Posted by Daisym on August 20, 2006, at 14:44:54
In reply to Re: Confused and update on hypnotist » Daisym, posted by Estella on August 20, 2006, at 1:19:40
I don't understand how the question becomes
'what happened?'
over
'what am i afraid of?'Speaking for myself, I think not knowing "what happened" is scary as hell. It leaves open the possibility that I did something that brought all this on myself. It leaves open the possibility that my mother saw and knew. It leaves open a million scenarios in my imagination. It leaves open the possibility that I liked it...
Human beings abhore voids and so we tend to fill in gaps with plausible explanations. I know this is what you are concerned about with the hypnosis. You'd think we'd be afraid of the details, wouldn't you?
I'm not sure why it needs to be one or the other question. I have a list at least as long under the "what are you afraid?" question. Top of the list -- I'm afraid I'm "bad" or evil at my core and soon it will become impossible to hide this. Intellectually I can say, "probably not true." But that frozen age state that holds the terror and pain and feels it all still so acutely, has a hard time believing she isn't.
complicated, isn't it?
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