I'm sorry if I made your head hurt. Yes, I'm the same The Crisses that wrote on Kinhost.org.
Your idea that somehow me (and others) describing our experiences and self-perception to the world is somewhat damaging to multiples as a whole is disturbing. You are 100% entitled to feeling or being 100% human, and are entitled to try to fit in and get help to become one whole human. Why am I not entitled to being perfectly happy being multiple just because of my self-observations or self-reflections that bring me to believe that the people (arguable) in my head are not all necessarily human? I dare to be different from you. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. I am a 100% functional member of society -- whether in spite of OR because of my multiplicity. I'm not delusional, and I'm certainly not psychotic, although I question my sanity constantly. But, see, that's the point -- I question my sanity because it's mine to question. It's not yours, and your disbelief can't call me into question.
I'm quite positive I'm multiple, not schizophrenic. That's a pretty bizarre thing to say. I don't hear voices, I'm not paranoid, I raise my children, have a roommate and a partner, deal with business people in my area on a nearly daily basis, and I'm actually rather comfortable with myself. Having lived with schizophrenics, I can say with certainty that they were all but comfortable with themselves or their circumstances.
So, instead of attacking me, and my beliefs or circumstances, why not sit down and journal or ponder with why you believe it's necessary to try to change who and what I am when your real concern should be changing who and what you are?
If I were the only person with beliefs and experiences like my own, you might be right. I've received so many thank-you emails for my work on Kinhost.org that I really feel that it's worth my time and energy, in spite of any chance that I might offend any singleton or multiple in particular, to share my stories and let people peek into my head. So many people-like-me have been relieved not to be alone -- that in itself is granting a mote of sanity to many people out there, and that is more than worth it. I'm sorry if somehow this steps on your toes a little. It's what I feel I have to do. You can use my work as an example of "I'm multiple, but I'm not like these nuts." if that helps you feel better.
Crisses
Comment by Crisses on January 29, 2008, at 04:00 PM
Hi, Ripley,
I'm sorry if I made your head hurt. Yes, I'm the same The Crisses that wrote on Kinhost.org.
Your idea that somehow me (and others) describing our experiences and self-perception to the world is somewhat damaging to multiples as a whole is disturbing. You are 100% entitled to feeling or being 100% human, and are entitled to try to fit in and get help to become one whole human. Why am I not entitled to being perfectly happy being multiple just because of my self-observations or self-reflections that bring me to believe that the people (arguable) in my head are not all necessarily human? I dare to be different from you. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. I am a 100% functional member of society -- whether in spite of OR because of my multiplicity. I'm not delusional, and I'm certainly not psychotic, although I question my sanity constantly. But, see, that's the point -- I question my sanity because it's mine to question. It's not yours, and your disbelief can't call me into question.
I'm quite positive I'm multiple, not schizophrenic. That's a pretty bizarre thing to say. I don't hear voices, I'm not paranoid, I raise my children, have a roommate and a partner, deal with business people in my area on a nearly daily basis, and I'm actually rather comfortable with myself. Having lived with schizophrenics, I can say with certainty that they were all but comfortable with themselves or their circumstances.
So, instead of attacking me, and my beliefs or circumstances, why not sit down and journal or ponder with why you believe it's necessary to try to change who and what I am when your real concern should be changing who and what you are?
If I were the only person with beliefs and experiences like my own, you might be right. I've received so many thank-you emails for my work on Kinhost.org that I really feel that it's worth my time and energy, in spite of any chance that I might offend any singleton or multiple in particular, to share my stories and let people peek into my head. So many people-like-me have been relieved not to be alone -- that in itself is granting a mote of sanity to many people out there, and that is more than worth it. I'm sorry if somehow this steps on your toes a little. It's what I feel I have to do. You can use my work as an example of "I'm multiple, but I'm not like these nuts." if that helps you feel better.
Crisses