Friday, September 14, 2007

Two disorders courtesy of NYTimes

One of which is altogether benign (in some ways desirable, if you ask me), the other of which is horrifying. Update: Subscription required (free, annoying) for link one (probably link two eventually...)

5 comments:

Fia said...

Is it even creepier that when I was little and my parents would punish my sister and me for misbehaving that I thought they were the evil parents who replaced my parents? Of course, I don't have thoughts like that anymore, but I did when I was about 5-7.

Justin (koavf) said...

When I was a child, not only did I think that I was adopted - as I understand, this is fairly common - but I could have sworn that I was from Saturn. This was when I was seven to nine, maybe? I have no idea why.

Fia said...

Okay, so probably normal imaginative behavior for kids. Just not adults.

Joseph said...

I did a pretty good job of convincing my sister (Christina) that she was adopted when we were younger. I think it was also around that 6-8 year-old range.

She was pretty upset until my mom showed her the video tape of her birth. Then she was just mad at me (in fact, she still brings it up occasionally with a hint of bitterness).

Justin (koavf) said...

Christina isn't adopted? Huh... I would be more upset by seeing a videotape of my birth, frankly. Ignorance is bliss. I also don't see how that proves anything; that could have just been Michelle, right?