I actually don’t really experience my parts as full-fledged subpersonalities either, though I know some people who do. But if I intentionally try to experience them as such, it seems to make IFS work worse, as I’m trying to fit things into its assumptions rather than experiencing things the way that my mind actually works. “Shards of belief and expectations” seems to be how they manifest in my mind.
I actually don’t really experience my parts as full-fledged subpersonalities either, though I know some people who do. But if I intentionally try to experience them as such, it seems to make IFS work worse, as I’m trying to fit things into its assumptions rather than experiencing things the way that my mind actually works. “Shards of belief and expectations” seems to be how they manifest in my mind.