Someday, I’m going to have to tell the whole story of the last few weeks of my life from my perspective. It was really interesting getting a chance to see what paranoid thinking looks like from outside, as opposed from inside. It also brought me face to face with the reality that I have DID. There have been all sorts of hints of this.. from a few lost seconds an hour to police reports talking about multiple personalities being visible to hours where I wasn’t present. I was resisting the diagnosis, first because I thought it would make it impossible for me to continue my IT career (that remains to be seen), second because it’s supposed to be *incredibly rare* and I didn’t think that lightning would happen to choose to strike me.<\/p>\n
But, someone talked to me on the phone during a blackout, and there was more than one me to talk to. That’s pretty definitive. <\/p>\n
One of the realities that I’ve been facing a lot lately is that there probably is a wall between my conscious experience and whatever world I’m immersed in that is shaping my experience of that world, as well as a second virtual wall that is the result of my former beliefs. At this point I would say I’ve faced a couple of my biggest fears and not only survived them, but came out feeling better about myself (although a bit concerned about the sanity of a couple of my friends, at least in my CE)<\/p>\n
That is interesting to be insofar as Pink Floyd has a whole album about the idea of such a wall (called, unsuprisingly, The Wall). I can’t help but find the lyrics of the last track hopeful:<\/p>\n
All alone, or in twos,
\nThe ones who really love you
\nWalk up and down outside the wall.
\nSome hand in hand
\nAnd some gathered together in bands.
\nThe bleeding hearts and artists
\nMake their stand.
\nAnd when they’ve given you their all
\nSome stagger and fall, after all it’s not easy
\nBanging your heart against some mad bugger’s wall.<\/p>\n
I do feel like I have a good idea how to remove said wall. One piece I really need to hold onto, really tight, for everyone’s best interests (mine included) is that what I’m looking for is something in the future, not something in the past. And that expecting someone to already be what they will become makes no sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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