Information that could help people overcome survival instinct or recover if they so choose

[StateOfMind]

The 'Batman Effect': How having an alter ego empowers you

"Thinking of yourself as a separate entity can reduce anxiety, while also kicking up some major benefits for your confidence and determination."

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200817-the-batman-effect-how-having-an-alter-ego-empowers-you

 

[Life_and_Death]

i dont need an alter ego i have a personality disorder. i have many "alter egos" LOL. seriously though i dont know who i could be that im not already. well except batman. i could still be him i guess

 

[StateOfMind]

i dont need an alter ego i have a personality disorder. i have many "alter egos" LOL. seriously though i dont know who i could be that im not already. well except batman. i could still be him i guess

Maybe you could summon the most suicidal ones?

 

[Deleted member 17949]

I do that naturally, just switching into a different perspective as I go to do certain things, so hopefully that helps.

 

[Ybother]

i dont need an alter ego i have a personality disorder. i have many "alter egos" LOL. seriously though i dont know who i could be that im not already. well except batman. i could still be him i guess

Same here. That's why I can't be a real person. How do you cope?

 

[Life_and_Death]

Same here. That's why I can't be a real person. How do you cope?

with my personality disorder? i basically just use that as an explanation for things. really though i like to look at it not so much as a disorder but as me. typically its a bad thing to embrace your disorders as yourself but when it comes to a personality disorder i think its an exception. so most people are only 1 but whats so wrong with being more then 1? if i have a free spirited hippie type personality one day then i embrace that. if im all dark and gothic the next day then i embrace that. i understand that i feel and react the way i do for a reason. i personally find with......well i shouldnt say any disorder because i dont have all of them but any disorder i have i find that if you find the reason behind it, its a lot easier to embrace and handle and therefore recover.

example 1:
i feel sad
why
because i dropped the cake on the floor
and it is ok to feel sad that you dropped the cake on the floor. take a deep breath, pick it up and try again

example 2:
i feel anxious
why
because im in a crowded room
it makes sense that you would feel anxious in a crowded room. try to leave so you can catch your breath then go back in or ask to be call in when its your turn (depending on the situation)

these are personal examples for me but i dont see why it couldnt help others. by telling yourself youre overreacting, youre just reinforcing it and making yourself feel worse. you feel the way you do for a reason and that is ok :)

 

[Ybother]

with my personality disorder? i basically just use that as an explanation for things. really though i like to look at it not so much as a disorder but as me. typically its a bad thing to embrace your disorders as yourself but when it comes to a personality disorder i think its an exception. so most people are only 1 but whats so wrong with being more then 1? if i have a free spirited hippie type personality one day then i embrace that. if im all dark and gothic the next day then i embrace that. i understand that i feel and react the way i do for a reason. i personally find with......well i shouldnt say any disorder because i dont have all of them but any disorder i have i find that if you find the reason behind it, its a lot easier to embrace and handle and therefore recover.

example 1:
i feel sad
why
because i dropped the cake on the floor
and it is ok to feel sad that you dropped the cake on the floor. take a deep breath, pick it up and try again

example 2:
i feel anxious
why
because im in a crowded room
it makes sense that you would feel anxious in a crowded room. try to leave so you can catch your breath then go back in or ask to be call in when its your turn (depending on the situation)

these are personal examples for me but i dont see why it couldnt help others. by telling yourself youre overreacting, youre just reinforcing it and making yourself feel worse. you feel the way you do for a reason and that is ok :)

Thanks for this! I've been beating myself up a lot lately and I needed this. Whenever I find myself ruminating over the things I've done wrong, I'll remember your post. It's going to take some time to get used to this kind of thinking, because I was never able to embrace my flaws. I always saw them as something that isolates me from the rest of the world.

 

[Life_and_Death]

Thanks for this! I've been beating myself up a lot lately and I needed this. Whenever I find myself ruminating over the things I've done wrong, I'll remember your post. It's going to take some time to get used to this kind of thinking, because I was never able to embrace my flaws. I always saw them as something that isolates me from the rest of the world.

Just remember: you feel the way you do for a reason you'll be ok. If you ever forget and need a reminder just send me a message :)

 

[TAW122]

This is an interesting article and with respect to overcoming SI, I suppose there are some aspects and elements of it that helps in doing so. One of which includes being able to distance oneself far enough from what is actually happening which fools the brain into thinking that you aren't going to die/go unconscious. Of course, no one really truly knows what goes on in a person's head (aside from the person CTB'ing) during the person's attempt, so we only have experience and assumption to predict what is going through the mind of that person who is CTB'ing?

 

[TimeToBiteTheDust]

Solipsism helps me.