[Eliezer] It’s interesting that others have shared this experience, trying to distance ourselves from, control, or delete too much of ourselves—then having to undo it. I hadn’t read of anyone else having this experience, until people started posting here.
I think it’s only the fact of having consciously distanced yourself that’s unusual; I believe it’s very common for someone to unconsciously disidentify with some part of their self that they’d be better off having, and have to reintegrate it.
I think it’s only the fact of having consciously distanced yourself that’s unusual; I believe it’s very common for someone to unconsciously disidentify with some part of their self that they’d be better off having, and have to reintegrate it.