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I have to figure out which parts are out, and get their preferences narrowed down to two or three choices, which can result in a bubble gum, mint chip, mocha fudge sundae.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe thing with switching, much of the time, is that it\u0026#39;s more like having exceptionally state-dependent memory. Any part has a pretty clear memory for times they\u0026#39;ve been out. But they have only a hazy memory of times when other parts were out.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt also helps that years ago, long before I even really knew about multiplicity, my system developed a \u0026quot;computer,\u0026quot; which keeps track of things like who people are, or what happens in a particular situation. So whoever comes out in the body has some sense of how to behave appropriately.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI\u0026#39;m also comfortable enough with who I am that I\u0026#39;ve been known either to step back a little and observe what\u0026#39;s going on, or ask someone I know what\u0026#39;s happening, if it comes down to that.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe problems I\u0026#39;ve found are more along the lines of trying to juggle what\u0026#39;s happening so that each of the dozen or so people inside who have things they urgently want to do can somehow have time to do them. And that\u0026#39;s frustrating, because it would be hard enough to manage time for any one of us, and finding time to satisfy more than that is a major challenge."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/9218457708688517446/comments/default/2318293744510314108"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/9218457708688517446/comments/default/2318293744510314108"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/united-states-of-jigsaw-analogy.html?showComment\u003d1261144626250#c2318293744510314108","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Jigsaw Analogy"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15051811184421446296"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"13867159123859995410"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/united-states-of-jigsaw-analogy.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-9218457708688517446","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/9218457708688517446","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-6538357272190890137"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-18T03:55:42.336-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-18T03:55:42.336-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I've never read the literature. But as a non-multi..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I\u0026#39;ve never read the literature. But as a non-multiple, I wonder if the knee-jerk bias toward integration has to do with lack of understanding of what it\u0026#39;s like to be multiple.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFunnily enough, I often think of myself in terms of different facets. The amygdala self that just reacts. The emotional self that wants things. The rational self that tries to accommodate the emotional self\u0026#39;s desires, and also judges the worthiness of those desires. Sometimes it seems like the sum of those parts is an illusion held together by a shared consciousness and memory.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAnd yet ... life as a multiple sounds terrifying. If I\u0026#39;m one of many people sharing the same body, what happens to me when it\u0026#39;s someone else\u0026#39;s turn to come out? What happens when I come out and I have no memory of what\u0026#39;s just happened, and there are people around me who expect me to know what\u0026#39;s going on, and expect me to do something appropriate?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI just stumbled onto this blog, so if I\u0026#39;m asking questions you\u0026#39;ve addressed in previous posts, please feel free to link me to them.  :)"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/9218457708688517446/comments/default/6538357272190890137"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/9218457708688517446/comments/default/6538357272190890137"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/united-states-of-jigsaw-analogy.html?showComment\u003d1261126542336#c6538357272190890137","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"cinderkeys"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01578961959712679966"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/united-states-of-jigsaw-analogy.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-9218457708688517446","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/9218457708688517446","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-2504894898676098431"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-21T16:09:58.375-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-21T16:09:58.375-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"that last bit made me chuckle. yeah, it's hard to ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"that last bit made me chuckle. yeah, it\u0026#39;s hard to walk around in something that is totally not \u0026quot;you.\u0026quot;\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ei was thinking more about this, and i realized that i will take something that is soothing for a short period, and then it\u0026#39;s like i have to keep *on* doing that, because, well, that\u0026#39;s a thing that keeps us feeling okay, right? so i\u0026#39;d better make sure that keeps *on* happening... even after the part or parts that needed it no longer need it.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eand i see what you mean about the switching. yeah, switching because a part wants to come out is good. switching because they feel they *have* to come out, because the other part can\u0026#39;t handle it? not so good."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/9218457708688517446/comments/default/2504894898676098431"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/9218457708688517446/comments/default/2504894898676098431"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/united-states-of-jigsaw-analogy.html?showComment\u003d1258837798375#c2504894898676098431","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Jigsaw Analogy"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15051811184421446296"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"13867159123859995410"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/united-states-of-jigsaw-analogy.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-9218457708688517446","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/9218457708688517446","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-4234901530569808765"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-21T11:55:04.227-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-21T11:55:04.227-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"and i guess i've been stopping a lot of parts from..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ci\u003eand i guess i\u0026#39;ve been stopping a lot of parts from getting to do what they wanted, or to just be themselves, because i\u0026#39;ve thought that i know what\u0026#39;s best for everyone, all the time.\u003c/i\u003e (hoe I did that html correctly!)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWe sound a lot a like.  This is something I have been working on for quite a while.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs for the switching...what we would like is to switch because we want too, not because \u0026quot;uh oh, Sera is feeling some anger, Jesse better take over because he does anger\u0026quot;.  Of course it doesn\u0026#39;t happen cognitively like that, but it\u0026#39;s a good example.  We actually are doing pretty well with the making choices about getting dressed type issues.  Although it is a little hard on some of us to walk around campus with knee length jeans, black converse with flames, a pink Tinkerbell shirt, and heavy black eye makeup!  lol"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/9218457708688517446/comments/default/4234901530569808765"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/9218457708688517446/comments/default/4234901530569808765"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/united-states-of-jigsaw-analogy.html?showComment\u003d1258822504227#c4234901530569808765","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Battle Weary"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01503957693970441332"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/united-states-of-jigsaw-analogy.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-9218457708688517446","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/9218457708688517446","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-1793007202633085756"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-21T06:24:04.215-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-21T06:24:04.215-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"ooooh! i like the idea of a parody of the preamble..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"ooooh! i like the idea of a parody of the preamble as well. :)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ci\u003eOh...and this does not mean everyone has to have all memories...but has to be able to figure out what the heck happened yesterday\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDEFINITELY. i mean, being able to accept the general shape of what happened, and *that* it happened--i think it\u0026#39;s important for all the parts to do that. also, to be able to accept that the bad things were actually bad. but mostly, the goal is, if we\u0026#39;re thinking back, we can be like, \u0026quot;well, did i pay that library fine or not?\u0026quot; and actually know the answer.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eit\u0026#39;s funny, though, about switching. i (ellis) realized that for our system, the switching isn\u0026#39;t the problem. and that i\u0026#39;ve been blocking other parts from coming out when it\u0026#39;s really not necessary to block them. more to the point, it\u0026#39;s not *fair* for me to block them. they have as much right to determine, i don\u0026#39;t know, what this body wears as i do. or what we do, or anything like that. and i don\u0026#39;t have to be in control all the time.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ei\u0026#39;ve really been thinking about my need to be perfect, and to try to force everyone inside me (and a lot of people outside me) into my idea of what it is to be perfect. and i\u0026#39;m experimenting a little with letting that go.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ethe things xan wrote about being out, and that it\u0026#39;s safer than lots of people tend to believe... i do believe that, but i\u0026#39;ve been acting like, i don\u0026#39;t know, it\u0026#39;s better not to make people uncomfortable. i realized that\u0026#39;s just an excuse. no one, but NO one cares what i\u0026#39;m wearing, and whether it matches up with what i wore yesterday. but more important, people who read my blog aren\u0026#39;t going to be weirded out if someone posts who isn\u0026#39;t exactly like me. i mean, online, i\u0026#39;m pretty out about being multiple, but i don\u0026#39;t always act like one.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eand i guess i\u0026#39;ve been stopping a lot of parts from getting to do what they wanted, or to just be themselves, because i\u0026#39;ve thought that i know what\u0026#39;s best for everyone, all the time."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/9218457708688517446/comments/default/1793007202633085756"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/9218457708688517446/comments/default/1793007202633085756"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/united-states-of-jigsaw-analogy.html?showComment\u003d1258802644215#c1793007202633085756","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Jigsaw Analogy"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15051811184421446296"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"13867159123859995410"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/united-states-of-jigsaw-analogy.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-9218457708688517446","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/9218457708688517446","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-1536591493126981635"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-20T23:28:31.082-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-20T23:28:31.082-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Your idea of integration is actually very similar ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Your idea of integration is actually very similar to what our T and we have talked about!  What we have come up with is integration is all of the parts working together in such a way as to be able to be aware of what each other has done (or has not, as the case may be), to respect and not hurt each other, to allow for each others\u0026#39; interests and individuality without complaint, to allow each other time to pursue said interests, and to be able to feel a full range of feelings and have a full range of memory without the need to switch.  The last is where the most work and \u0026quot;messiness\u0026quot; seems to be.  Oh...and this does not mean everyone has to have all memories...but has to be able to figure out what the heck happened yesterday :P  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThat huge run-on sentence almost sounds like a preamble...we the people, in order to form a more perfect union...etc etc. :P"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/9218457708688517446/comments/default/1536591493126981635"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/9218457708688517446/comments/default/1536591493126981635"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/united-states-of-jigsaw-analogy.html?showComment\u003d1258777711082#c1536591493126981635","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Battle Weary"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01503957693970441332"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/united-states-of-jigsaw-analogy.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-9218457708688517446","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/9218457708688517446","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-319796908806786961"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-14T13:03:18.598-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-14T13:03:18.598-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I've been afraid to watch it because every single ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I\u0026#39;ve been afraid to watch it because every single show portrays us so horribly. Maybe I\u0026#39;ll watch it now."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/8340621956432869877/comments/default/319796908806786961"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/8340621956432869877/comments/default/319796908806786961"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/09/toni-collette-won-emmy-for-tara.html?showComment\u003d1258221798598#c319796908806786961","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/09/toni-collette-won-emmy-for-tara.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-8340621956432869877","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/8340621956432869877","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-1146090984886783062"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-07T13:13:54.119-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-07T13:13:54.119-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I can't wait for Tara to come back on again!!!!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I can\u0026#39;t wait for Tara to come back on again!!!!"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/8340621956432869877/comments/default/1146090984886783062"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/8340621956432869877/comments/default/1146090984886783062"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/09/toni-collette-won-emmy-for-tara.html?showComment\u003d1257617634119#c1146090984886783062","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"chariots"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/09/toni-collette-won-emmy-for-tara.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-8340621956432869877","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/8340621956432869877","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-2155523634235886045"},"published":{"$t":"2009-09-25T18:35:32.577-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-09-25T18:35:32.577-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"That's a whole lot of thoughts. I'm sorry that thi..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"That\u0026#39;s a whole lot of thoughts. I\u0026#39;m sorry that things are difficult, and they\u0026#39;re difficult in a new and different way, so that\u0026#39;s hard in and of itself. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI continue to remind you that I\u0026#39;m not going to push you to do those things that you\u0026#39;re feeling guilty about. You(se) say so yourself(ves) on a regular basis- we don\u0026#39;t SLEEP well when we\u0026#39;re together, for a million reasons, very few of them having to do with mental health!!! I think if you woke up tomorrow issue free, we should still have separate sleeping places. Sometimes I forget that, but it\u0026#39;s true.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhen I can remember what\u0026#39;s going on for you, it\u0026#39;s way easier to give you space to go off and be by yourself. I wish I had read this sooner. Take the time you need. I love you. I\u0026#39;ll be here when you get back."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/2694535569557717171/comments/default/2155523634235886045"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/2694535569557717171/comments/default/2155523634235886045"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-dont-know.html?showComment\u003d1253918132577#c2155523634235886045","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Me, Myself And I"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09655313570659052284"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-dont-know.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-2694535569557717171","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/2694535569557717171","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-2088820144654132719"},"published":{"$t":"2009-09-25T18:29:05.254-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-09-25T18:29:05.254-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Those are two of my favorites, too! I think my cop..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Those are two of my favorites, too! I think my copy of Harry the Dirty Dog even has one of my bookplates from when I was little. I should go see. I miss bookplates!"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/1148582761685990987/comments/default/2088820144654132719"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/1148582761685990987/comments/default/2088820144654132719"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/09/very-good-book.html?showComment\u003d1253917745254#c2088820144654132719","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Me, Myself And I"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09655313570659052284"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/09/very-good-book.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-1148582761685990987","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/1148582761685990987","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-8030394166052284134"},"published":{"$t":"2009-09-22T21:24:26.394-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-09-22T21:24:26.394-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"HEY!  we has this one!!  ours is from 1977, hard c..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"HEY!  we has this one!!  ours is from 1977, hard cover, huuuge sized book (well real thin cause not many pages but like the cover is big)  wheeeeeee!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eyah we love it a lot and we like Harry the Dirty Dog.  got an old copy of that too that is so fun"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/1148582761685990987/comments/default/8030394166052284134"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/1148582761685990987/comments/default/8030394166052284134"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/09/very-good-book.html?showComment\u003d1253669066394#c8030394166052284134","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"villageofmany"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/09/very-good-book.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-1148582761685990987","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/1148582761685990987","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-9103504112468077210"},"published":{"$t":"2009-08-27T06:19:37.127-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-08-27T06:19:37.127-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Thank you for submitting a posting. Keep writing. ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Thank you for submitting a posting. Keep writing. Your words are very touching, human, and you write a little as though you are waking from a dream. Reading your words is like sitting by candlelight in a cold winter. I hope your life is filled with peace, and often joy."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/6551929102440849805/comments/default/9103504112468077210"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/6551929102440849805/comments/default/9103504112468077210"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2007/05/coping-with-memories.html?showComment\u003d1251368377127#c9103504112468077210","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Elizabeth"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/17779785326498483179"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2007/05/coping-with-memories.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-6551929102440849805","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/6551929102440849805","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-7149486162954540308"},"published":{"$t":"2009-07-19T13:47:17.344-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-07-19T13:47:17.344-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"We have come by and read this several times hoping..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"We have come by and read this several times hoping something brilliant will come to mind to say.  No such luck.  Just wanted you to know we have read."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/7902533841768324914/comments/default/7149486162954540308"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/7902533841768324914/comments/default/7149486162954540308"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-dont-see-point.html?showComment\u003d1248025637344#c7149486162954540308","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Battle Weary"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01503957693970441332"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-dont-see-point.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-7902533841768324914","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/7902533841768324914","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-717941157058948042"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-20T02:30:12.027-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-20T02:30:12.027-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The way you are feeling is terrible--I know it wel..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The way you are feeling is terrible--I know it well. immediately try to divert yourself.  it doesn\u0026#39;t matter how small it is. Take a hot bath, walk around your house/apartment, make some tea, do laundry, anything. . . your mind will keep working but the torture you describe will lift.  Remember you ARE a valuable and good person and do not deserve to suffer.  This is a point in time that will get better, but it takes a long time. Take care."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/7902533841768324914/comments/default/717941157058948042"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/7902533841768324914/comments/default/717941157058948042"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-dont-see-point.html?showComment\u003d1245479412027#c717941157058948042","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-dont-see-point.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-7902533841768324914","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/7902533841768324914","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-5200073578032682905"},"published":{"$t":"2009-05-21T22:04:13.937-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-05-21T22:04:13.937-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I can relate to the being afraid that you're makin..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I can relate to the being afraid that you're making up the memories . . I struggle with that a lot . . . there is evidence that there is some pretty big stuff I need to heal from, but it hard to heal from something that I'm not sure even happened . . it becomes a big circle!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThanks for sharing your story!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e- Marie (Coming Out of the Trees)\u003cbr /\u003ehttp://mmaaggnnaa.wordpress.com/"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/8827197623624862965/comments/default/5200073578032682905"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/8827197623624862965/comments/default/5200073578032682905"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/05/been-while.html?showComment\u003d1242957853937#c5200073578032682905","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Marie"},"uri":{"$t":"http://mmaaggnnaa.wordpress.com/"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/05/been-while.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-8827197623624862965","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/8827197623624862965","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-250307041642890686"},"published":{"$t":"2009-05-11T19:52:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-05-11T19:52:00.000-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Came over from Battle Weary's blog.  My son is cho..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Came over from Battle Weary's blog.  My son is chomping at the bit for that game.  Hhmmmm...after what you said about the new version...this may have to be one of those games I borrow from my son and play myself!  ;)"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/3189568593615133042/comments/default/250307041642890686"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/3189568593615133042/comments/default/250307041642890686"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post.html?showComment\u003d1242085920000#c250307041642890686","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Marj aka Thriver"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06825698906631474866"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-3189568593615133042","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/3189568593615133042","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-8186570108039757389"},"published":{"$t":"2009-05-01T15:59:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-05-01T15:59:00.000-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hi -\n\nI was wondering if you would add my blog to ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Hi -\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI was wondering if you would add my blog to your blogroll?  It is about my own therapy-related experiences . . . thank you in advance!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e- Marie\u003cbr /\u003ehttp://mmaaggnnaa.wordpress.com/"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/8827197623624862965/comments/default/8186570108039757389"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/8827197623624862965/comments/default/8186570108039757389"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/05/been-while.html?showComment\u003d1241207940000#c8186570108039757389","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/05/been-while.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-8827197623624862965","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/8827197623624862965","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-1691461286782952314"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-16T18:26:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-16T18:26:00.000-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"This is the first time I've checked out your blog ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"This is the first time I've checked out your blog -nice.  This post resonates so very much. I wonder if any of my thoughts speak to you? So, I have accepted (some days) that the people in the world, who function in the world, and talk about things as if they understand them - like love, know things that I just will never know.  I don't think I will ever know what unconditional love feels like, nor will I be able to accept that someone (or more than one someone) will love me until they leave their body, or so they say? My T asked if I thought my partner was going to leave me.  Well, of course.  But someone else said no because she is way too loyal.  When I get sad, and wish I could feel loved, I focus on the loyalty thing, and remind myself that maybe that's what love feels like -at least for me."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/5408430117655250212/comments/default/1691461286782952314"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/5408430117655250212/comments/default/1691461286782952314"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-i-dont-understand.html?showComment\u003d1239920760000#c1691461286782952314","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"knotme"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/10056482430735284339"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-i-dont-understand.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-5408430117655250212","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/5408430117655250212","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-3755669506444724377"},"published":{"$t":"2009-03-26T00:39:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T00:39:00.000-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I have DID and understand completely what you are ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I have DID and understand completely what you are going through, or at least as much as one person can truly emphasize with another.  I know what you are talking about, with the different \"ones\" getting out a lot and you not having any recollection of the time, or a distorted recollection of the time.  Some of my \"others\" get more time \"out\" than some of the \"other ones\" do.  It just seems like some of the ones who are \"out\" alot seem stronger and able to handle a lot more of the stresses that come along with being \"out.\"  Does that make any sense?  I hope this message doesn't seem too \"jumbled.\"  I apologize for that.  Please check out my blog, the one I recently started at http://hopeandpieces.wordpress.com.  I have only two entries so far, but your blog encourages me to write more.  I do find it is healing for me to blog about my past and my daily struggles.  I have \"hope\" that my \"pieces\" will eventually come together and become something beautiful.  \"They\" are already something beautiful to me, but I want the world to see what \"we\" can become.  In the past, I had been called \"crazy\" for so long that I began to believe it.  Now, I have decided to live my life the way I want.  And, if it turns out that I amn crazy, then so be it.  I will not let anyone discourage me from living my life to its fullest anymore.  \u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eJigsaw Analogy, may God bless you in writing your blog and in your life.  You will be in my prayers and thoughts."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/7186396221565914225/comments/default/3755669506444724377"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/7186396221565914225/comments/default/3755669506444724377"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/03/hard-times.html?showComment\u003d1238042340000#c3755669506444724377","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"mrsladyjade"},"uri":{"$t":"http://hopeandpieces.wordpress.com"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/03/hard-times.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-7186396221565914225","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/7186396221565914225","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-2909153251338298224"},"published":{"$t":"2009-03-21T12:41:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-21T12:41:00.000-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hi I like your blog. I often wonder the same thing..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Hi I like your blog. I often wonder the same thing, why doesn't F, my husband drop me or even my therapist. I'm always waiting for that shoe to drop.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eI know that I test those I love. I hope one day I won't need to do that anymore. \u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eIt sounds like your W will stick by you. That's good :)"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/5408430117655250212/comments/default/2909153251338298224"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/5408430117655250212/comments/default/2909153251338298224"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-i-dont-understand.html?showComment\u003d1237653660000#c2909153251338298224","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Psych Client"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/17311029286506932562"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"03649015719388558054"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-i-dont-understand.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-5408430117655250212","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/5408430117655250212","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-6101333741232603580"},"published":{"$t":"2009-03-20T18:46:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-20T18:46:00.000-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hey...just wanted to say that the post I left on t..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Hey...just wanted to say that the post I left on the hidden blog was kind of directed at specific people...and you aren't one a them!  \u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eI'm sorry things are so hard right now.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eL"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/5408430117655250212/comments/default/6101333741232603580"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/5408430117655250212/comments/default/6101333741232603580"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-i-dont-understand.html?showComment\u003d1237589160000#c6101333741232603580","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Battle Weary"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01503957693970441332"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-i-dont-understand.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-5408430117655250212","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/5408430117655250212","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-5918840924592248127"},"published":{"$t":"2009-03-19T18:48:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-19T18:48:00.000-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hi guys!  I'm sorry to hear you're feeling so low...."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Hi guys!  I'm sorry to hear you're feeling so low.  We've been moving so we've been out of touch with everyone, including ourselves.  Just want you to know we read your thoughts and hope to see you at the next meeting if possible.  \u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eThe stuff with therapy - that really sucks.  What a way to make a person feel, not so loved...... blah...."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/5408430117655250212/comments/default/5918840924592248127"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/5408430117655250212/comments/default/5918840924592248127"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-i-dont-understand.html?showComment\u003d1237502880000#c5918840924592248127","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"chariots"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-i-dont-understand.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-5408430117655250212","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/5408430117655250212","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-6476264936754276401"},"published":{"$t":"2009-02-07T09:59:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-02-07T09:59:00.000-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I keep meaning to respond to this, and then other ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I keep meaning to respond to this, and then other stuff gets in the way.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eBut specifically about how I define/use/understand \"crazy\":\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cA HREF\u003d\"http://www.copingincrazyville.com/index/about/crazyville/\" REL\u003d\"nofollow\"\u003eHere's a page I wrote about that on my website.\u003c/A\u003e\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eI don't think crazy, in and of itself, is bad. But the non-functioning, frustrating, disabling end of things... that just sucks."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/1705663353959139605/comments/default/6476264936754276401"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/1705663353959139605/comments/default/6476264936754276401"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/01/hating-being-crazy.html?showComment\u003d1234018740000#c6476264936754276401","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Jigsaw Analogy"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15051811184421446296"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"13867159123859995410"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/01/hating-being-crazy.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-1705663353959139605","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/1705663353959139605","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-6649575259543767095"},"published":{"$t":"2009-01-20T20:55:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-01-20T20:55:00.000-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I'm sorry you've had such a rough day...and hard t..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I'm sorry you've had such a rough day...and hard time in general the past several months.  But I have to disagree with the crazy part.  You aren't crazy.  You had a different way of coping...a way that many people can not even imagine, let alone do.  It worked well, then it didn't work well anymore.  That doesn't make you crazy...I won't believe it.  If I accept that you are crazy, then I must accept that I too am crazy, and I absolutely refuse to do that.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eAs for the potential...you still have it...that doesn't go away.  I am just discovering that for myself with school.  Maybe some day you will be able to finish your PhD (isn't that where you are at?).  That alone is amazing to me.  I'm a 40 year old junior (body anyway)!  Maybe you won't finish tomorrow, or next week, or even next month...but the potential to finish is definitely there.\u003cBR/\u003e\u003cBR/\u003eNow I will go \"make pie\"...that's the word verification!"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/1705663353959139605/comments/default/6649575259543767095"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/1705663353959139605/comments/default/6649575259543767095"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/01/hating-being-crazy.html?showComment\u003d1232502900000#c6649575259543767095","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Battle Weary"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01503957693970441332"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2009/01/hating-being-crazy.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-1705663353959139605","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/1705663353959139605","type":"text/html"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-4614728385466923014"},"published":{"$t":"2009-01-12T13:54:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-01-12T13:54:00.000-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"i'm as ok as is reasonable to expect; the severely..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"i'm as ok as is reasonable to expect; the severely depressed parts are still depressed, but at least they've been spending a lot of time in therapy, so there's hope that they will eventually feel better."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/2862013406506080929/comments/default/4614728385466923014"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/2862013406506080929/comments/default/4614728385466923014"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2008/11/best-case-scenario-if-i-stay-alive-is.html?showComment\u003d1231786440000#c4614728385466923014","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Jigsaw Analogy"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/15051811184421446296"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"13867159123859995410"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"http://jigsawanalogy.blogspot.com/2008/11/best-case-scenario-if-i-stay-alive-is.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36013857.post-2862013406506080929","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36013857/posts/default/2862013406506080929","type":"text/html"}}]}});