Posted by Sigismund on May 6, 2008, at 21:34:36
In reply to Re: Something I read today got me thinking » rskontos, posted by Dinah on May 6, 2008, at 20:54:39
When my father heard that a psychiatrist had said I didn't have a sense of identity, he snorted, thinking perhaps that he had come across my identity without any difficulty when he and I were fighting.
The Dinah on psychobabble seems very consistent, but perhaps it is a mistake to say that because someone seems consistent and therefore predictable that they have a strong sense of self?
In fact it might go the other way.
TS Eliot was famous for having predictable clear lines in his lived-in life, but much of his poetry refers to derangements in his sense of self, especially depersonalisation.One of my favourite photos is of my son aged a few months, and he is just looking out from his rug with that neutral absorbing expression.
If I say he seems quite without personality, I think you will understand what I am trying to refer to.
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