experiences. Dissociative patients seem unable to sufficiently engage in this natural revision, leaving them with relatively rigid and divided selves.” -- source link
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