New alters in our System
often appear at night. We have a sign posted on our refrigerator
to try to help them get oriented ASAP.
If you are out alone
and you are confused, go get the Silkies Info Book. It is a big blue
book in the living room on top of the bookshelf. It has all sorts
of stuff to help you feel less confused and scared.
If you are a little,
ask for a big to come and help you. Ask for Carolyn, or Faye, or
Cheryl, or the Protector. You can say the name out loud or just think
it in your head. If no one can come out to help you, go to the phone
and dial these numbers until you get someone. Tell them you are Carolyn,
and then tell them your name if you have one, but tell them you need help.
These are safe people, and here are their names and phone numbers.
Names of therapist
and friends with phone numbers.
If you don't know
how to use the phone, go to it, pick up the top part, and push the button
with 9, then the button with 1, and then press the button with 1 again.
If that seems too hard, just push the button with the big 0. Someone
will answer. Tell them you need help, and they will help you.
So far, this system has worked very well for us. Newly out alters then go to the Silkies Info Book. This is the introductory section.
Hi! You are probably wondering what this is all about, and we will try to explain part of it to you in this book. Take this book, grab a stuffie or a blanket if you wish, sit down, and get ready to learn some fun stuff.
This may come as a bit of a surprise, but you are one member of a System called Silkies. There are many others just like you. We all share the same body. When someone is "out" that means that they have body time; they make the body do things like listen, and talk, and type on the computer, and hug stuffies, and play with toys, and use the phone, and eat. Sometimes we are out alone, and sometimes we are out with others. When we are not out, we can sleep, or play, or sing, or listen, or whatever we want to do. The main people who are out are Carolyn, and Faye, and Barbara. They are all bigs, which means that they are adults. We have people of all ages in our system, including lots of kids called littles, like Candy, Katie, and Us.
The body name is Carolyn Rachael Gyger. The body is 50 years old. We who share the body call ourselves alters or people, and most of us have names, but not everyone has decided to have a name. If you don't have a name, you can have whatever name you want. If you don't want to have a name, that is all right, too.
Now for some important
stuff. We live in a house at (our home address). The house
is warm in winter and cool in summer. There is always plenty of food
in the house. This is a very safe place. Our telephone number
is (phone number).
EMAIL.
Original music composed by Tom Williams III,
Copyright © 1996-98 Dreamsharer Music,
Ltd.
Used With Permission of the Composer.
