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[bacskocky.livejournal.com]

It's people liek this that cause the world of multiples to never be seen for what it truly is

(btw, for those of you who don't know me (pretty much everyone) I'm a non-multiple whose SO is a member of a multiple system)

EDIT:

The purpose of me posting this was not to bash one specific person for their belief on how they should treat my SO. This is jsut the first example I've gotten that is in WRITING of the way so many people think that a few pamphlets, a couple documentaries, and maybe a book or two and they're geniuses on the topic. They're the ones who don't see that whether someone is faking the "disorder" or not, it is often a defense mechanism, not something for purely attention. Even if it IS for attention, maybe teh person believes that surrounding themselves with a large number of peopel on the outside will protect them.

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[cataragon.livejournal.com]

Ignoring the rest of the issue, which I really have no comment on, I really think you are being overly harsh here. Dan does not speak for KAOS, which is a huge, sprawling social group which is really more like a large number of smaller groups linked in odd ways. In my experience, anyway. Which is key here. I really do think you are judging KAOS entirely on your own experience, which is not, I believe, current. Just because it's the same club does not mean it's the same people. Even the few years I've been around the people have changed significantly, and with the people attitudes and norms have changed also.

Yes, some of the treatment Chris has recieved is harsh, but do you really think that in any other social group it would have taken this long to occur? In it's own way, KAOS is also a safe harbour. As well as "pseudo-intellectuals" it is also full of some quite broad-minded and sympathetic people. I would like to think I fall more in that category.

Also for the record, Kaos tends to attract people who have been wounded in one way or another, something to do with being a sort of geek society. And many of those people have mental illnesses of one type or another. I think people tend to get a little too used to it, and lose their sympathy, because this is the fourth time this week they have had to deal with someone's 'issues'.
I should know. I've had my own share of 'issues' to deal with. And I've had to deal with some people's scepticism, and some people's "Oh, God, not this again". I got a reputation for crazy, which I will probably never shake off.
But mostly I got support, and sympathy and a lot of help. The kind of help that goes beyond anything anyone could reasonably be expected to provide.

[pythia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Cat, most of that's pretty much what I was thinking.
'cept I don't think you're crazy. You're too nice to be crazy! :)

[hairymonster.livejournal.com]

Bitter :) Nah, older, wiser. My memories of KAOS are often mixed, some of the best people in my life come from there (GOO, In, H&L, E, Maddog, Conrod, P&V and many others), people who have literally saved my life. But I've also watched as it grew and it started to eat its own young.