emotional parts

emotional parts are the parts of the personality that represent the dissociation or that contain the traumatic materials (memories of the trauma , internalized beliefs and perceptions , learned responses , etc ) . emotional parts are often drawn forth by reminders of the trauma and may not experience much of everyday life . because of this , they might be far less developed than ANP .

for those with primary structural dissociation , the EP may be limited to direct results of the trauma . for example , EP are experienced as various aspects of dissociative flashbacks and are often unaware of the present when active . they might be experienced as emotions such as fear , anger , disgust , self hatred , or guilt . they might engage in defensive , offensive , or trauma-related actions such as trying to fight , run , or submit in the face of real or perceived threats or might constantly reenact elements of the trauma such as engaging in compulsive sexual behavior as a response to sexual trauma . often , these elements will be combined in various ways to result in the survivor as an EP feeling completely overwhelmed and disconnected from the individuals objective reality .