http://linnai.livejournal.com/ (![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
linnai.livejournal.com) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
multiplicity_archives2005-07-06 01:00 am
linnai.livejournal.com) wrote in multiplicity_archives2005-07-06 01:00 am
Entry tags:
(no subject)
I was just curious to know if any of the systems here feel the need to have someone be the more or less full time "front-runner". Maybe not necessarily a host or original or anything like that... but just someone stable who generally has the reins?
I know quite a few of the systems and households on the list don't really work in that way, so I suppose this is more geared for the systems that do, or people who might have an informative opinion on the subject.
Really, the reason I ask is we seem to operate on this very unstable sort of sliding scale. There are times when it seems like we're all locked out of actually FRONTING... we can do things, but it's like sharing with everyone else and no one has true control, and then there are other times when it feels like everyone EXCEPT FOR [fill in the blank] is having the problem. It's usually not the same person though.
Sometimes this feeling lasts a long time, long enough that whoever is up front starts to wonder and question the validity of our seperation as opposed to an actual mental illness or disorder that isn't a part of the dissociative spectrum (such as schizophrenia).
Other times, we're SO seperate and have such a hard time coordinating ourselves that it really feels like we're disordered.
Anyone understand what I'm getting to? Thanks. Tonight's just very stressful (which seems to be something of a precipitator of these kinds of thoughts/situations)...
I know quite a few of the systems and households on the list don't really work in that way, so I suppose this is more geared for the systems that do, or people who might have an informative opinion on the subject.
Really, the reason I ask is we seem to operate on this very unstable sort of sliding scale. There are times when it seems like we're all locked out of actually FRONTING... we can do things, but it's like sharing with everyone else and no one has true control, and then there are other times when it feels like everyone EXCEPT FOR [fill in the blank] is having the problem. It's usually not the same person though.
Sometimes this feeling lasts a long time, long enough that whoever is up front starts to wonder and question the validity of our seperation as opposed to an actual mental illness or disorder that isn't a part of the dissociative spectrum (such as schizophrenia).
Other times, we're SO seperate and have such a hard time coordinating ourselves that it really feels like we're disordered.
Anyone understand what I'm getting to? Thanks. Tonight's just very stressful (which seems to be something of a precipitator of these kinds of thoughts/situations)...