A Theory and Treatment of Your Personality. Garry Flint
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stimulation triggers additional activity into the Active Experience, the additional activity disorganizes the Active Experience. This disorganization is like a texture or ripple that affects the entire Active Experience (see Figure 3-14). The disorganization or more complex activity causes the creation of a new memory structure or a change in the structure of the trauma issue being treated. The new memory structure is created to take into account all the active memories in the Active Experience. With a memory event, the newly created memory structure in the disorganized Active Experience is different from the original memory structure of the trauma issue. Because of this, the Emotion Memories associated with the structure of the trauma issue are not replaced. The disorganization of the Active Experience due to disruptions in either the external or internal treatment setting can be a barrier to successful treatment.
In treatment, we want the structure of the trauma issue to remain unchanged. However, disorganization constantly changes the structure of the trauma issue and creates new, unique structures and collages. These new structures are not lasting memories because the structures are changing. A single memory event with a unique structure is not enough to cause lasting memories. Remember, the patient is still thinking about the trauma issue. However, after a memory event in the presence of disorganization, when the patient recalls the trauma issue into the Active Experience again, he or she does not feel any change in the painful memory. The memory event did not operate on the structure of the trauma memory. The treatment process is not working. You will feel the emotion remain constant. By removing the memories in the Active Experience causing the barrier to treatment (the cause of the disorganization), the treatment process will work again.
Integration or joining of parts
The reason for treating the pain of a part is to get the part ready, without pain, to join with the Main Personality (see Figure 3-15). This joining process is called integration. The following metaphor describes joining or integrating a part with the Main Personality. The trauma part and Main Personality get close together and the trauma part and Main Personality share their entire histories with each other until each has the same history.
Then, the Main Personality knows everything the trauma part knows and the trauma part knows everything the Main Personality knows. The major benefit of this joining of memories is that, because memories create behavior and filters for experience, both parts can now run the body at the same time without conflicts. Also, all the knowledge, wisdom and understanding memories of the trauma part, after joining with the Main Personality, are available to contribute to behavior in appropriate situations.
All trauma parts have helpful protection information and coping behavior. If these positive qualities of the parts are not strengthened with positive emotions, the information or skill may be lost. Therefore, before the integration process, the subconscious is asked to associate positive emotions with any positive coping behaviors or information in the part formerly motivated by negative emotions. By doing this, the positive coping behavior and protective information will be more noticeable in the behavior created by the Main Personality. When all the parts and aspects have joined with the Main Personality, all the integrated experiences from the entire personality are used correctly and appropriately when creating behavior.
Sometimes, parts worry that they will lose their identity when they integrate (see Figure 3-16). This does not happen. At the beginning of the trauma that created an amnesic part, the brain mobilized and created a new, unique memory structure. This new memory structure is different from all other trauma parts, (or previous memory structures) and the Main Personality. With integration, the trauma part and the Main Personality exchange memories until they both have the same memory associations. All integrated parts have the same memory associations. However, the memory structures of the integrated parts do not change, but remain unique.
It is important to mention that integration does not always last. If a person experiences another trauma and there are enough similarities to the original trauma of some part, that part could separate from the Main Personality and become active and problematic again. However, all parts integrated usually remain integrated. They will all experience both satisfaction and pain and will want to contribute to getting more satisfaction and having less pain.
Summary — Moving from trauma to treatment
The Main Personality has memories from conception to the present time (see Figure 3-17). During your lifetime, there can be traumas in utero, at birth, during the preverbal period and, later, throughout adulthood. When the trauma is severe, amnesic or dissociative parts can be created. The treatment process results in removing the pain from trauma memories and trauma parts. After treatment, positive emotions are associated to good coping behaviors and protective information to make these skills more available for creating behavior. After joining a part with the Main Personality, the positive emotions will motivate the good behaviors to be active as necessary in the creation of behavior.
If you feel that you do not fully understand the information in this section, either read this section again or trust that your subconscious and all of your aspects have understood it. The Process Healing Method has been presented in a similar way to people of all ages. I assume the subconscious and most of your parts have some understanding of this section.
Now we are moving on to explain the advantages of treating and integrating all aspects of the personality.
3-3 The advantages of treatment
Now, I do not know if you have dissociative or amnesic parts, intense traumatic memories, Ego States, or any other complex structures. However, I will talk to you as though you do have parts to ensure I give respect to your entire personality. I call these memories “aspects” or “parts” and use the words parts and aspects interchangeably. There are advantages to getting treatment, and I am going to tell you and your aspects about these advantages. I am doing this so you can decide if you want to join what I call the Treatment Team and eventually be treated. If you feel like joining the Treatment Team right now, please form a Treatment Team and join it. There are six reasons for getting treatment and joining the Main Personality:
1. To get more satisfaction and less pain
The most important reason for treatment is that all aspects of your personality can get more satisfaction and experience less pain. I know that most of your aspects want more satisfaction and less pain. Those who want more pain and less satisfaction will be worked with later.
2. To stop intrusions
Some parts think that they have to give you pain, pictures, or verbal comments to protect you (see Figure 3-18). This is not true. These intrusions caused by pain from the past can reduce or eliminate happiness and satisfaction and get in the way of or distort life in the present. Suppose you were applying for a job and the interviewer was a person who looked like someone who hurt you in the past. The anger that you might feel, an intrusion by that part, would affect you and interfere with a good job interview. Parts are important because their knowledge, wisdom, and understanding can be used to create decisions and behavior. Experiencing the old pain and beliefs associated with the parts will only distort and interfere with life in the present. By treating the pain and joining that part with the Main Personality, the Main Personality will have the part’s knowledge, wisdom, and understanding to help you. By joining the Treatment Team, parts take a large step toward getting more satisfaction and having less pain in life.