Some persecutor alters are introjects of abusers and may or may not understand that they are not actually the abuser themselves. They might be reenacting abuse or trying to ensure that future abuse isn’t more harmful due to being preceded by a period of relatively little abuse. They might believe that hurting the system or other alters is the only way to control them or teach them how to behave and so prevent further and more extreme abuse from outside abusers. Persecutors might hold self hatred or provide an outlet for internalized abusive and negative messages. Persecutor: Persecutors are alters that purposefully harm the body, system, host, core, or other alters, sabotage the system’s goals or healing, or work to assist the system’s abuser(s). Persecutors are another specific type of protector that are often not seen as such but that protect by harming the system themselves in order to avoid outside harm. Caretaker alters are a unique type of protector that is focused specifically on taking care of younger, weaker, or more vulnerable alters or external children. Sexual protectors might take sexual abuse or attempt to instigate sexual abuse in an attempt to feel more in control of the situation. Emotional protectors might take emotional abuse or comfort other alters to soften the effects of emotional abuse. Verbal protectors might take verbal abuse or lash back verbally in order to counter verbal abuse. Physical protectors might take or try to prevent physical abuse or become aggressive in an attempt to defend against physical abuse. Protector: Protectors are alters that protect the body, system, host, core, or other specific alters or groups of alters. According to the theory of structural dissociation, all hosts are apparently normal parts. This alter might be used to viewing themselves as the only entity in their body and will likely at least at first view themselves as the core. If the host has spent years unaware of the existence of other alters and the trauma that created them, the host might have an extremely hard time coming to accept their DID.
Host alters are responsible for most aspects of daily life, though teams of fronter alters might divide up daily life into more manageable and specialized units such as socialization, academia, work, and taking care of the body. Host alters collectively fall under the category of fronters, or alters who frequently “front” by taking control of the body and the front, conscious part of the mind. Host: The host is the alter that most commonly uses the body. Not all systems have a part that could be identified as a core. There is currently a debate over the existence of cores because it does not easily fit with the theory of structural dissociation. Others see the core as nothing more than the self state that began to integrate sooner than other self states did.
Some see the core as the owner of the system, the part that has the most power and influence over other parts, and the most important part which the other parts were created to protect. The most frequently reported major categories of alter functions are described below.Ĭore: Also known as the original or the original child, the core is considered by some to be the part first born to the body. There are many functions and roles which are common for alters across the systems of individuals with dissociative identity disorder (DID) or other specified dissociative disorder, subtype 1 (OSDD-1).
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