musings (X-posted to my own journal)

[ricktboy.livejournal.com]

I wonder how many people i have inside me, considering i seem to "create" people based upon my stimulus. i notice, that i end up having parts of my personality that is way too much like other people/fictional characters than i'd care to think about. I tend to mimic people, and more than just their voices, accents, etc. now i'm mimicing their personalities too. i don't mean to, i just absorb people, i guess...*shrug* that's why im online, each person inside can be themselves, and create their own lives, friendships, etc...

Comments

[ricktboy.livejournal.com]

I never said I have DID in this post, and I don't think I ever said I have it. I don't think I do, although I do exhibit signs and symptoms. I don't "believe" I have anything. I've been told numerous things, one being that I have borderline personality disorder. I dislike diagnoses, and I dislike the mental health community for the most part. I know I am multiple, whether or not that means I have a "disorder" is irrelevant. and these were simply musings, from one of many within.

Maybe I don't know myself well, and maybe it is a defense mechanism to mimic, those things are okay, and so is being multiple, i'm slowly learning.

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

"Becoming" or mimicking other people is normal -- everybody does it, many people aren't even aware they do it. Children do it all the time, it's called modeling -- it's how they learn their culture -- and it's one reason parents should set a good example. Their kids will imitate them. In fact a lot of people believe that what we call "personality" is really a lot of synthesised bits of imitated behavior from others.