yeah- i understand what you're saying, about personalities vs. people. im still trying to come to terms with my others, and so it's easier for my brain to handle the term personality in regards to them/us rather than people.
Azu used to refer to others as 'states of mind' and 'personas.' I think it was for the same reason, that it made it psychologically easier on her when she wasn't quite sure what would result from giving others time at the table. She'd spent the last couple years in an ironclad state of "THIS IS ME, THIS IS MY TRUE SELF, NOTHING ELSE IS REAL," because when we had previously tried to explore our plurality, some of our then-'friends' took advantage of it. Azu ended up thinking it was necessary to have One Real Person up front and not change it.
...so, yeah, she didn't want to say that they were people, because for a while it was easier to deal with thinking of the others as being somehow manifestations of her own mind. Also, if it turned out we had been just masks she was trying on during a period where she was unsure of herself, it would've been pretty embarassing to have to backtrack on such an extreme statement as 'there are other people in this body.'
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Date: 2005-08-20 03:58 am (UTC)Azu used to refer to others as 'states of mind' and 'personas.' I think it was for the same reason, that it made it psychologically easier on her when she wasn't quite sure what would result from giving others time at the table. She'd spent the last couple years in an ironclad state of "THIS IS ME, THIS IS MY TRUE SELF, NOTHING ELSE IS REAL," because when we had previously tried to explore our plurality, some of our then-'friends' took advantage of it. Azu ended up thinking it was necessary to have One Real Person up front and not change it.
...so, yeah, she didn't want to say that they were people, because for a while it was easier to deal with thinking of the others as being somehow manifestations of her own mind. Also, if it turned out we had been just masks she was trying on during a period where she was unsure of herself, it would've been pretty embarassing to have to backtrack on such an extreme statement as 'there are other people in this body.'