Are multiple personalities keeping me sane ?

LegacyUser

Sounds nuts ... and just want to know if anyone else has this ?

I get depressed .. Like everyone else .. and sad, happy, lonely ... etc etc ..

But does anyone else feel like they have a completely different person inside them that tells them too feel better ? I don't just mean like .. telling yourself to feel better but actually talking to yourself and having a conversation, not rationalising either .. just

I dont know .. it feels like nobody knows me .. and i don't know myself, like i have multiple personalites, one to protect my exterior, one to protect me from my own emotions... I mean if something really bad happens i just get this overwhelming tenseness in my stomach but its only for 30 seconds .. and then the other personality takes over and its fine ..

Someone died .. someone really close .. i was upset for about 2 minutes and then i was fine .. and i mean really fine .. as in not in shock or whatever .. (it was some time ago)

I was in a crash .. again .. it wasnt shock ... because i didnt need assitance ..

Someone broke my heart .. and the other one took over ..

This other personality isn't necessarily better or stronger .. infact when trying to connect with people its a killer when it shows up..

I've always thought it was just mood swings but its not .. if i had these mood swings i think i'd be seriously depressed .. but i don't .. i don't feel bad at all .. i just feel fine all the time !

I've never told anyone this because i've thought people would find it f*cking crazy .. i tried to explain it to someone before but they thought i was nuts and i don't need fix it because i dont see it as a problem ..

Just would be good to know if anyone else experienced this ??

I don't even know if i explained it properly !

Victor

Everybody hears voices. The important thing is that they hear only real voices or their own inner voices ("Hmmm, I could have done that better"). Sometimes we are sheep, sometimes we are lions. Sometimes we have the worst day ever, until we see soemone worse off than ourselves.

If you hear voices that aren't real and aren't your own, then you might have a problem.

But you should really discuss this with your doctor. You can't just diagnose yourself as having a "multiple personalities" disorder, thats for a doctor to do.

LegacyUser

Nope ... don't hear voices .. Just like you'd hear your normal voice coming from your own mouth

Black Swan

Sociologist Cooley came up with a model of personality he called the "Looking Glass Self." Ever heard of it? You might want to check it out? In brief, he says we have three selves in terms of how we appear to others and ourself. First, there's our real self (many people don't share all of this self with others); Second, there's the self "we" think others see; and Third, there's the self that others see, but may not share their opinions with you (won't tell you to your face). Cooley is not suggesting that we all have multiple personalities, but rather there are differences in self and the perceptions of others.



*Whew! I hope you were wearing your boots! It was getting a little deep?:rolleyes: