Re: Addictions structures
At 06:37 PM 12/21/96 -0100, you wrote:
>In these last days of the year as the list is so quiet
>some thoughts have been here with me turning around.
>
>It's about the different structures of addictions as
>I'm aware of them.
>
>The first one is closely related to what psychiatrists
>name MPD Multiple Personality Disorder. In the litterature
>about this syndrom they usually mention addictions as
>usual symptoms or consequences of MPD. Our observations
>from an NLP point of view drove us to consider the usage
>of the substance as the mean the person found to switch
>back and forth from a personality to another. In fact
>still observing how the person is behaving we concluded the
>substance use and abuse had probably merged the multiple
>personalities into two different and opposite personalities
>the Sober Personality and the Addicted Personality.
>
>We can't conclude that all addicts are suffering from
>Multiple Personality Disorder but we can conclude that
>substance usage as alcohol and heroin has the power
>and the effect of structuring the personality into
>these opposite polarities.
>
>We had been astonished for years by the fact that when
>you consider 10 young persons (about 20) having fun
>together, living their lifes together, going to the
>same parties, having the same friends, dancing in
>the same night clubs, drinking the same alcohol, trying
>the same drugs, a few years later most of them are begining
>their adult life in a 'normal' way but one or two
>of them are already addicted to alcohol or so on. What
>went wrong for them ?
>
>My hypothesis is these young adults could have been suffered
>from MPD and still ignoring it. The usage of drug and alcohol
>could have made them suddenly aware of their hidden
>personalities. What a revelation ! A new personality
>with new skills, new behaviors, isn't that cool ?
>That hypothesis would explain how addiction can be
>so quick some times. Upon this point I can refer
>to my own experiences when I was 18 and I saw so
>many of my friends becoming heroin addicts in a few
>weeks. That could be as these persons were already
>addicted and they were waiting until they found
>their substance.
>
>That's all for today. I hope you'll have comments
>about that. I need them. I'm addicted to comments ...;-)
>
>Merry Christmas,
>
>---
>Bernard Frit
>
>
>Dear Bernard,
What would happen if a person with MPD went to a NLPer and
(with the help probably a lot of reframing of other parts)the NLPer
installed into the person a "boss" part. A part thats responsabilty was to
allow control to certain parts in certain situtations and not in others. Is
this something that is (simplistic but) feasible?
Have a fun Christmas
Ivan Scott