Mapping your Emotional Parts

[Northman]

I`m starting to do it, and have found some, but are finding it very hard.
How did you guys start? What kind of techniques did you use?   

[Kizzie]

Not quite sure what you mean by emotional parts - can you clarify please?

[Northman]

In the theory of structural dissociation of the personality they talk about ANPs (apparently normal personality) and EPs (emotional parts). A person with PTSD will have one ANP and one EP (the trauma). A person with complex PTDS wil have one ANP and many EP. In DID you have both more than one ANP and many EP.
I have only one ANP that handle everyday life and manage the rest of my parts. But i also have problems with mapping the EP and understand them.

[Kizzie]

OK I see.  Can you give the link for that article so members can read through and respond?  (I remember the article this theory comes from but I'm just about to head out or would find it myself). Tks.

[Northman]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/16172081/
If you search on Google for structual dissosiation. You find some pictures that explain it as well.

[Northman]

http://did-research.org/origin/structural_dissociation/secondary.html
This one I though explained it very good.

[Kizzie]

OK, tks - will read and respond when I get a chance. (Son is home for the holidays so I'm out & about a lot more than usual.)

[Kizzie]

Actually, while I think of it there's a workbook for dealing with dissociation many of us have used - Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation. 

Another one some of us have read and found helpful is Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors.

There are also a number of books about something called "family systems therapy" although I don't have a particular book title at my fingertips - perhaps another member does.

[Snowdrop]

The book "Internal Family Systems Therapy (second edition)" by Richard Schwartz and Martha Sweezy is excellent, and I've found it extremely helpful.

There's also a video here (part 1 of 4): https://youtu.be/2UfmGwENz9M.