finding out that my fists can be injured when punching things was a very jarring moment in my life. how can these weapons of destruction be destroyed themselves in their use? how can these hands… catch themselves…
Welcome to Understanding Dissociated Parts: All About Introjects! This is a general overview of introjects–the specifics are going to be a bit different for each person!
Some additional information:
Introjects do not have control over how they form and what beliefs they hold, but in the case of negative or harmful beliefs, they can be worked through in therapy
Introjects can take the form of real people and fictional characters, but they are not those people or characters (no matter how good of a copy they may be)
Introjects may experience “pseudo-memories,” or a transference of memories from their source. For example, they may long to return to a place you have never been (or that doesn’t exist), or mourn the absence of the friends/family of their source. These are real feelings put into the context of constructed memories, and should be handled sensitively (Don’t just tell them “It wasn’t real, get over it.”)
As always, the most important thing is to foster communication and compassion between parts!
[Missed part 1 of the series? Check it out here!]
[For more Casual Explanations, check out the masterpost!]
Happy birthday to my best friend Bean. You're like a brother to me and without you I don't know where I'd be or what I'd do. Keep being yourself, I like you
HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY JAMES+BEAN FROM @themythsystem !!! You guys are absolutely wonderful and you deserve all the loce and respect you recieve and you deserve everything in the world!!! We really appreciate you guys and we love you so much!! 💞💞🎆🎆🎂🎂 -the starling system