Being molested was a problem, and I acknowledge that, but I never really even felt like it was a big problem. I hardly even remember what happened, except for being pulled aside by a weird mentally-handicapped dude. My last therapist and I thought I've probably been disassociating. (I DO actually experience Derealization and Depersonalization a lot, and I could really relate to forgetting even simply actions like where I last went before class for example...)

I had this moment yesterday where I felt like I really just accepted who I am is who I am and when I did that it felt like I had really developed a personality for myself. I normally have moments like this quite often, but during this moment, I realized it probably wouldn't last, but I was alright with that and that's what helped. I accepted that my lack of personality was a part of my personality, and that made me more fully feeling like I had an identity. I no longer have that sense of peace about it today (I'm sort of in the normal mode where it's really vague and I have absolutely no self-concept), but I think that's probably a result of dissociation.

I'm ridiculously sensitive by every form of the word, so I'm wondering if that's probably had something to do with it... I had some sort of prenatal exposure to chemicals which made me really neurologically sensitive, and, as a result of nature and nurture, I've disassociated to the point where I no longer really have the idea of who I naturally am.

I thought it was really helpful how you narrowed down several of the problems you've noticed in people to those several key components. I think that's probably what we're (as a general population... haha XD) going to have to do in order to be able to develop an effective problem solving solution to identity problems.

Also, there could probably be some sort of therapy we could develop to combat this disassociation, I would think. (if disassociation is even the problem) I'm wondering if possibly a combination of rigorous personality theory, AMDR, and maybe a lot of changes in perspective (like simple past-exploration) would help... I don't know. There are probably a LOT of factors I'm not realizing and I don't really have a good sense of whether something would really be effective for problem-solving or not. :P

I definitely would like to explore this more, though! Please reply if you have any more thoughts, observations, or stories you'd like to share since I'd love being able to figure out what's going on here...