Today I was reminded of this rather excellent piece by the Vickis.
> "[R]eal" doesnt' really matter. What matters is "works". Does it _work_ if you treat those voices as other parts, or alters? Does it work if you listen to what they have to say, treat them respectfully as "valid" points of view? Does it work to let those voices out to tell their own story in their own words, to feel their feelings? Does it work to slowly begin to reparent them, to create an inner sense of safety?
https://web.archive.org/web/20031130005715/http://www.asarian.org/~vickis/label.html