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>A similar one I just became aware of is Dissociative Identity Disorder, or multiple personality disorder. Is it really crossing over into a MPD however? Voic
by evv555 5y ago
>A similar one I just became aware of is Dissociative Identity Disorder, or multiple personality disorder.
Is it really crossing over into a MPD however? Voice dialogue is a therapeutic modality where you take a 2nd person perspective on your psyche components in addition to 1st/3rd person. There's something to it but it's not MPD. The most popular example is the "inner child" complex which people often reconnect with when they empathize with their own child.
- sildur 5y agoI sometimes discuss things with myself, taking two sides and having a conversation in my head. I see it as something like when you discuss something with someone in a dream. Is that voice dialogue?
- evv555 5y agoYes voice dialogue is a structured engagement/analysis of this capacity. Give structured labels/names to these 2nd persons and your mind will naturally frame the world as a system of 2nd persons on top of the usual 1st/3rd person perspectives of self. If you find this interesting I highly suggest looking at the "Big Mind" process that's been incorporated into western Zen Buddhism.
- a9h74j 5y agoI have also seen it posed this way: Label that 2nd person as someone sitting on the other end of a sofa with you. If someone on the same sofa that way were constantly criticizing you, would you keep listening to them or paying them any notice?
- themodelplumber 5y agoI'm glad you pointed that out. There are many related therapeutic functions. While journaling I have a random personality picker which draws from a list of subjectively helpful archetypes. From favorite actors to inner child and future self, and more. Then I interview them or converse with them intuitively, with the aim of exploring the situation or problem from a new perspective. Related is a theory that by taking the perspective of a given personality, we essentially become that personality (not person, but personality) for however short a time period, giving ourselves access to their tools for problem-solving...
- evv555 5y agoBeyond therapeutic I would argue that this capacity is at the heart of great literature and its psychoactive potential.
- a9h74j 5y agoThere are references around to "Inner Council Work", including a suggested exercise where you walk some path [in your mind] to a cabin, where at a table you sit with representations of you at different ages. In this exercise, you converse with whichever age seems to have something to say. Discussed in Stephen Buhner Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm.