Success story (for young'uns and old)

[vinik.livejournal.com]

This point just dawned on me so I thought I'd post it here and see what happens. We're so busy with baby that I don't know how quickly we'd be able to answer questions directed at us, but it's not a retaliation to elenbarathi's post. It just reminded us of something we'd thought of writing about on here before.

Okay, there are a lot of young people in this community (teens and early 20's). It has been discussed before, usually in a negative light. However, I'd like to point out something we have personally experienced.

When we first found out about Natural Multiplicity we were only 20 years old. When we came out to our therapists as Multiple, we were 15 years old. If online access were so readily available back then, I'm more than sure we would have been on the web frantically looking for others like us.

We were really fucked up back then, very dramatic, but thanks to websites like the ones listed on the user info page here, and talking to other plurals, we wound up on the right track.

So if you're skeptical that these younguns showing up here, thinking that they might be trouble, just remember that some of us (maybe even you) started out the same way.

Peace, loves!

-Benjamin (because when I'm intellectual I use my full name. 'dons Hugh Hefner-like outfit and pipe' Yes, look at the sexiness of me and drool copiously. 'wink')

(Jen: oh dear god 'facepalm')

Comments

[ridetothesea.livejournal.com]

Agreed. And also body age does not determine maturity level. People of all ages can act foolishly.

[ty-stretch.livejournal.com]

Or be mature.

[vinik.livejournal.com]

Is that just with other plurals or with younger people in general?

-Ben

[eridanusus.livejournal.com]

Dat gets like that sometimes. He'll come inside after being online talking to one of his little adopted puppies and go "RIGHT someone talk in whole words now!"

websites helped us too

[catskillmarina.livejournal.com]

Instead of being messed up we see that we can be fine and functional.
This experience when we first saw it in the paradigm of psychiatry scared
us so so much, now we are accepting it and enjoying life and it's incredible
strangeness again ;-)

-- Miri

Re: websites helped us too

[tir-nan-og.livejournal.com]

The paradigm of psychiatry is bloody scary, ain't it? We try to keep the hell away from those people these days, and it's working- knock wood...

Re: websites helped us too

[catskillmarina.livejournal.com]

LoL - we can't really stay away, one of our SO's is a psychiatrist,
but she is one of the few that is opposed to coercive psychiatry.

She get so so much trouble these days for not being a medicate them
and put them away dr.

-- Miri

Re: websites helped us too

[tir-nan-og.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's a very hard row to hoe. I can't even imagine how she manages. I had wanted to be a therapist that didn't go along with the medication/lockup party line, but all the research I've done suggests that this is impossible in my location, at this time.

If that is what you want .....

[catskillmarina.livejournal.com]

There is a niche for everyone. I was studying to do massage therapy
for a time - hope to go back to it. There are quite a few psychiatrists
around who oppose coercion. The way my SO explains it is that coercion
gives rise to sloppy work. You have to work with people where they are
and negotiate. Her 2 sayings are "It is the art of the possible" and
"We aim to please" ;-)

Re: websites helped us too

[eridanusus.livejournal.com]

Agree, one of the first lists we were ever on was like, so much drama, every other day someone would post "i be haf nitmaar it so skawee hep plees" or something and it got like... are we supposed to act like this?

Re: websites helped us too

[catskillmarina.livejournal.com]

LoL - I'm one of the so-called littles and i am working
with very complicated computer stuff tonight - for fun ;-)

I'm installing Plan9, an experimental operating system on
an emulator and sending bug reports to the team that maintains
plan9. Later i plan to create a DragonFlybsd image to give
away for free.

Not things you think of a child doing - but i am cheery and
optimistic, if a bit fearfull at times.

-- Miri

Re: websites helped us too

[eridanusus.livejournal.com]

cool! i can code like webpages and stuff but I wanna learn more programing stuff, mostly i play video games,a nd i like chess but I dunno how to play properly really. so I want to learn that too.

c4
(who dosn't have an icon, and who is 12 or 16)

[tir-nan-og.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to say, I'm thirty seven bodily but we certainly don't notice any lack of maturity in this community. In fact, I'm amazed at how much more grounded,sensible and forthright people in their twenties are these days, compared to when I was that age. We were quite revolting when we were that young. (ends crotchety lecture)

[sethrenn.livejournal.com]

LOL, we've definitely been through our revolting periods-- some of them are still a bit too near to where we are now for our own comfort. :\ I think a lot of them were partly due to the company we kept, and this was probably true in your case also-- when you hang out with revolting people, you can become revolting yourself.


Aude

[tir-nan-og.livejournal.com]

No..I'm afraid we were usually the catalyst for revolting behavior in others. We're a rare breed that way, although age has mellowed us considerably.

[kasiawhisper.livejournal.com]

good point.. ^_^

[tigrin.livejournal.com]

geezus, thank you. -_-