Dissociation : Vol. 9, No. 1 (March 1996)

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    Dissociation : Vol. 9, No. 1, p. 048-059 : Switching: Part I an investigation using experimental phenomenology
    (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1996-03) Beere, Don
    Seven descriptions of externally precipitated switching from one personality to another were analyzed using experimental phenomenology. The results, cross-checked with nine other descriptions, indicate that switching occurs when reality events are proceeding toward a possible outcome of significance to a non-executive alter. As the outcome becomes more realizable, the non-executive alter becomes more energized and might influence the executive alter covertly to increase the likelihood of the outcome. When the outcome might really occur, intensity exceeds a threshold for the current executive alter and the non-executive alter takes control of the body. The process appears to be a loss of control for the prior alter and an assumption of control by the second. The results suggest that identity is a more significant factor in switching than state or emotion. Switching seems not solely a defense nor a mechanism to cope with intolerably negative states.
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    Dissociation : Vol. 9, No. 1, p. 060-067 : Switching: Part II theoretical implications of an investigation using experimental phenomenology
    (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1996-03) Beere, Don
    In a previous paper (Beere, 1996), experimental phenomenology was used to research the experience of switching from one personality to another. That paper focused exclusively on the results of that research. This paper will discuss the theoretical implications of the results reported in that previous paper.