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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rambi who wrote (1219)	1/16/2001 10:54:51 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

I agree with Gerard Manley Hopkins about that- Spring and Fall to a Young Child. It is ourselves we mourn for. As for who we are- perhaps it varies from individual from individual. I tend to compartmentalize my life- I am many different people (but not actually a multiple personality- we all know we are in here- and we are one person)- I can hop from compartment to compartment. I can also pretend for long periods to be something I am not- if it is advantageous and adaptive to me. I am a good actress. Although I don't choose to use this ability the way that I did when I was young. If other people are not like that, I have no way to know it. They can tell me they are not- bu I would have to believe them AND be sure they really knew themselves. These are two really big things to accept.

To: Rambi who wrote (1219)	1/16/2001 11:11:05 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I know that I once (before the paying days) tried on another identity, and was completely unable to post as other than who I was. I know what you mean. I can't roll play at all. I get positively catatonic at the prospect of a roll-play exercise at a training session let alone developing another whole persona for SI. When I was a kid I covered up my insecurities by exaggeration and lying. By the time I was in college I had built up such a web that I no longer could keep track of whom I had told what. So I went cold turkey and let it all hang out. Funny thing, the insecurities went away. I've just been me 24/7 ever since. I don't recommend it for everyone, but it works for me. Charades may be fun for others, but they're a lot of work. Karen