Saturday, February 22, 2014  Alternate realities of delusion
The inside of my head has been a very noisy place the last few
days. I don't know if I have the cold or flu, but it hardly
matters. My chest aches, breathing is fraught with peril, and
I've had a mild headache for several days now, off and on. More
on than off. I've been really tired, yet not sleeping well. Why
not?  Well, part of the problem is the movie playing in my head.
Movies. Many many movies. Most of us think of ourselves as a
unitary person. One entity that makes the decisions and carries
out the various actions. One entity that talks to other people.
One entity that is "us".  Some people don't have that
experience. For whatever reason they have a condition or
conditions that lead to multiple "selves". It's certainly a
staple of fiction. For a while I was interested in this, but I
haven't looked at the current state of research in many years.
What I have looked at is all the stuff going on in the
background of my head. There are several b