Introjects are
personalities who have copied the personality of another person.
This may happen
often with multiples where they have introjects of their abusers. This type of
personality may be just as abusive, threatening and demanding as the original
abuser. The ultimate goal is for protection. It’s as if the personality acts as
a constant reminder of what happened to them and, even if the abuse is no
longer happening, the threat is still there. The personality reminds the person
to continue to obey the abuser in order to stay safe, even if it’s no longer
needed.
Sometimes the
multiple might have a personality who is an introject of the therapist. This
way the person also helps herself in the healing process and can learn to
depend on her own wisdom rather than always on the therapist. She learns to be
her own therapist.
