A psychologist told me that the newer “version” of this is Coherence Therapy. I’ve only just started to read up on this.
I’ve gotten enormous benefit just from being aware of the my “parts” without even distinguishing b/t what role they play. Just realizing that what they aren’t having the effect they THINK they are.
Seems like directly entering a Catastrophic situation (burning hand on hot stove) without going through Distress would lead to a more severe Manager (or Exile) like PTSD. I.e, a soldier walking into a firefight & being vs. being shot by sniper. Related: losing a limb suddenly vs. having it amputated (with advance warning) seems to make it more likely you’d have Phantom Limb pain b/c your mind never registered the limb was missing.