Posted by PseudoName on June 27, 1999 at 20:52:06:
In Reply to: Re: Does dysfunction mask type? posted by Dave on June 26, 1999 at 09:58:26:
> please get to the EXACT point you're trying to make. Obviously you have a situation you're trying to resolve, I'd rather focus on that , as it will be more valuable.
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Dave, okay. Now what you are saying makes more sense. You need to clarify such, as I do not know you and this medium is not condusive to nuance.
I am going through a period of ennui/depression/low energy that has been ongoing for some time. I am questioning my life path, both personal and professional. I have changed in some disturbing ways over the past seven years. I used to be much more confident. Also, I used to have a lot more courage than I do now. I ran into some very disturbing problems with family about seven years ago. Interesting because I am not close to my family.
In sum, I feel as if I have lost myself. Everything that I have fought for, everything that I have done to make myself stronger over my conscious lifetime, has been lost. I do not like what I see emerging, and I hope, quite frankly, that it's a phase and not who I am. I see a much weaker person. You have no idea, how hard that is for me to admit. Even under a fake name, in a totally anonymous medium.
Thus, my questions re: dysfunction masking type, or exaggerating it. It seems that it can do both, dependent upon the type of dysfunction.
> Later.
> Dave