ASCENDING
ASCENDING & DESCENDING
Taylor had D.I.D.* so did his mother
His father (who is also his grandfather)
babysat when he was 2 It is thought
that Grandpa died in the morning and
that Taylor sat with him and on him
until mother arrived at 5
One day in a session after we called 911 (who didn’t come)
I said: Why the hell don’t you HURRY!
in a flurry of countertransferential rage
Taylor was not impressed: Therapist never say hell it’s a bad word
Later when he was 10 we practised the future:
dating marriage dinners at Olive Garden
a daughter named Brit and a bunker in the
basement for storms or the apocalypse
Therapist: I will protect you
Taylor: But what if they have guns?
Therapist: I will always do the best I can no matter what
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Spring 2013
* Dissociative Identity Disorder: a rare disorder in which two or more
personalities with distinct memories and behavior patterns exist in one
individual; attributed to disruptions in memory caused by trauma
