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\nComment by Stuart on 19 Jul 2009 at 6:16 pm<\/span><\/p>\n
Hi Karen,<\/span><\/p>\n
I know you might be busy but could you tell me more about what if felt like to move in and out while you went to school, work or out with people? I watched many different shows on your disorder. Each was never clear on switching, like the title of your book. When you switched did you feel tired… Did you faint or collapse? On your wedding you fainted then not usually during your life. What made you faint on your wedding day and not during regaular switches? What do you recall at the altar on your wedding day? What was going through your mind? Do you remember saying I do? What alter went on the honeymoon and where did you go?<\/span><\/p>\n
I am interested to know more about you.<\/span><\/p>\n
Stuart,\u00a0Chicago<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Dear Stuart,<\/span><\/p>\n
I believe each multiple may experience switching in their own way. \u00a0For me, I would feel a slight faint coming on. \u00a0I call this a “pause.” \u00a0It was as if someone pushed a pause button for a moment and I’d fade away. \u00a0That’s when I would switch into an alter. \u00a0I’d also describe switching as the feeling of being on a descending elevator. \u00a0Whenever a switch would occur, I would feel exhausted afterwards. \u00a0However, these moments passed quickly and once I regrouped, I’d feel slightly disoriented, but fine. That’s how I’d describe the pause.<\/span><\/p>\n
On my wedding\u00a0day, I fainted for more than a few reasons. \u00a0As I walked down the aisle, I was escorted by my abuser, my father. \u00a0Second, as I approached the altar, I\u00a0came face to face with the priest who participated in my being abused and never helped me. \u00a0This was the priest who witnessed the filming, knew of my pain, and didn’t stop it. \u00a0Third, just before my wedding there was a funeral mass, and the incense they used triggered me into a panic. \u00a0As I look back now, it makes sense why so many alters switched that day: alter chaos.<\/span><\/p>\n
Unfortunately, I don’t recall the exact moment I said “I do”, nor do I remember the vows my ex-husband and I shared. \u00a0I wasn’t\u00a0exactly present as myself. \u00a0I believe Karen 2 was the alter\u00a0who attempted to marry my husband but backed out leaving other alters to deal with what was happening. \u00a0I do remember being told the priest shared a story from the Bible, in Acts, as I lay on the floor\u00a0of the church where I fainted. \u00a0I\u00a0believe I did say “I do”, otherwise I would’nt have received the marriage certificate. \u00a0I never went on a honeymoon. Because of my fainting, I spent the first week of my marriage at the hospital having a million tests, but nothing was ever found. \u00a0My multiplicity was yet to be discovered at that time.<\/span><\/p>\n
Thank you for your thought provoking questions. \u00a0I hope\u00a0your questions were answered.<\/span><\/p>\n
Karen<\/span><\/p>\n
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