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By: Apropos of… something.. | one man blogs

Apropos of… something.. | one man blogs — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:07:34 +0000

[...] I’ve said this before, so let me repeat. I am not this blog. I am not the person you’ve met in the pub once or twice. But I’ve said this before, quite recently. [...]

By: One Fine Weasel

One Fine Weasel — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:06:06 +0000

Lovely stuff! Definitely not just you – I change all the time. I like ‘me’ best

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:02:18 +0000

Peter – thanks for the nomination, truly flattered both by that and your comment.

This is one of those blog posts that I didn’t really plan to write, but just started to develop. It is a little psy 101 though, innit, LOL.

By: Blue Witch

Blue Witch — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:42:46 +0000

That, as Debster suggests, is a basic psychological reality. As you get older, the edges blur between the facets, until one cannot be bothered, or actually can’t, keep up the charade any more. Mental illness can speed the ‘demise’, and some people just enjoy being ‘odd’ and not making the normal culturally accepted adjustments in different situations.

I enjoyed reading it, thanks.

By: K

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:54:42 +0000

Really well written, especially the last paragraph.

And no, it’s definitely not just you, and it’s a good thing. I think it has to be, self-preservation wise.

I have so many masks depending on who i’m with, many levels of closeness that people will get to me. They’re especially important when I’m feeling emotions that I don’t want the people I’m around to see. Unfortunately at that time, it’s also a really draining thing to keep the mask from slipping.

But now i’m just hijacking your comments when i was going to say that I feel so lucky to have at least one person around with whom I don’t need any kind of version, when i can just be me and admit that I constantly stuggle with who that actually is, and how i want to make ‘me’ better.