"All that said, saying afterward "that wasn't me, it was JoeBob" sounds like a dodge. If JoeBob never answers, it leaves people wondering if he's just a convienent "blame the dog" sort of thing."
Yes, that's exactly what I meant. Or when JoeBob only ever appears when he's got something nasty to say, then vanishes before he can be called on it. It may be that that's the whole point of DID - to keep the 'nice' aspects of the self separate from the hostile ones - since according to the psychiatric view, people with DID aren't really multiple; they're one person who's separated into fragments in order to cope with 'unacceptable' bad feelings - I dunno. I don't subscribe to the 'psychiatric view' of multiplicity, but it could be correct about certain things.
In any case, I don't wish to associate with people who suddenly change without warning from someone who's my friend to someone who's not. If JoeBob hates me, JoeBob can just stay away from me, and if he won't, sorry, but my friendship with his 'brother' JohnBoy is probably going to end, because I see no point in letting myself be subjected to random abuse.
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Date: 2006-03-30 09:47 pm (UTC)Yes, that's exactly what I meant. Or when JoeBob only ever appears when he's got something nasty to say, then vanishes before he can be called on it. It may be that that's the whole point of DID - to keep the 'nice' aspects of the self separate from the hostile ones - since according to the psychiatric view, people with DID aren't really multiple; they're one person who's separated into fragments in order to cope with 'unacceptable' bad feelings - I dunno. I don't subscribe to the 'psychiatric view' of multiplicity, but it could be correct about certain things.
In any case, I don't wish to associate with people who suddenly change without warning from someone who's my friend to someone who's not. If JoeBob hates me, JoeBob can just stay away from me, and if he won't, sorry, but my friendship with his 'brother' JohnBoy is probably going to end, because I see no point in letting myself be subjected to random abuse.