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| Alice in Chains – Voices Lyrics
| 11 months ago
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I think it is about how humans work - we have parts of ourself, and some of that have it more distinct for many reasons (usually trauma). We also change over time, have influences from being raised, different jobs or roles, locations, languages which can also influence thought in different ways. And I think this is Jerry literally hearing those parts and memories of himself. Perhaps a bit of identity confusion as part of that. Perhaps also thinking he is a bit nuts and this could be a hot topic, but he seems to know others are like this too - what is that like for them? Sometimes those parts of us can be exiled, asleep or locked away too. |
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| Alice in Chains – Nutshell Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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CPTSD and Dissociative disorders. Chasing what you were taught to do (school, job, family, fame, fortune etc) but disillusioned by the outcome and reasons, however due to neglect and lack of parenting this is more pronounced - you had to figure things out all on your own which can have compounding effects over time. What do you do if your parent consistently rejects and neglects you when you need emotional support? You have to close yourself up and restrict your emotions - what else do you do? There’s never any soothing which has to be taught, so you dump your issues somewhere inside and avoid it as best you can. Then there is actual abuse and ways people treat you - the golden boy, achievement attention only, teach negative emotions are bad, putdowns, emotional manipulation and tension. Your abusers learn everything they can about you to better do it - information is power, no wonder your privacy is raked. But your emotions are you, and you were taught to disown them and be what everyone else wants and that your needs do not matter. Also you don’t know how to handle your anger to get what you want (again not taught), but you have a heart and don’t want to hurt people with it, so you suppress that. Particularly when you are under constant threat and your sympathetic system is always on, you want to cut that shit off. Whether by others abusive will or choice you lost yourself and were taught to close yourself off from what you want for others, and to hide who you are and what you feel around others to prevent them hurting you and do what abusers instilled in you, rather than values that should have been inherent and shaped or free influence. So you figuratively exile yourself off and be a shell of a person to be able to survive and reconcile not being yourself and surviving - dissociation. |
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