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\nComment by Kellie on 27 Mar 2010 at 4:41 am<\/span><\/p>\n
Hi Karen,<\/span><\/p>\n
Just wanted to say that your book is one of my favourite reads. It is a true testament to the capabilities of the human brain to be able to organise itself in such a way as to protect itself.<\/span><\/p>\n
I am so glad that you and Dr Baer have succeeded in integrating the alters and I am sure that there are still times when you miss them.<\/span><\/p>\n
Best wishes for the future Karen.<\/span><\/p>\n
Kellie, Newcastle, Australia<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Dear Kellie,<\/span><\/p>\n
Thank you! I admit at times I miss my alters, but not in the way they once were. Integration is the merging of all alters into one complete personality. For me, each alter was one part of a whole, and not until integration did I feel complete as one woman. I believe my alters are me. And I am them.<\/span><\/p>\n
I often describe my alters as pieces of an interlocking puzzle; without all the pieces, I would not be complete. My alters continue to be a part of my everyday life just not in the separate form they once were. \u00a0Time and again I would feel some small difference and assume that it came from one particular alter, and then as quickly as that thought would appear it would disappear. For example, once in a while a feeling would come over me, such as a simple desire or taste, that is out of my norm. It’s then I would think a former alter must have owned that feeling. All that I’ve experienced continues to be a mystery to me.<\/span><\/p>\n
Thank you for your well wishes. <\/span><\/p>\n
Karen<\/span><\/p>\n
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