Posted by Pfinstegg on February 12, 2005, at 23:47:10
In reply to Re: for Dinah » Pfinstegg, posted by Dinah on February 12, 2005, at 23:16:42
Oh, I see what you're talking about Dinah! For whatever reason, I thought you didn't have a dissociative disorder, so I wasn't including you because of that idea. I know you have mentioned having "emotional" and a "rational" selves, but that seemed more *normal*, and to be expected, than what Daisy, Alexandra and I were talking about. We seem to have different selves with completely different agendas, which sometimes seem to be at war with one another. Daisy has never said that she loses time, and can't account for it, but Alexandra and I have both had that happen; it is still happening to her, but I think I've gotten over it, having had such great therapy, which she hasn't been able to obtain yet. I am becoming convinced that people almost never dissociate unless they have been sexually abused as children. Being neglected, terrified or hit, have terrible consequences in later life, but I don't think those things cause true dissociation. I think they tend to diminish a person's sense of self-mastery and confidence- they often cause tremendous anxiety and depression, but I don't think they cause people to *break apart* the way sexual abuse apparently does. But assuming this is true, there are bound to be exceptions. The truth is, Dinah, the dissociation club is not exactly the one anyone wants to belong to!
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