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[watchusburn.livejournal.com]

hey, just wondering

both myself and one of my friends systems have "theams" o.0
like...each of my headmates and I could be seen as one of the five elements (spirit included) and hers seam to represent the seven deadly sins.

we where wondering if we're just freaks or if there are other people like us out there.

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[sharpsight.livejournal.com]

M) It may be self-reinforcing, self-fulfilling. Someone notices a pattern, or imagines one where none actually exists, and the others find it convincing. As events progress as normal, individuals are more likely to think of themselves in terms of their place in the structure, and to make decisions accordingly. As events progress further, individuals more and more come to resemble the roles they expect themselves to fill, and this is taken as evidence of the structure's accuracy in a feedback loop that effectively locks people into predetermined roles. It's not impossible to break out of, but is a very easy state of being to fall into. As mentioned, also present in singlet interactions, but generally weaker because of the less constant proximity; people come and go, and so solid patterns rarely survive (mostly existing within families), whereas if you can't leave a single brain such things are more likely to develop.
I suspect it's similar to the 'each person represents' or even 'each person is an emotion' concept: once treated as truth or likely to be true, people tend to conform to how they see themselves or how they're expected to act, further reinforcing the perception of a structure.

That's my perception, based on speculation and an experience of almost falling into a similar line of thought, though eventually rejecting it (and thus removing its relevance, wholly disbelieving it). I could be wrong.

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

We're very aware of this process and have termed it "clichéing oneself". It is one reason we have frontrunners going in shifts, and why people retire from frontrunning. Having to hide or disguise parts of one's personal or cultural nature in order to blend in and comply with earth world standards takes a lot of energy. It's all too easy to fall into just the kind of thing you're talking about.

People are bound to apply a certain amount of objectification to their relationship with anyone who is different. It's easy to overinterpret or misinterpret when you have little or no (or the wrong) frame of reference.

[tej-agni.livejournal.com]

It is one reason we have frontrunners going in shifts, and why people retire from frontrunning. Having to hide or disguise parts of one's personal or cultural nature in order to blend in and comply with earth world standards takes a lot of energy.

This sounds a little bit like my recent post. Do you think that could be a reason why certain ones of us are feeling drained? Though we don't know why some are more affected than others.

Amalah

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

It is why a lot of our usual-frontrunners have been feeling drained and very likely why I have been getting stuck as sole frontrunner a lot. Some may be more affected than others due to personal disposition. People have different amounts of stress tolerance.