{"id":1057,"date":"2009-06-08T13:13:16","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T18:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2009-06-08T13:13:16","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T18:13:16","slug":"karen-answers-marcus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/?p=1057","title":{"rendered":"Karen answers Marcus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Comment by Marcus\u00a0<\/cite>on 06 Jun 2009 at 7:56 pm<\/em><\/div>\n
Karen,<\/div>\n
Did you smoke? If you did was it you or which alter. In the show USOT while I was watching reruns Tara smoked alot. I never read in your story you smoked and would like your opinion about being a multiple and doing drugs, smoking and illegal acts that cause your core trouble? Richard Baer did a brilliant job capturing your life with your help. If you are given another opportunity to write a continuation would you both work together again.<\/div>\n
Marcus
\nTampa, FL<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Dear Marcus,<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
No. I never smoked. I may have taken a puff once, but no, never wound up smoking. \u00a0As a multiple there was no time for such habits as smoking, drinking alcohol, or illegal behavior. \u00a0I was too busy trying to survive each day. \u00a0For me, to smoke, drink, act irresponsibly, or get into trouble\u00a0was an annoyance that I could not afford. \u00a0However, there was one habit that many alters would indulge in, and that was eating. \u00a0I believe four alters ate simultaneously.<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
As a multiple, my life was run by a complex inner system that didn’t include “me.” \u00a0My system of alter’s was created to protect me, keep me out of trouble and keep me safe. \u00a0Anything else would draw unsafe attention to me. \u00a0I preferred to be invisible. That was the safe way to be.<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
I will try to explain: If an adult alter would consume alcohol and a younger alter came out, the younger alter’s level of intoxication could be catastrophic. \u00a0I’m not sure how to explain it, but once, while in the hospital, an adult alter was medicated with\u00a0the correct\u00a0dosage of medication, and when that alter went back in, a switch\u00a0occurred\u00a0and a young alter came out and passed out from\u00a0from being over medicated. \u00a0Multiplicity is an incomprehensible illness that we have so much more to learn about. \u00a0The mind is powerful.<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
As far as I am concerned, in the series The United States of Tara, the writers added\u00a0Tara’s smoking\u00a0habit as a distraction for the audience. \u00a0I can’t answer for other multiples. \u00a0In my opinion, based from my own personal experience, it was impossible to maintain and keep track of such habit forming addictions.<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Thank you for your compliments, especially for Dr. Baer, I will pass it on to him. \u00a0I’m sure he will appreciate hearing from you. \u00a0And, yes, it is my hope that if we were ever asked to write a sequel, that we would work together again. Teamwork at it’s best!<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Karen<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Comment by Marcus\u00a0on 06 Jun 2009 at 7:56 pm Karen, Did you smoke? If you did was it you or which alter. In the show USOT while I was watching reruns Tara smoked alot. I never read in your story you smoked and would like your opinion about being a multiple and doing drugs, smoking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-karens-answers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1057"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1059,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions\/1059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}