Posted by Dinah on February 16, 2003, at 22:42:22
In reply to I'm reading 'The Myth of Sanity', posted by judy1 on February 16, 2003, at 11:39:33
Hi Judy,
I was the one who recommended it. I've read it a few times, and gave it to my therapist and offered to pay him to read it (which he hasn't).
I can't remember whether it was in her book, or something I thought while I was reading her book. But I was thinking that our normal state of consciousness is so small. There are all sorts of parts of us that we aren't aware of at any given time. A lot of time my consciousness is limited to the very rational unemotional part of me that finds humans completely incomprehensible. Sometimes my consciousness is limited to the very emotional, very young part of me. I'd kind of like to achieve a more balanced view of myself instead of seesawing between the two.
Anyway, I don't really remember whether she explicitly gave that analogy, or if it was something that was suggested to me by what she wrote. But I actually did a little art project, with a clear plastic sliding thing to represent my consciousness that could be made larger or smaller and moved along the continuum of all aspects of myself to illustrate it. And I'm my consciousness. It's hard to explain the idea, but it seemed important at the time. :)
I've never done hypnosis. That must have been a scary experience. Were you conscious of it at the time?
poster:Dinah
thread:200893
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20030203/msgs/201035.html