I must admit, that I put off writing this section the longest. I am a co-conscious multiple and desire for people to understand what exactly this means, but when researching for this page, I found precious few. I am telling you this so you know, I have no resources to refer you to for further information and everything mentioned here is my own thought and personal experience.
Most everyone that thinks of Multiple Personality Disorder tends to think of the multiple as someone who loses track of time or suffers amnesia when different alters are out and in control of the body. If you consult the DSMV-IV it will also tell you that is a requirement. For many multiples this is true, but not for all. I know first hand that Co-Consciousness is also a reality.
Now, with that said, let me attempt to explain just what Co-Consciousness means. It is when all or most of the personalities within the person's system, cooperate as a group. The different alters are aware of the others, share and pass along information, and can even see what goes on if they choose, when they are not the person out in control of the body. The best way I know to describe how this works is to ask you to imagine being in a theatre, in front of the stage. From that viewpoint, you can see all the actors and props up close and firsthand. Now picture standing at the very back of this large theatre, what the view from this vantage point might be. You could still see and hear everything, however, it would not be as lucid or meaningful as it was in front of the stage. For the multiple, being in front of the stage is similiar to being out and in control of the body, and being in the back is similiar to experiecing what is taking place externally, from the inside.
Every multiple has their own unique system and map inside as I stated a previous page. My system uses a revolving door as the means to go in and out of control of the body.
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