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Posted by obsidian on February 15, 2009, at 22:54:59
I don't understand the term reallly
I think I know what it means to feel "fragmented", but that's a bit of a subjective term isn't it?
any thoughts??
Posted by Sigismund on February 16, 2009, at 1:39:34
In reply to what does 'psychological fragmentation' mean....., posted by obsidian on February 15, 2009, at 22:54:59
I may misunderstand you, but since the description is of subjectivity why should it not be subjective?
Perhaps you mean it is (like a lot else) in the eye of the beholder?
I take it for granted that we are fragmented.
Are we not collections of voices?
If we can get to know them and be on passable terms with (all of) them..... well, that's an achievement.
Posted by Sigismund on February 16, 2009, at 1:46:21
In reply to Re: what does 'psychological fragmentation' mean..... » obsidian, posted by Sigismund on February 16, 2009, at 1:39:34
Perhaps it was Montaigne who said
'Nothing human is alien to me'?As with most other things, I have failed to read his essays.
Posted by Sigismund on February 16, 2009, at 18:56:28
In reply to Re: what does 'psychological fragmentation' mean....., posted by Sigismund on February 16, 2009, at 1:46:21
From a Buddhist point of view a collection of voices is what we are not.
We are what the voices comes out of, perhaps?
Posted by DAisym on February 16, 2009, at 23:38:41
In reply to Re: what does 'psychological fragmentation' mean....., posted by Sigismund on February 16, 2009, at 18:56:28
I think psycological fragmention is when someone feels like they are falling apart - like they can't hold it together anymore. In concrete terms, it might mean they feel sick, or inert or they might be crying all the time. It may mean you feel six different things at the same time, or it might be switching quickly between moods. A lot of people use this term to mean they have lost their sense of self - they feel in parts and pieces.
Some people describe a horrible sense of melting - like they are losing more and more of themselves in any kind of solid form. I've felt this myself. It causes great anxiety and complete chaos when you don't know who you are.
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