by ffej808 » Sun Dec 27, 2009 6:54 am
Hey, you just reminded me of the moment I found myself stuck in some limbo/purgatory akin to being in Schrodinger's box. I was convinced i'd died in an accident I was in, and, that i'd possibly killed some family. I couldn't figure out what was happening and, as i was still interacting with people under these conditions I paid careful attention to any clue that would lead me to figure out my destiny. I began to surmise that since i'd killed i must be in hell and it felt strangely like normal life only everyone knew everything about me but was not allowed to share any information with me as if it would change the course of my fate. I would have to confront my problems head on. I started scrutinizing the details delivered over the radio and in conversation and by the labels on cars that passed by and on that day an unusually random albeit brief torrent occured and I reluctantly attributed it to divine intervention. If this is normal for you I think you may be schizophrenic, but, unfortunately, their is a complex amongst would be diagnosticians which tends to have the biasing effect of isolating schizophrenia to a limited pool who describe more advanced symptoms. OK, so my investigation led me to uncover horrors from my childhood involving a giant child sex ring including prominent business men from my hometown. Apparently, I was inventing this story as an explanation for why I had been spared. I felt the limbo I was in, and, not knowing whether I was "alive", was something I could deal with if I exercised a great deal of patience. The fact that I had finally had a revelation that brought me closer to understanding Schrodinger's thought experiment was invigorating to say the least. From my experience, I constantly struggle with new ways to invent myself and this experience was like hitting the motherload in the sense that for a brief moment (a day-week-month), if I understand you correctly , a shattering consciousness is awakened from which there is no turning back. Life as you know it has ended. A new life is presented and, however contrived may seem (make-believe), it is still preferential. Time has faded my memory of this event. Thank you for sharing.