I've been told that so many times. I hate being told things. Now I know why.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by AlwaysChanging2

I've been told that so many times. I hate being told things. Now I know why.

no one ever told me I have a one track mind. quite the opposite. they were always coming to me to figure things out because I had the ability to think on many different levels. they didnt know I was DID and that if there was something I couldnt figure out I would end up dissociating and another who was capable of doing that would figure it out. for a while there before I told anyone I had DID everyone thought i was just a whiz at multi tasking and able to think out many different elements, aspects of a problem at the same time like someone with a photographic memory could....

I remember this one time in school I got in trouble because I was doing the work faster than others and my teacher thought I was cheating, she didnt know that I had DID so i was to think out the answers faster than other single minded people could.

i always had more than one objective to my playing...I may have been playing dolls but at the same time I had my blocks forming towers and my crayons out drawing and doing my homework, and in high school it was nothing to find me doing my homework, watching tv while cooking dinner while teaching a younger sibling how to ride a bike and another how to do their homework and plan out a best friends birthday party...

even now my wife sometimes gets frustrated because I usually have so many different things going at the same time and she looks at me and says I thought integrated meant less chaos, and I laugh and say yes less chaos but still have the same abilities its just all in one now. I may not dissociate into alters now but I still retain the ability to multi task, multi think, multi do...

[LostOne369]

Originally Posted by amandalouise

no one ever told me I have a one track mind. quite the opposite. they were always coming to me to figure things out because I had the ability to think on many different levels. they didnt know I was DID and that if there was something I couldnt figure out I would end up dissociating and another who was capable of doing that would figure it out. for a while there before I told anyone I had DID everyone thought i was just a whiz at multi tasking and able to think out many different elements, aspects of a problem at the same time like someone with a photographic memory could....

I remember this one time in school I got in trouble because I was doing the work faster than others and my teacher thought I was cheating, she didnt know that I had DID so i was to think out the answers faster than other single minded people could.

i always had more than one objective to my playing...I may have been playing dolls but at the same time I had my blocks forming towers and my crayons out drawing and doing my homework, and in high school it was nothing to find me doing my homework, watching tv while cooking dinner while teaching a younger sibling how to ride a bike and another how to do their homework and plan out a best friends birthday party...

even now my wife sometimes gets frustrated because I usually have so many different things going at the same time and she looks at me and says I thought integrated meant less chaos, and I laugh and say yes less chaos but still have the same abilities its just all in one now. I may not dissociate into alters now but I still retain the ability to multi task, multi think, multi do...

That's nice dear, I can only wish....instances were like people would tell me that I was at a stop light driving and they were blowing their horn and that I was like in a trance state and unawares of my surroundings...they got a kick out of it...of course I have no idea, but..

Or when they say I get focused on a job...thats all I do...or an approach to a problem...it's hard to explain.

I figure it to the others doing their thing, then everyone looks at us peculiar.

Me too on the school thing...I was in all honors...a brainiac, scientist, musician, geometry, biology, physics., French ...I was into everything. I did it all...but that's school. In adult life things are different. I can't work and talk at the same time. It's either one or the other...the worker works or the talker talks...to do more than one thing required switching minute by minute...second by second to appear normal.

I'm not integrated so it's like each does their job....which leaves a deficit in other areas.

That's more what I meant. Even today..whoever does whatever...there's no crossover. It's awful...nothing like having a blank stare when surprises happen. I guess we're getting slower.

[Lost_in_the_woods]

Having an unhinged mind is both a blessing and a curse. I can see situations and solutions in 360° pov...but only for others. I only see walls rising up in front of me. Get so stuck, afraid to move. One misstep could be danger. Except Scarlett. I don't think she fears or worries about anything....hmmm... I shouldn't speak for her, we are not getting along right now. But I think We all who are " " not norms" have the advance in the non judgeMental (teehee. lil joke.) listening department....that is of course when we are able to stay in the moment...but even when I want to listen alot either get lost then miss important info or can't stay outward when others inside are being loud or demanding...also we are easily distracted by shiney things! I think that's the one thing that everyone I am agrees on... SHINEY!!! And I think I just illustrated the biggest problem I have in conversation or any linear goals... rambling on not staying the course. *sigh. I look at my old papers from college and they are so organizational concise articulate and purposeful and I get frustrated cuz I know i wrote them but can't fathom how anymore... so they just as well could be sanskrit. Sorry I completely forgot what this thread was about *doh. Multi tasking NOT quite 4 me!! More like many started things and lists and good intentions that rarely get accomplished. At least not fast or orderly. But POV is definately not narrow or stuck. I never could understand how quick most are to judge, label, diagnose, write off, or just refuse the existance of any other way thought or view??!! How can anyone have absolutes when they have not lived thst persons life, walked in their shoes, or embodied their minds??!! So much doesn't make ne sense to me. : (

Having an unhinged mind is both a blessing and a curse. I can see situations and solutions in 360°

I so get this...10 opinions for a thought...seeing things from every angle...can bisect any topic, be regarded as a genius....(I'm willing to bet good problem solvers are DID but don't know it)...solve most questions other than the one of self...a blessing, and a curse....I agree.