Posted by littleone on April 15, 2007, at 20:46:31
In reply to Re: ......sigh..... transference » littleone, posted by scentedgarden on April 15, 2007, at 10:13:46
I have a few younger parts and I’ve found that different things help different parts.
My youngest part loves to take close up photos of bugs and flowers and things. I have a couple of picture books and one of them came with a tape of it being read. She likes to find special leaves and feathers and watch birds for ages. I have a hanky from my T to help comfort her. I have lots of different types of art stuff (like felt pens, crayons, pencils, etc). I have built a special safe place to hide out in. I have my little soft bird to hold. I have my special Comfort Book which has been very very good and is filled with pictures and stickers and leaves and quotes and things to remember when I’m struggling or feeling bad. It helps the young part to read it and also to add things to it. Very soothing. I have some story books that are really good, like "A Fox Called Sorrow" by Isobelle Carmody. Her little fur series is really good. I have made a big long list of things to do. It’s broken up into things to do when I feel upset or distressed or lonely or bored or other things. Places to visit, things to do. I have some of those little kid sticker books and I know that colouring in helps some people.
At present I am trying to learn to help my 10 year old parts. They like different things. Older books like Harry Potter (although the later ones in the series got scary). We’ve been visiting a special place that has lots of really interesting and educational stuff for kids. This part is very alone and desperately needs friends, so a lot of work with this part has been taking her to the places I like and telling her about them and showing her things I like to do. This is hard to do, but it has helped. She has the broach and a bigger soft toy. She has the little dinosaur. I got a couple of these one person kid games. Kind of like logic games, but they are good for kids. And we just got this thing which is like a block of plaster and it comes with a digging tool and you dig away at it like an archaeologist and find dinosaur bones in there to make up a skeleton. I’m going to do that with her maybe next weekend. The bought stuff isn’t really that important, it’s more about finding a way to be her friend and show her things and pay attention to her. I just find that a little easier by using these games and things.
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