Is it strange that while Hats sleeps, we watch episodes of United States of Tara?
We’re still on the first season, although almost done, I think. At first, it was triggering (like what isn’t these days?) and even L made a brief panicked appearance (not so good), but it’s all really kind of interesting.
Right now I can’t find a more appropriate and fitting word. We are who we are, but it’s interesting to see how Diablo Cody and co. are portraying a woman with alters. Maybe she has some real life experience with DID herself, but considering what we’ve seen of the show so far, it’s a little textbook if you ask me.
We’ve been curious about it since it came out, even though the official Dx wasn’t made for a year later. It probably doesn’t hurt that we love Toni Collette and adore John Corbett. And I guess we also want an idea of what people may have “learned” from watching the series so we can understand why they react a certain way when/if they find out about us.
Is it sad that we have to worry about this kind of thing? Media subjecting DID into the spotlight with a slightly skewed and sometimes overly dramatic lens? It is entertainment after all.
Jaime wondered the other day if we might have the highest concentration of multiplicity under one roof in the area. Statistically, I wouldn’t be surprised, but I suppose it depends on the area.
It’s probably hilariously ironic though – a bunch of multiples watching a show about a bunch of multiples.
In a few of the larger cities there are organizations that are for multiples. A club sounds like an interesting idea. I wonder if they would charge group rates? Thanks for the input about United States of Tara. I have been kind of curios. I have seen Sybil but have not watched 3 Faces of Eve. I have watched Hollywood portray DID as a fake or criminal but rarely how I experience it. I think the hardest thing for Hollywood is that much of what happened to me was going on inside and usually people didn’t even realize I was different. Some family members denied that I switched. Now with integration, I am very aware of the difference inside but even those closest to me find me very much the same.
We haven’t watched Sybil or The 3 Faces of Eve but yesterday we sort of had a US of T marathon. We completed season one and started season two. As long as we remember that it’s entertainment and not something we should ever compare ourselves to, I think we’ll be okay. It’s just the random public that worries us some.
I watched the first 2 DVDs. Mainly because that was what they had at Hastings Books.
I suppose that, as they produced that series, they had to make it attractive to an audience. The first year almost makes the whole thing seem kinda fun. By the 2nd, not so much.
I suppose that every has a different way to do things, but I’ve never had the advantage of having alters show up with nametags.
Hell, when I’m in the middle of it, sometimes I totally forget about the DID. That is something that never happens on US of Tara.
Yeah, season two is definitely darker and much more stressful. It kind of bothers me that season one makes DID almost look fun, too, like it’s just what the average, boring family in the Midwest needs to liven up their lives. So not.
I’m not so sure that, should season 3 become available, I would be up to watching it. I just don’t know. It seems to me that, at this moment anyway, it would completely wear me out.
How many multiples are in you? My friend has 9 personalities. Its interesting.
Hmm… we never know quite how to answer this. There are a lot and there are even more if you count the inactive ones (not the ones that are completely gone, but those that have a more sporadic existence).