That's probably the difference - the trauma-based trigger. A word won't bring out a state you use during a seizure, for instance, but it WILL bring out Johnny for me. Serena would not take a hammer to your wrists to punish you, but Ruby would do that to me. You can still feel, whereas I am unaware (to an extent - Ruby is always, always with me. As much harm as she has caused, she has also protected me in ways no one else ever could). You go to them - I depart from myself, watch myself "go away," and am someone else.
I do think I get it. But like anything - like I will never understand CP fully because I don't live it like you do, just as you will never understand MS fully because you don't live it like I do (but we can still relate and share stories and be there for one another, and there are SOME similarities) - we have very different circumstances which cause our lives to be complicated by myriad factors. And dear gods, that was a long sentence. :)
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Date: 2013-05-08 01:35 am (UTC)I do think I get it. But like anything - like I will never understand CP fully because I don't live it like you do, just as you will never understand MS fully because you don't live it like I do (but we can still relate and share stories and be there for one another, and there are SOME similarities) - we have very different circumstances which cause our lives to be complicated by myriad factors. And dear gods, that was a long sentence. :)