Comment by Brian, Omaha, NE on 19 Apr 2010 at 6:25 pm

Hey Karen,

Have you ever done anything totally unpredictable as an alter that you would never do yourself when you were a child? I am fascinated in your brain.

What a great book. Man o Man you got me stumped. I hate reading books.totally hate it but couldn’t put yours down. There should be more books written like yours.

Brian

Omaha, NE

Dear Brian,

My alters did many unpredictable things, but mostly in good fun. My alters played off my insecurities. There were times when a fear of mine would block my way to accomplishing something that I really wanted to do but felt too paralyzed. An alter more willing than I would take over and get it done. Most of the time this would turn out in my favor; sometimes not. A few examples are written in Switching Time. Once, at age 13, in fifty-degree weather I climbed a park district fence to swim in the public pool late at night. I would never do such a thing on my own.  But often my alters had a way of pushing me forward to keep me going. If it weren’t for them I may have stayed in bed, feeling depressed, and unable to thrive, or worse.

Thank you for your compliments on Switching Time and my “brain.” I’m glad you finished reading my story. It’s a hard book to read and sometimes you have to put it down. I will take your compliment to heart. For someone like you to believe more books like ours should be written is a wonderful way to help me continue to encourage hope through sharing my story.

Karen