Fronting

[terendel.livejournal.com]

Richard and I aren't new to being multiple (we've been a system for 21 years now), but we are very new to the terminology and the hows and whys of other systems. Richard has only recently started fronting, but we're not even sure that's the right term. Most of the time, he's comfortably ensconced in the back of my head, observing and commenting on what's going on. We completely share memories. But when he "fronts," I don't feel ensconced in the back of his head. I feel more like I'm channeling him. He's a little less in back, a bit closer to the front, but it's still mostly like it's me speaking with his voice.

I don't know if that makes sense or just sounds wacky. What are other's experience?

Del

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[tessagratton.livejournal.com]

This also sounds a lot like what we do. Channeling is a good word for it, I think. Sometimes, Tess (our "host" and the real name of the body) acts as kind of a filter and speaks with all our voices, or two or three at a time. It's a way we have worked out, I think, to appear more "normal" in our everyday lives. Keeps us functioning.

But it isn't always like that. Particularly with Ter, but he doesn't like to share.

(Wind is insisting I type this: "It's like changing the channel on the TV! Ha, ha! The "channel"!" He can't help it. He's young.)

Luc