**** BEWARE - THIS COULD BE TOO INTENSE FOR SOME ****


I apologize in advance to anyone with an alter family inside who
accidentally reads this. Please be aware that I will be asking a
question that could be traumatic for some to read.

My spouse is once again hospitalized to keep her safe as she is
feeling extremely suicidal. An ongoing challenge has been dealing
with one of her alters, a male one, that is tormeting the others. He
is an imprint of one of the primary abusers and has been threatening
my spouse's therapist with bodily harm to him and his family.
Furthermore, he has "killed" some of the other alters as a way to get
back at the therapist.

I don't know what the implications are of one alter killing another.
When I think of it as a "single", it would seem that my wife
struggling with some of the worst parts of her long-term abuse and
coming to grips with the huge pain that is being unearthed in her
recovery process. Perhaps she is so horrified at the realization that
she is fighting with herself to avoid it.

Does anyone have experience with this?