So I've now had my first two sessions with a new psychologist. I told him about the "alter ego" I "created" (described in my first cry for help here), and told him I felt like I was living the Star Trek episode in which the transporter splits Captain Kirk into Evil Kirk and Good (but Wimpy) Kirk. A central theme of that episode was the necessity of integrating both such sides of one's personality into a balanced whole. (I should note that I don't believe I have true multiple-personality disorder.) My therapist agreed.

Unfortunately, I don't have the luxury of a quick trip back through a transporter. And something tells me that, as in all psychotherapy, the process will be both long and messy. Has anyone else here suffered the same problem? If so, what did the process of re-integration entail? (If it means ending up acting like a demanding a**h*** toward anyone, I might be better off as the nice [but miserable] guy I am.)

Thanks -- DSM-3.1415926

P.S. In case anyone's unfamiliar with that episode: see this entry at Star Trek Re-Watch.