You don't need to be lighthearted all the time just because of your name.
I just thought...to me, my real name matters. I never wanted to be given another despite being unable to remember it. I would rather not have one at all than be someone other than myself.
To some that new name is who they are, now removed from who they were before the amnesia.
Either way can be a comfort. Holding on to an identity. ...When I think of certain things, sometimes I forget, I get lost in it and start to think that I am...not myself.
That is rather specific to myself but I think feeling that you know who you are can be grounding in any situation. Such as hearing the right name. Which may be a case of passing the bad off onto one...but overcoming difficulty is part of who you are too. I'm sure Hythlodaeus has too, even if this pain is much worse. Don't forget that. I know you can make it...regardless of how impossible it may feel to continue right now
But really I only wondered if one might make you happier than the other.
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Re: 327 maybe??
Date: 2021-02-06 11:25 am (UTC)You don't need to be lighthearted all the time just because of your name.
I just thought...to me, my real name matters. I never wanted to be given another despite being unable to remember it. I would rather not have one at all than be someone other than myself.
To some that new name is who they are, now removed from who they were before the amnesia.
Either way can be a comfort. Holding on to an identity. ...When I think of certain things, sometimes I forget, I get lost in it and start to think that I am...not myself.
That is rather specific to myself but I think feeling that you know who you are can be grounding in any situation. Such as hearing the right name. Which may be a case of passing the bad off onto one...but overcoming difficulty is part of who you are too. I'm sure Hythlodaeus has too, even if this pain is much worse. Don't forget that. I know you can make it...regardless of how impossible it may feel to continue right now
But really I only wondered if one might make you happier than the other.