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Old Apr 24, 2013, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Scopri View Post
Hi, I am very new here obviously. I've come to post about something that's been bothering me for a while. I haven't been able to find any creative way to express it.

First off, I am not depressed. I have my sad days, but I don't at all consider myself depressed.
I do talk to myself very, very often. I know it's normal. I talk to myself for a good 30 minutes to 2 hours before falling asleep to wind down. Often I will plan conversations that I will have in advance and discuss various things because, frankly, I feel like I listen better to me than anyone else I've met. I'm more comfortable with myself.

It's just that sometimes it gets to the point where I start arguing with myself, mostly in my head, about what's good or right. I can't figure out where I stand on anything, it gets to the point that when I witness a real argument I end up on both sides. The most common argument I have with myself is about self-importance and arrogance.
I find myself fighting for whether I am an arrogant hypocrite or not, mostly.

I know objectively that I am not better than other people. But I can't seem to accept it, like some narcissism is blocking me. I don't know for sure if I'm a narcissist. I don't have any personality disorder that I know of.

This arguing with myself is driving me crazy. I can't make it stop. It just runs on and on and on. It does eventually quit on its own, but it always comes back. I don't hear the voices in my head clearly as a schizophrenic would, it's just a thought process that runs and runs and won't shut up.
In turn it makes me very cynical, and like I said, I end up criticizing every side of everything. I can't figure out who or what I stand for, because it seems like I can't stand any of it. I feel like my own team a lot of the time.

I've lost a large amount of my capability for empathy and sympathy. I find that most of it is faked just so other people won't think I'm a jerk when they tell me about their problems.

This has all led me to harbor a strong hate for political, religious, and similar subjects, because there is no right answer, yet everybody believes he is right. And I can't handle that. I will not even call myself an agnostic because I refuse to associate myself with that group of people. I try not to avoid it to feel more special than others, but because everyone believes they are more important than me.

tl;dr i'm probably the biggest cynical hipster in the world, and i can't find anybody who relates to me
I too have had (and still do) great conversations/debates internally. my treatment providers have called it many things depending upon other accompanying symptoms like....normal, depression, bipolar disorder, DID, psychosis, hallucinations, delusions....those related to my DID are no longer because my alters have been integrated, those other not normal events are controlled by medications/diet and exercise and the normal well they shall continue...its one of the ways I work out some of my problems..my therapist calls it self care, self nurturing and self analyzing/therapeutic self talk.