<story><title>Split Brain Psychology</title><url>https://superbowl.substack.com/p/split-brain-psychology</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>y-c-o-m-b</author><text>I have schizotypal personality disorder. For me it feels like a collective, kind of like the borg. I say &amp;quot;me&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; when communicating externally, but all thoughts are actually communicated as &amp;quot;us&amp;quot;. All entities speak with the same voice (what most people think of as their inside voice), but each one speaks &lt;i&gt;differently&lt;/i&gt;, with a different pace&amp;#x2F;tone, and has its own personality, thoughts, and desires. There are a handful of dominant ones that sit in the captain&amp;#x27;s chair so to speak, and they all have a say in how we behave externally.&lt;p&gt;For example one of us is a pacifist, another one loves to socialize and party, one is cautious and anxious, the other very confident, and there&amp;#x27;s one that has a severe thirst for violence and blood-lust (this one we work hard to keep in check). I&amp;#x27;ve literally been in fights where immediately after knocking my opponent down, I ask if they&amp;#x27;re ok and then help them back up and let them go. Then there&amp;#x27;s hundreds of transient entities that are usually clones of personalities observed elsewhere (movie characters, celebrities, or other influential people). These transient types will actually adopt the mannerisms, voice, and even accent of the personalities and display them outwardly! Makes for very weird interactions with family and friends lol.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve yet to see anyone on reddit or elsewhere with this description of the disorder. The closest thing is DID or maybe even borderline personality disorder (which is on the same schizo spectrum), but there&amp;#x27;s no disassociation with what I have, we&amp;#x27;re all fully aware of what the other is thinking.&lt;p&gt;EDIT: added further clarifications on the differing voices</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kgeist</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t know if I have a disorder or anything, but I&amp;#x27;ve always felt since childhood that the actual &amp;quot;me&amp;quot; is a silent observer with little control over anything, and my body and thought processes are largely controlled by a different entity (much smarter than me) coexisting in my head. And that other entity wants me to believe it&amp;#x27;s all my decisions&amp;#x2F;actions, not theirs, and I&amp;#x27;m in full control. It started with the realization that whenever I look at a problem, for example, a math problem, it just &amp;quot;clicks&amp;quot; with no actual effort on my part, as if someone else works hard solving it and just gives me the final answers, and all I do is take credit for it.&lt;p&gt;Maybe it&amp;#x27;s not a disorder per se, but a very peculiar kind of self-perception. If someone knows if it&amp;#x27;s a known phenomenon in psychology, I&amp;#x27;d like to hear more about it.</text></comment>
<story><title>Split Brain Psychology</title><url>https://superbowl.substack.com/p/split-brain-psychology</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>y-c-o-m-b</author><text>I have schizotypal personality disorder. For me it feels like a collective, kind of like the borg. I say &amp;quot;me&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; when communicating externally, but all thoughts are actually communicated as &amp;quot;us&amp;quot;. All entities speak with the same voice (what most people think of as their inside voice), but each one speaks &lt;i&gt;differently&lt;/i&gt;, with a different pace&amp;#x2F;tone, and has its own personality, thoughts, and desires. There are a handful of dominant ones that sit in the captain&amp;#x27;s chair so to speak, and they all have a say in how we behave externally.&lt;p&gt;For example one of us is a pacifist, another one loves to socialize and party, one is cautious and anxious, the other very confident, and there&amp;#x27;s one that has a severe thirst for violence and blood-lust (this one we work hard to keep in check). I&amp;#x27;ve literally been in fights where immediately after knocking my opponent down, I ask if they&amp;#x27;re ok and then help them back up and let them go. Then there&amp;#x27;s hundreds of transient entities that are usually clones of personalities observed elsewhere (movie characters, celebrities, or other influential people). These transient types will actually adopt the mannerisms, voice, and even accent of the personalities and display them outwardly! Makes for very weird interactions with family and friends lol.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve yet to see anyone on reddit or elsewhere with this description of the disorder. The closest thing is DID or maybe even borderline personality disorder (which is on the same schizo spectrum), but there&amp;#x27;s no disassociation with what I have, we&amp;#x27;re all fully aware of what the other is thinking.&lt;p&gt;EDIT: added further clarifications on the differing voices</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>walleeee</author><text>Do &amp;quot;you&amp;quot; identify with one entity, as is often reported among tulpamancers, or do &amp;quot;you&amp;quot; stand apart from them all? When you hear one or another of your internal voices, or become aware of an entity&amp;#x27;s thoughts, is it from the perspective of another, perhaps depersonalized agent observing the rest? Do &amp;quot;you&amp;quot; have equal access to all entities or is it more accurate to think of yourself as one among them with a privileged perspective?&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for any insight you might be willing to provide. I hope these questions are not too invasive, your comment is of great interest to me.</text></comment>