About 20 years ago I helped moderate a website for a friend. Most of the people posting were diagnosed or possible DID. I am not. The site was therapeutic and attracted people who knew they managed this condition. Probably one person opened up and it attracted others plus some fake people as well. I have met and talked to people and thought "hmm, I wonder if they dissasociate." I have never for a moment wondered about Patsy.
We all dissasociate to a degree. Most of us have wondered how we drove safely to a destination while lost in thought or daydreaming. We put objects in safe places and wonder how they got there.
Patsy's discrepancies are all too coincindental and after the fact. Two adults in the house would have kown a pineapple existed. I cannot remember the sizes of all my own knickers. Or for that matter what the cat ate yesterday morning. I hope I fed the cat. When my daughter was young, I am not sure I always knew her knickers and the size she was wearing as kids may also dress themselves or change during the day into something other than what you put out in the morning. What was in the drawer might have fitted, but different materials stretch and had she changed into her brother's pants I may not have realised till bath time as kids play and you are listening but may also have your attention on cooking dinner.
One thing about the handwriting on the note. I have two different styles. This is a result of being forced to write Italics and creating a style with flourishes in rebellion. If I write an exam I write upright but some days I use the rather eccentric flourish style. The former is faster to write and easier to read. The latter is "arty" and fun but used when I want to distract myself from a boring lecture or for fun. It took years to decide which style and if it slanted or not. It still varies as I see this as an art form. (Psychologists could have a field day I am sure! Actually how I write is a choice with practical and artistic sides to it.)
Has anyone ever looked at whether Patsy was consistent in her handwriting style? Some traits would transfer one to the other. However, not all would show up comparing a single style; or at least, this is my theory about myself writing a note.
You can be changeable, but not DID.
We all dissasociate to a degree. Most of us have wondered how we drove safely to a destination while lost in thought or daydreaming. We put objects in safe places and wonder how they got there.
Patsy's discrepancies are all too coincindental and after the fact. Two adults in the house would have kown a pineapple existed. I cannot remember the sizes of all my own knickers. Or for that matter what the cat ate yesterday morning. I hope I fed the cat. When my daughter was young, I am not sure I always knew her knickers and the size she was wearing as kids may also dress themselves or change during the day into something other than what you put out in the morning. What was in the drawer might have fitted, but different materials stretch and had she changed into her brother's pants I may not have realised till bath time as kids play and you are listening but may also have your attention on cooking dinner.
One thing about the handwriting on the note. I have two different styles. This is a result of being forced to write Italics and creating a style with flourishes in rebellion. If I write an exam I write upright but some days I use the rather eccentric flourish style. The former is faster to write and easier to read. The latter is "arty" and fun but used when I want to distract myself from a boring lecture or for fun. It took years to decide which style and if it slanted or not. It still varies as I see this as an art form. (Psychologists could have a field day I am sure! Actually how I write is a choice with practical and artistic sides to it.)
Has anyone ever looked at whether Patsy was consistent in her handwriting style? Some traits would transfer one to the other. However, not all would show up comparing a single style; or at least, this is my theory about myself writing a note.
You can be changeable, but not DID.
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