From r/AutisticAdults, my reply got too long and reddit's server kept not wanting to let me post it, so I'm writing it here. Wrestling with some thoughts, and wanting to hear some opinions. I put a banana inside myself this morning, nothing dirty, I just ate it. The reason I phrased it weirdly is that I realized I've been making a mistake in my thought process involving that banana and many other things. I assumed, falsely, that my skin encompasses all that I consider to be me, and that vice versa everything within my skin can be considered me. But that banana is clearly not me, yet it exists within my skin. I don't talk like a banana, I don't walk like a banana, and a lot of that banana will leave me shortly. So now I realize that there are things inside me that aren't me. So I've done a bit of stripping, nothing dirty, I just tried to remove everything that isn't me from my idea of what is me. Asking questions like: am I my bones, am I my blood, am I my vaguely triangular jawline?…
No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.