A SP in charge of expressing
anger
C, a young woman with DID, once expressed her uneasiness
and anxiety that she experiences these days. The therapist could not take note
of the fact that this anxiety state could be understood as an anniversary reaction
to her past trauma that occurred around that time of the year. C expected that
the therapist would understand the situation, but he instead kept asking her
irrelevant questions in order to make sense out her current anxiety state. C
gradually became “nauseated” and felt that “something is about to come out of
her guts”, that she cannot really suppress, and then lost consciousness. Few
seconds later, very disgruntled SP showed up, rudely asked the therapist to
correctly remember C’s past crucial events in her life, accusing him of his absent
mindedness about the issue of the potential anniversary reaction that he should
be expecting to occur. The SP then left the therapist’s office, almost slamming
the door. Later, SP seemed to have switched back to C in the waiting area an left
a message for the therapist at the front desk, apologizing him for what seems
to have been a very rude behavior and remarks SP made, that she could only
dimly remember as she was observing the scene deep inside.
