Present-Death Suicide (C) 1995
Present-Death Suicide (C) 1995
Present-Death Suicide (C) 1995
I use the term Present-Death as a concept of what is being attempted. To allow the suicidal personality to get what it wants - Death. It gets it by no longer having to live in the present. Once it moves into the past, it then can be trashed. I have had extraordinary success with people trashing memories that they do not wish to remember. Some of my earliest patients have never had a relaps, in over a decade (I still call my first patient from time to time). The theory I use is that they are in charge. They are now adults and no longer have to put up with memories thye do not wish to remember. I ask them to create a garbage can in a sterile room . I have used this technique with each and every patient, although the garbage can has gone through many revitalizations over the years. But the outcome is the same. The patient relieves him or herself of the burden of guilt and other memories, and since these are not remembered, as opposed to forgotten, there is no effort. So, the present-death logistic is to move the current personality into the past, and allow an alter-ego to take up the slack. Once in full control, the previous personality can then be consciously placed into the garbage can for safe storage without any direct effect upon the conscious nor sub-conscious person.