Our Team
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Annemarie - Core of Us
Annemarie - (birth to age 22) is a core part keeper of our soul, often depressed and fantasizes about death and suicide, anxious and tense, most responsible for being over-weight, has a good relationship with paternal grandmother, becomes overwhelmed, sensitive to noise, secretive, quickly disappointed, centered on self and her privacy, likes to sit or lay still, has abuse nightmares, slow, has trouble leaving the house.
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Jessie - Independence
Jessie – (eighteen years to ageless) first truly independent part, left for school and travel to Norway, sense of power and purpose, idealist, adventurer, sprite and relies on Marie, role definer, self-reliant, understanding of a broader humanity, guides our future and ambitions including the writing, loves to make things by hand, watches over Sarah and Henry.
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Ayn - Most Integrated
Ayn – (seventeen years to 68 years) presented the best "integrated" part, registered for college, writing/some editing, team leader, the best mix of all the parts together, counselor, early interest in psychology and human development, will discuss internal parts with Corey, smooth over system presentation to a public world, finds it easy and fulfilling to take care of people.
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Kate - Capstone Intellectual
Kate – (sixteen years to 65 years) created to capstone formal intellectual needs of high school and college, leadership roles, writing/heavy editing, boss role, commanding, decision-maker, holds higher expectations, likes to take vacations, pragmatic, chief financial officer, goal setter, and watches over Anniemi, non-sexual.
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Ann - Mom and Rich's Sweetie
Ann – (fourteen years to 60 years) negotiated high school socially and emotionally. Somewhat needy, holds lower expectations, Mom, wife, patience, but more unsure of herself, unconditional love and understanding (especially when frustrated), wants a home and to be married, nurturer, feels guilty for not being good enough or deserving, handled parents and marital separation and divorce.
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Kelsie - Project Manager
Kelsie - (twelve to 45 years old) will often help solve complex problems, especially academic ones. She is nervous. She worked at a gas station handling light bookkeeping, cash register, payroll, and customers. She has endurance and giftedness. She handles mental illnesses. She is obsessive, anxious, and compulsive. She is a night owl. She is the hardest worker. She has a natural intellectual ability, is service-oriented, and is in charge of CARF accreditation.
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Jamie - Advocate/Security
Jamie – (eleven years 56 years) creates a response to early sexual cues with same-age kids. She does some of the writing/organizing, states the least amount of trust for the outside world, charts, etc., helps with younger parts when they are dealing with the outside world, has dry humor, will help Kate with money tasks, easily annoyed, she is bi-sexual, toughest of us, was athletic before weight gain and smoking.
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Corey - Writer
Corey – (ten years to 48 years) responded to depressive withdrawn years after the "real" Sarah died, will do basic journalistic writing, is server and first babysitter, can get overwhelmed and confused, most introverted, relies on Marie, likes to summarize, often thinks about hiring help, asks questions, and loves cuddling on rainy days with friend or book.
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Sarah - Happiness and Care
Sarah – (eight years to 40 years old) held their first spontaneous school/scout friendship, but her friend Sarah died. She has our faith, happiness, and humor, is creative, watches younger parts while older parts are working, keeps health and safety balanced, is playful, is sunny and loves the outdoors, loves the recorder and singing, is most imaginative, and likes to take pictures.
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Lissa - Silent but Studious
Lissa – (seven years to 38 years) receiver of "punishments," does not talk, is very isolated, and shows signs of neglect, responsible for the interest in learning and does a lot of research, books, and library, biggest reader, very curious and loves to learn, tied with Ann for wanting house, plays and enjoys music, enjoys especially the piano, will feed Corey lists, enjoys going out to eat with the Casies, loves to drive, will use self-destruction to get system to hospital rather than change suicidal behavior.
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Henry - Matched to Oldest Son
Henry – (six yearsH to 44 years), our early "runner" to avoid abuse and later cross-country skier, non-sexual, the only male in the system, ideal man and seeks solutions, assists Sarah with the younger part's needs and protection, like to fix things, competent, steps in to help with housework, does computer uploading, downloading and a variety of the more complex computer processes, is athletic like Jamie, seems to maintain the age of oldest "external" son.
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Anniemi - Ombudsman - Fair
Anniemi – (five years to 38 years) formal "front" part shown to early school in response to problems with the Casies handling kindergarten, church, and home, nervous about the need to be good, not bad, ombudsman, deals with fairness and compromise, negotiations and complaints, sometimes stutters, tries to study and help, but sometimes it seems with blinders on. Often starts and stops projects out of confusion, is forgetful, quickly assumes a position of rejection, feels devoted to Sr. Tess and is close to Dear Heart (Annemarie), sometimes suicidal, a memory of childhood stories.
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KC - Rejecting of Harm
KC – (four years to 12 years), twin to Casey, rejected sexual abuse as wrong/inadequate and watches over body systems (hunger, tired, pain, washroom, and medications) with Casey. She is more negative but often realistic and gets frustrated and angry quickly. Her favorite word is "NO!" Collusive, loves ice cream, helpful, feels shame, overly responsible for her age, first guardian over early relationships, stopped hugs and kisses from family members, system's buoy or thermometer.
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Casey - Littles' Communicator
Casey – (two and a half years to seven years) senses danger, holds severe pain, is physically abused, Hides her face and rocks, and is non-communicative. Guided by Marie, she will hide and curl up like Mimi. She has a sense of mystery, is inquisitive, and holds an early relationship with her paternal grandmother (non-abusive).
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Anna - Amazed
Anna – (two and a half years to seven years) senses danger, holds severe pain, is physically abused, Hides her face and rocks, and is non-communicative. Guided by Marie, she will hide and curl up like Mimi. She has a sense of mystery, is inquisitive, and holds an early relationship with her paternal grandmother (non-abusive).
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Marie - Internal Caretaker
Marie – (two to ageless) –internal self-helper, sense of knowledge, consciousness, understands switches, internal answers, and history, never is out by self, but is apparent in our rocking, and knows internal needs of the system.
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Gracie - Disappearing
Gracie – (one and a half years to five years) Severe manipulation of the genitals makes our body rigid, easily paralyzed and catatonic, hyperventilates, fear, will close our system (cause minds to disconnect), makes guttural sounds from her throat, weary and fearful, played with neighbor Carol Ann.
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Crystal - Autistic
Crystal – (eight months to four years) inability to breathe, startles, thrashes, autistic, choked by ejaculations, smothered because of screaming, seizure-like, is hyper-alert.
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Mimi - Sleepiness
Mimi – (three months to three years), inability to hold consciousness, sleepy, calmed by massages, given alcohol to body parts to suckle on and keep quiet
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Embry - May She Rest in Peace
Embry – (0-0 months), the only part of us that died at birth. She was a twin of Mimi's. Responsible for Ann's system of devotion and dedication. We do things in her name. She was symbolically buried in 1992(3) near the old tank at Bunker Prairie Park, in MN, where we cross-country skied in high school.
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Anns' System - Aynetal3
Anns, we are now 65 in body years (2024). This system's roles have been updated but still need to be revised. We need help with what each of us is into. We often go by the names of Ann or Annemarie and reach out to other parts of us to figure out what is happening, where, and when—more updates to come.