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sKePTiKal

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Re: Anything again
« Reply #75 on: Today at 08:45:11 AM »
Meh, I tried to reply about your list yesterday but deleted it coz ye olde inner critic thought I was being too... something. It felt wrong.

The important part of my response was your list is what I would describe as symptoms you experience because of your lived life so far - and trauma, abuse, neglect, insecure attachment.... WHATEVER. You could explain most of that list with almost ANY DSM "diagnosis". But that doesn't mean you can't start working to minimize how you experience the things in the list, in the absence of pinpointing a diagnosis.

Maybe it would help to rank the symptoms on the list for continuity - always, sometimes, rarely - and then intensity. Maybe it would let you decide to shorten the list to 2 or 3 things to focus on changing or understanding in a deeper way? Maybe assign a tentative time limit - 2 weeks, a month - always remembering that if your exploration and work shows results you can always devote more time to it. Also - we tend to work on the same things our whole lives - to lesser/greater degree. Just like I can't really change my white hair - different hair cuts are helpful at projecting a younger, stronger image. And I feel more confident.

I know you're creative and very smart. I'm sorry you're also lonely. Maybe THAT'S because you feel isolated from your inner self? Instead of needing other people/community. I dunno - but you can figure that out.

I'm just spitballing some ideas that might/might not inspire you into a direction. You sound a lot more open and clearer these days. So, maybe you're getting close to an actual breakthrough - hatching out into a spring chicken??? LOL. Rebirth.
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Meh

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Re: Anything again
« Reply #76 on: Today at 12:30:42 PM »

Thanks Skeptikal.

I'm not looking for people to give me solutions.

It's more an act of thinking outloud. Some of these things to some extent give me some shame and I've gotten in the habit of trying to like acknowledge the things with some shame around it.

Time limit sounds reasonable. I doubt my mind's mode of operation is reasonable though.

The other thing is I think I do have some important thoughts bubble up from the black bog every once in a great while and I often register it as a blip on the radar and forget it and just keep doing whatever I am doing.

The fact of the matter is I have been living a very schizoid type life style for much of my life and it was imposed on me I think as this is a normal world-view.

I know it's dull to be self-absorbed. I think my "social self" is very fragile and withdrawn.

Oh that is what I have been reflecting on the general idea of being withdrawn and as a child I sort of felt something was wrong with me for various things including the part of being withdrawn. Anyhow. It's very unlikely I should get a chance to see someone equipped to deal with this stuff. I have some appointment scheduled to see a counselor in May it takes that long and it's just an intake on a video conference with a guy in a different city. Anyhow.

I know people say it's improbable but I am at the point of patient heal-thyself.

Right now I have time to ruminate.

Thank you though. The part you say about the time limit seems legit. More importantly I think it's somehow utilizing action steps.