> schizobeck wrote:

>> On Apr 12, 2:07 am, Absorbed hotmail.com> wrote:

>>> schizobeck wrote:

>>>> On Apr 11, 7:35 am, Absorbed hotmail.com> wrote:

>>>>> I found this article really interesting:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article......
>>>>> Here's some interesting excerpts:
>>>>> "On New Year's Eve 1989, I took a trip to Las Vegas with my husband and
>>>>> some friends, leaving our two children at home. Initially, I had gone to
>>>>> bed early feeling unwell, but throughout the evening I then found myself
>>>>> in different parts of the casino and couldn't work out how I got there.
>>>>> "When my husband finally caught up with me, I had $2,500 in my handbag.
>>>>> I'd started with $25. I had to make excuses about where I'd been and why
>>>>> I wasn't in our room - because I simply had no idea how it had happened.
>>>>> "There had been many other similar episodes in my life around that time.
>>>>> One day, I left the house to go shopping for food; but then I "awoke" in
>>>>> a department store to find myself buying my son a hat. I don't really
>>>>> remember making the decision not to go grocery shopping; nor do I know
>>>>> how I got to the store.
>>>>> "Sometimes I'd pick up a novel and discover the bookmark had moved - yet
>>>>> I couldn't remember reading the chapter. Once, I found a knife under my
>>>>> pillow that I couldn't explain.
>>>>> [...]
>>>>> "Over the next few years, Dr Baer spent more time talking to my
>>>>> different personalities under hypnotherapy than he did talking to me.
>>>>> This gave me terrible headaches because the parts didn't always agree.
>>>>> Some of them started to keep a journal in which they could all write,
>>>>> but then one of the personalities burnt it.
>>>>> "My condition seemed to be getting worse rather than better.
>>>>> "Then, in the summer of 1996, Dr Baer received a memo from Holdon, the
>>>>> 34-year-old male in my group of alternate characters. As the protector
>>>>> of my "group", he had described a step-by-step procedure to help
>>>>> incorporate the other personalities into my own. Dr Baer and I were both
>>>>> utterly amazed.
>>>>> "That August, Dr Baer and I tried Holdon's integration process with
>>>>> Julie, my 13-year-old persona who was "born" at a time when my
>>>>> grandfather was molesting me. Julie was crippled and suffered breathing
>>>>> problems.
>>>>> "Under hypnosis, I "met" Julie in a place I visualised as secure, and
>>>>> Julie "stepped into" my body. With Dr Baer's help, I absorbed her
>>>>> thoughts, memories and character traits. The process seemed pretty easy
>>>>> - but the results were painful.
>>>>> "After Julie and I integrated, I immediately started feeling very
>>>>> sensitive to all sounds around me.
>>>>> "I was able to hear Dr Baer's breathing and the sound of his pen
>>>>> writing, the traffic below and the air conditioning. When he talked, it
>>>>> sounded as though he was screaming at me.
>>>>> "The "integration" felt like I'd gone through major surgery, and it left
>>>>> me with serious doubts about ever doing it again."

>>>> About all the discussion about whether, the "story" was real...
>>>> I pick up some psychic vibes on occasion, not a fortune teller (don't
>>>> tell the future) but I do read Tarot cards and get lots of "messages"
>>>> and such.
>>>> During this week, I "heard" a voice telling me I "need to go to Vegas"
>>>> which I at first thought was great, I've been wanting to go to Vegas
>>>> for a long time.  Also, in the last 2 days, I started feeling upset
>>>> and had "breathing trouble" that went away eventually, but didn't
>>>> respond so well to either cold medicine or vaporub.
>>>> So, tonight, google recommends alt.magick to join and so I click and
>>>> of the first two messages, one IS ABOUT VEGAS.  So I join, and come
>>>> back to look at the top entry about multiple personalities (this one)
>>>> and there is the story about "Julie" and her "breathing trouble".
>>>> If I had to guess if any of the story is real, I'd say the part about
>>>> the "julie" with "breathing trouble" was real and probably the part
>>>> about "vegas" as well.

>>> You're considering acting on the advice of voices in your head. If you
>>> want my advice, go see a doctor.- Hide quoted text -

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>> Geez, I thought this was alt.magick, not alt.pompous.ass

>

>> It was only 1 voice, and it was neither threatening or frightening and
>> did not command me to do anything either against the law and/or
>> violent, a doctor wouldn't be needed for such a thing.  The "still,
>> small voice inside."

>
> Your stated reaction to that one voice is enough for me to think you
> need a doctor.
>

>> Wasn't joining or coming here for advice, perhaps I just tuned into
>> some bad vibes and was SENT here to exstinguish an argumentative and
>> disagreeable influence...

>

>> Lighten up sweetie, life is not all about proving that everyone else
>> is wrong or inferior if they have a different viewpoint --
>> constitutionally guaranteed pursuit of happiness demands that you give
>> some wiggle room to folks you don't understand (even if you think you
>> do).

>
> I didn't attempt to prove you're wrong or inferior; I just advised that
> you see a doctor because you posted about voices in your head telling
> you to do things. Whether you accept or reject that advice is completely
> up to you and makes little difference to me.- Hide quoted text -
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