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Re: What do you think?

Posted by Rigby on March 2, 2004, at 18:25:17

In reply to What do you think?, posted by Dinah on March 2, 2004, at 16:54:28

Hi Dinah,

This was so interesting to read. I have a *very* active imagination that, over the past several years has been channeled into screenplay writing.

My *mother* actually had a highly intricate world--in fact there were sets of moms--like whole series and categories of 'em. There were several worlds layered into it too. I grew up mostly with one of the key players in her universe who truly wasn't the woman my mother showed to the outside world. When I talked about this to my therapist she sat there both fascinated and really sad. I never thought about it being sad until I began looking at things a bit more closely.

My mother's mother was a pretty severe schizophrenic which lead to my mother never really having much of a childhood. So she became a child when she had children and we lived in this world to kind of service her and her personalities. On the one hand, I credit my upbringing with a "sky's the limit" imagination. On the other, being unable to tell what was real, being "used" to service her in her worlds were things that messed me up too.

I am not sure if rekindling previous worlds and fantasies is a good thing or not. My feel is that you'd want to move more toward living out your life (and fantasies!) versus a retreat inward into imagination?

Anyway, I'm rambling a bit. Thank you for sharing and for bringing out such an interesting topic!


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