How do you feel about parks work/IFS as someone with DID?
I see people online- or occasionally talk to someone in a mental health setting- and the topic of “parts” comes up.
on a logical level I understand how parts work would help anyone but I have this weird obsession over it and how non-DID people are like “creating” a system. I know it’s genuinely none of my business and I don’t bring it up to people.
I also know that it kind of helps me because when other people say “part of me” or “my inner child” it makes it easier for me to talk about my parts without “outing” myself as a system. But sometimes people will say like “my 11 year old part” “my 16 year old part” my whatever X age part. and i’m like.. is that part of IFS too? that feels weird to say that about yourself if you don’t have DID and you don’t have those parts for real?
my teenage parts feel stuck. and it’s like annoying to see people kind of talk about it in this sort of light and fluffy way like oh i just love nurturing my inner child and i love healing my inner teenager and it’s like.. I don’t? i AM that teenager and it sucks ass. there’s not a lot of fun sisterly bonding or something.
idk. there’s a “part of me” that feels like it makes it even harder to understand myself because apparently everyone has these parts in their head, so what makes me so different? it’s clearly all the same?
i’d love to hear your opinions
(written by our 30 year old and 14 year old parts)
thanks :)