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I've been in IFS therapy for a bit.

I agree have a similar experience as you, I think. I don't take the "parts" too literally—and it was deeply uncomfortable to think about myself that way in the first few sessions while working on, well, the presenting issues. I adjusted and got more comfortable with it over time, and just see it as an easier way to have more precise communication (and also some internal introspection) in the frame of therapy.

It feels like an applied irl Inside Out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Out_(2015_film)




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