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My therapist helped me realize I was phobic of my parts when we started doing dissociative table work. I didn’t have good communication but it started to come over time as I started talking to them. I think I talked to them every day for a few weeks before I got a response. It helped to tell the littles that we were going to watch a cartoon together and then sit down and watch the whole show even when I didn’t feel them. After doing that, my 8 year old happily reported to my therapist that I was letting her watch tv even though she hadn’t let me know that she was watching. As I did things for them they started to learn that I didn’t hate them and started to slowly come out more. My therapist suggested buying my favorite childhood foods for them and they liked that idea too. It gets easier and even though it feels like you’re talking to nobody, they are listening and it is healing for them! ?
My favorite foods-strawberry popsicles (25 cal), mac and cheese, fried chicken. Yep, food is really a pleaser, as is G rated shows. I went to a concert and invited my parts to listen, went to the movie and did the same, and worked with clay, paints, and pastels....all very helpful.