--- title: "4 Alter Quotes By Alison Miller" description: "4 Alter quotes by Alison Miller. Plus more from Alison Miller and more Alter sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/alison-miller-20257_alter_in-fact-rather-than-being-more-than-the_818360.jpg" --- > [“In fact, rather than being "more" than the others, the ANP is generally one that is very limited, with little power in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/in-fact-rather-than-being-more-than-the-others-the-anp-is-generally/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/alison-miller-20257_alter_in-fact-rather-than-being-more-than-the_818360.jpg) > [“Those who are aware of their condition and experience themselves as "multiple" might refer to themselves as "we" rather than "I." I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/those-who-are-aware-of-their-condition-and-experience-themselves-as/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/566/alison-miller-20257_alter_those-who-are-aware-of-their-condition-a_1597251.jpg) > [“It is unlikely that one ANP will serve as a constant throughout the person's life. Your client is, therefore, likely to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/it-is-unlikely-that-one-anp-will-serve-as-a-constant-throughout-the/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39e/alison-miller-20257_alter_it-is-unlikely-that-one-anp-will-serve-a_2567397.jpg) > [“The "apparently normal personality" - the alter you view as "the client" You should not assume that the adult who function in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/the-apparently-normal-personality-the-alter-you-view-as-the-client/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/alison-miller-20257_alter_the-apparently-normal-personality-the-al_2718628.jpg) ## More by Alison Miller > [“Ritually abusive groups also convince children that something evil has been put inside them. For example, a child is made to believe he or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/ritually-abusive-groups-also-convince-children-that-something-evil/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) > [“What daily life is like for “a multiple” Imagine that you have periods of “lost time.” You may find writings or drawings which you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/what-daily-life-is-like-for-a-multiple-imagine-that-you-have-periods/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) > [“Besides stage magic props and settings, ritually abusing groups use technology, such as that described by Katz and Fotheringham. Military/political groups have the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/besides-stage-magic-props-and-settings-ritually-abusing-groups-use/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) > [“The child who attends school does not remember the abuse that happens at home or via the family; those memories are held in another part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/the-child-who-attends-school-does-not-remember-the-abuse-that-happens/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) > [“In my client who had confessed her “alien abduction” experience, an alter had been instructed that if she began to remember the ritual abuse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/in-my-client-who-had-confessed-her-alien-abduction-experience-an/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) > [“After a victim is made to participate in an act of evil, the people in charge put a lot of energy into convincing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/after-a-victim-is-made-to-participate-in-an-act-of-evil-the-people-in/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) > [“In fact, rather than being "more" than the others, the ANP is generally one that is very limited, with little power in the system,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/in-fact-rather-than-being-more-than-the-others-the-anp-is-generally/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) > [“Because the problem of ritual abuse and mind control has not gone away - the survivors are still there - many more therapists have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/because-the-problem-of-ritual-abuse-and-mind-control-has-not-gone/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) > [“When one of my early teachers, for instance, recognized that many ritually abused clients were still being abused while in treatment, she insisted that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/when-one-of-my-early-teachers-for-instance-recognized-that-many/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) > [“Punishments include such things as flashbacks, flooding of unbearable emotions, painful body memories, flooding of memories in which the survivor perpetrated against others, self-harm,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/punishments-include-such-things-as-flashbacks-flooding-of-unbearable/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) > [“I recently consulted to a therapist who felt he had accomplished something by getting his dissociative client to remain in her ANP throughout her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/i-recently-consulted-to-a-therapist-who-felt-he-had-accomplished/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) > [“A child who is being abused on an ongoing basis needs to be able to function despite the trauma that dominates his or her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/a-child-who-is-being-abused-on-an-ongoing-basis-needs-to-be-able-to/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) > [“Denial is commonly found among persons with dissociative disorders. My favorite quotation from such a client is, "We are not multiple, we made it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/denial-is-commonly-found-among-persons-with-dissociative-disorders-my/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) > [“Also, look for “floating alters.” These are not deliberately created parts of the system, but alters that were accidentally split off at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/also-look-for-floating-alters-these-are-not-deliberately-created/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) > [“Then, suddenly, the work became dangerous, not only for clients but for therapists as well. A well-funded, highly organized opposition appeared, seemingly out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/then-suddenly-the-work-became-dangerous-not-only-for-clients-but-for/) [Alison Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-miller/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alter/alison-miller/#itemlist", "name": "4 Alter Quotes By Alison Miller", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In fact, rather than being \"more\" than the others, the ANP is generally one that is very limited, with little power in the system, little memory of what happened, and limited energy or emotions.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alison Miller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-miller/in-fact-rather-than-being-more-than-the-others-the-anp-is-generally/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/alison-miller-20257_alter_in-fact-rather-than-being-more-than-the_818360.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/alison-miller-20257_alter_in-fact-rather-than-being-more-than-the_818360.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/alison-miller-20257_alter_in-fact-rather-than-being-more-than-the_818360.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In fact, rather than being \"more\" than the others, the ANP is generally one that is very limited, with…” — Alison Miller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Those who are aware of their condition and experience themselves as \"multiple\" might refer to themselves as \"we\" rather than \"I.\" I shall use the term \"multiple\" at times, in respect for their internal experience. It is important to point out, however, that I recognize that someone who is multiple is actually a single fragmented person rather than many people. On the outside, a multiple is probably not visibly different from anyone else. But that image is only an imitation: people who are multiple cannot think like the rest of us, and we cannot think like them. (In fact, since it is difficult for the multiple to understand how singletons think, some of them might think that is is you who are strange). Just as a singleton cannot become a multiple at will, a multiple cannot become a singleton until and unless the barriers between the parts of the self are removed. Those barriers were put up to enable the child to tolerate, and so survive, unavoidable abuse. p20 [Multiple: a person with dissociative identity disorder (DID) or DDNOS. 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