We get a lot of questions from Autists about plurality … and it’s rooted in the fact that Autists frequently experience dissociation (compartmentalization) and any mind that frequently experiences this … is fertile ground for plurality to manifest …
First you have to understand that dissociation is a broad experience that is often misunderstood to be the catatonic like *nothing* … but dissociation is much more than that:
“Disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions, and identity”
“Disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions, and identity”
Autists *frequently* dissociate.
Autistic Joy is one of the greatest example of this …
One of the reasons that Autists have so many issues is that frequently we cannot separate the interconnected pains of the world … and then .. suddenly scrumtrulecent delight!!!
Autistic Joy is one of the greatest example of this …
One of the reasons that Autists have so many issues is that frequently we cannot separate the interconnected pains of the world … and then .. suddenly scrumtrulecent delight!!!
Autists can lock on to something that brings them joy … and it shunts away … cuts off … for a moment … all the other things in the world … a moment of Nonfiguratively … pure joy …
If an Autist find themselves in an environment that causes them to compartmentalize themselves … to activate parts of themself and shut down others … again and again .. and strongly … it causes us to invest more and more time as these different versions of ourselves …
The more we revisit these compartmentalized versions of ourselves … the more defined and experienced they become … the more nuanced … the easier they are to return to … to be … like a comfortable broken in pair of shoes … fit to purpose …
The shoes is an epic analogy …
Imagine you have one set of shoes you wear almost all the time …
But then one day you need to go hiking for a week so you get some serious hiking shoes …
And at the start of that week they are hard to wear … but .. damn … you see it works really well for some things …
But then one day you need to go hiking for a week so you get some serious hiking shoes …
And at the start of that week they are hard to wear … but .. damn … you see it works really well for some things …
So now you have your standard shoes and this set if high end hiking shoes …
And every now and then you need the hiking shoe … and the hiking shoe gets broken in … and more comfortable ….
And every now and then you need the hiking shoe … and the hiking shoe gets broken in … and more comfortable ….
Over time … the discomfort of using the hiking shoe (due to breaking in) is completely gone … and now … you have these two distinct options …
You have your standard shoe … and your hiking shoe … and they both have their distinct values … & their independent wear and tear
You have your standard shoe … and your hiking shoe … and they both have their distinct values … & their independent wear and tear
And now you are living in a world where you have two sets of shoes … fit for purpose ….
Are there … other … shoes … perhaps … that you are missing out on?
And you start to explore the variety of Shoes out there …
Are there … other … shoes … perhaps … that you are missing out on?
And you start to explore the variety of Shoes out there …
And without ever intending it … you know have a collection of shoes …
And that is how an Autist finds themeselves being shocked when someone tells them about Medians and facets and are like … you just described how my brain works!!!
And that is how an Autist finds themeselves being shocked when someone tells them about Medians and facets and are like … you just described how my brain works!!!
No … many Autists are going to read this and think … “wait … isn’t this just Masking” … but you are talking about feet instead of faces …
And yeah … on one level it is …
But the metaphor itself helps to explain the difference …
A mask is a costume meant to hide who you are … so that you can try to operate in a world that rejects the person behind the mask …
But the metaphor itself helps to explain the difference …
A mask is a costume meant to hide who you are … so that you can try to operate in a world that rejects the person behind the mask …
The shoe is a tool you choose to use … for your comfort and utility … for mastering an environment … it’s an accommodation to yourself ….
Of course … some people pick the wrong shoes … and suffer greatly for it …
Of course … some people pick the wrong shoes … and suffer greatly for it …
… so …
If you become a collector of shoes (Median) … then … it is not uncommon that one might start to changer their entire ensemble to match their shoes …
Now that you have great hiking shoes … hiking is … engaging … and now you find yourself a hiker (Headmate!)
If you become a collector of shoes (Median) … then … it is not uncommon that one might start to changer their entire ensemble to match their shoes …
Now that you have great hiking shoes … hiking is … engaging … and now you find yourself a hiker (Headmate!)
It all builds off itself … it is a trickle that becomes a river.
And this is all extremely logical …
And this is all extremely logical …
Traumagenic Plurality proves the brain is capable of Plurality …
Switching to a metaphor if Geological transformation …
Traumagenic Plurality is plate tectonics or a meteorite strike …
Endogenic Plurality is erosion and weathering …
Switching to a metaphor if Geological transformation …
Traumagenic Plurality is plate tectonics or a meteorite strike …
Endogenic Plurality is erosion and weathering …
When you get used to changing your shoes fit for purposes (Median) it’s logical that you eventually learn to change the entire outfit fit for purpose (Headmates)
The idea of having Headmates engage with one another is a whole different aspect … but against … a product of dissociation still …
But that is for another time …
But that is for another time …
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