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Question of perspective on Medians.
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thumbcat.livejournal.comIntroduction: I was pointed to this community by a x-posted entry in another com that I frequent. Having never read or really thought much of Multiples/DID/MPD, I did some e-research based on this com's homepage. For intro purposes, I guess I'd have to off-the-cuff self-indentify as a "singlet".
I read the concept and experience of a "median" and had a couple of questions/perspective comments.
It seems to me that a lot of what this author (http://www.karitas.net/pavilion/library/articles/m_median_kiya0405.html) experienced is very similar to what I experience on a day-to-day basis. I have the Logical Mind, the Barker (critic), the Overrider, the Emotion Monger, the Caretaker, the Wounded Child - all bits and pieces of perspective and focus that swirl around in my head to greater and lesser degrees at any given moment. "Kiya" in the article did experience some key differences, such as being Emotionally "fronted" and then suddenly catching awarenes and becoming confused because of the Logical Mind switching to "front" - but it's more a matter of scale rather than validity. E.G. I have often been in a state of blind rage, and had the Barker in the back of my head snarking, "Well, this'll be interesting - let's see how much you can damage now." I didn't have a physical reaction to becoming aware of another line of thought in my head, but awareness was there none the less, and it caused a dissasociation with the Emotional thought process.
My question is, to me, it seems that a lot of "Median" experiences are similar to mine, and I can see it not being a far jump from those lines of thought to coalesce into characters or "aspects" of the self - with further refinement into separate opinions, takes on the world, responses to an environment.
Again, it seems like a matter of scale and not an inherent black and white difference.
So, what's the difference between listening to yourself as simply an aspect of "yourself" and getting to the point where those aspects are other selves in themselves?
I read the concept and experience of a "median" and had a couple of questions/perspective comments.
It seems to me that a lot of what this author (http://www.karitas.net/pavilion/library/articles/m_median_kiya0405.html) experienced is very similar to what I experience on a day-to-day basis. I have the Logical Mind, the Barker (critic), the Overrider, the Emotion Monger, the Caretaker, the Wounded Child - all bits and pieces of perspective and focus that swirl around in my head to greater and lesser degrees at any given moment. "Kiya" in the article did experience some key differences, such as being Emotionally "fronted" and then suddenly catching awarenes and becoming confused because of the Logical Mind switching to "front" - but it's more a matter of scale rather than validity. E.G. I have often been in a state of blind rage, and had the Barker in the back of my head snarking, "Well, this'll be interesting - let's see how much you can damage now." I didn't have a physical reaction to becoming aware of another line of thought in my head, but awareness was there none the less, and it caused a dissasociation with the Emotional thought process.
My question is, to me, it seems that a lot of "Median" experiences are similar to mine, and I can see it not being a far jump from those lines of thought to coalesce into characters or "aspects" of the self - with further refinement into separate opinions, takes on the world, responses to an environment.
Again, it seems like a matter of scale and not an inherent black and white difference.
So, what's the difference between listening to yourself as simply an aspect of "yourself" and getting to the point where those aspects are other selves in themselves?
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