Exiles: Young, vulnerable parts that carry the burden of past experiences. In an effort to ‘move on’ from painful experiences, we exile the associated memories and emotions by burying them deep in our subconscious. Exiles are also created when we bury undesirable aspects of our personality that don’t appear to fit in with our surrounding social structure. Our Managers attempt to keep our Exiles buried by preventing us our Exiles from being triggered, while our Firefighters attempt to deflect attention from our Exiles when they are triggered.
Firefighters: Powerful protector parts that do whatever it takes to divert attention from feeling vulnerable when an Exile is triggered. Firefighters achieve this through learned behaviors and involuntary physical reactions. The list of possible firefighting tendencies is long and varies from person to person.
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