4 tweets · September 2020 · 30 likes · 0 retweets · read on Twitter
Replying to @btohtoh
@btohtoh The boring/trivial meta-layer is instead of "I'm sometimes a highly effective nerd and sometimes a burnt out anxious emo slob" "I'm a mysterious creature that operates effectively for a period of time then is dysregulated during my recharge process" point is: one you, not two
@btohtoh A maybe more detailed/useful model (may or may not be accurate to your specific case!) might be something like: "My left hemisphere skilled at suppressing certain needs/parts of mine in order to get important things done, but at a certain point they rebel and do random shit"
@btohtoh Either example constructs the two modes of you are part of one system, and helping to generate each other, rather than as separate. Even if you don't have a clue how they're connected, you can still hold a basic assumption that they are, because they're parts of a whole you.
@btohtoh Btw if the rebel thing above resonates at all, you might get something out of reading The Guru Papers, particularly this chapter on internal conflict. docs.google.com/document/d/1HK…