What are the roles of alters?

Alters may hold unexpected roles, such as a child part handling finances or presenting in a persecutory manner. While fragments may be defined by their roles, other parts may be able to act in more complex and less reactive ways.

Can your alters be fictional characters?

There are many different types of alters in dissociative identity disorder (DID), including fictional introjects (Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder Alters). Fictional introjects, also called fictives, are alters that are based off of fictional people or characters.

What is an alter in DID?

“Alters” are the person’s alternate personalities. Some people with DID have up to 100 alters. Alters tend to be very different from one another. The identities might have different genders, ethnicities, interests and ways of interacting with their environments.

What is an Introject alter?

This is when a system member is based off of an external figure such as an object, person, or character. In Dissociative Identity Disorder or Other Specified Dissociative Disorder, these system members are commonly called introject alters or copy alters.

What kind of alters are there?

List of Types of Alter

• Animal Alters. Abused children may develop animal parts/alters because they identify with animals and consider them friends.
• Abuser alter/ Persecutor. See Persecutor.
• Baby and infant alters.
• Caretaker/Soother.
• Child alters / Littles.
• Core / Original.
• Dead alter.
• Demon, Demonic and ‘Evil’ Alters.

How are alters created?

Often alters are created who express impulses perceived as forbidden by the child, such as anger, defiance, promiscuity, or violence. The names of the alters often have a symbolic meaning. For example, Melody might be the name of a personality who expresses herself through music.

Can people with DID have alters based on real people?

Alters that are fictional characters and alters that are based off of real people can definitely exist in this disorder. These alters are known as “introjects.”

What type of alters are there?

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Why do alters integrate?

Alters may want to integrate so that they no longer miss out on so much of the system’s life, so that their emotional range is no longer limited, or so that they can consistently contribute to the system’s functioning and safety.

What is role play?

Role playing takes place in small groups, where each actor is given a specific character or role to take on for the assigned period. Within the role play – aside from assigning characters such as mother, friend, and classmate – there’s also a prescribed situation within which the various characters will interact.

What happens when you role-play a potential client?

For instance, if the aim of your role-play is to practice a sales meeting, the person playing the role of the potential client could start as an ideal client, and, through a series of scenarios, could become increasingly hostile and difficult.

How do I get more rpers to engage with my OC?

When you keep hitting dead ends with interactions, try sending out Open Posts that will tempt RPers to engage with your OC. Make sure to attach an image or a gif to the post as our attention is naturally drawn to pictures before words. Establishing interactions with images is a great way to show your OC’s personality.

What makes a good OC in a Rp?

This can include their personality traits, exciting line of work, or even quirks that make them great to interact with. Because an OC is your own character, help others get to know them better. OCs usually have a harder time finding RP interactions, so do everything you can to sell them to potential partners.