Parts may disagree about what is safe or dangerous because they have had different experiences and may have different priorities within the system.
For example, a young part whose focus is maintaining connection with a caregiver may want to pursue relationships with people they believe are nurturing. At the same time, a protector part may hold memories of times when caregivers were dangerous and may feel alarmed about forming new relationships.
Because parts are working from different memories and goals, they may reach different conclusions about what is safe.
This page is part of the How Can I Improve Communication in a Dissociative System? section of the CommuniDID site, which explains how internal communication develops and how parts gradually learn to cooperate, repair conflict, and build trust.
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