[info]ethernight
Shirly Temple
August 10th, 2006 01:47 pm
What's it called when you believe you are the only person that really exists?


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[info]ethernight: What's it called when you believe you're the only one that really exists?
[info]hutta: Lunacy?
[info]ethernight: There's a specific disorder. Shirly Temple grew up to have it.
[info]hutta: Weird.
[info]ethernight: *looks up Shirly Temple on wikipedia*
[info]ethernight: Huh. Shirly Temple grew up to be a Republican.
[info]hutta: Aah, so that's what it's called.
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From:[info]auryn29a
Date:August 10th, 2006 - 09:07 pm
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solipsism. I'm a fan of it.
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From:[info]ethernight
Date:August 10th, 2006 - 09:16 pm
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Thank you!
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From:[info]1_aga
Date:August 10th, 2006 - 09:10 pm

Dissociative Disorder

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Is the broad term. I'm not sure what the specific disorder is called and a quick Wikipedia Search didn't help. I'll see if any of the psych students in my family remember.
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From:[info]1_aga
Date:August 10th, 2006 - 09:13 pm

I like auryn's answer better

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism
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From:[info]ethernight
Date:August 10th, 2006 - 09:25 pm

Re: I like auryn's answer better

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Yeah, I was incorrect in calling it a disorder.
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From:[info]nix_nevermind
Date:August 10th, 2006 - 10:41 pm
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Are you sure you don't means Shirley MacLaine or however you spell that? She got increasingly batty as time went on and eventually bought into this weird mystical solipsism. Solipsism isn't a "disorder" as such, though it's easy to imagine it could be joined with paranoia, but it's usually just thought of as a philosophical position.
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From:[info]ethernight
Date:August 10th, 2006 - 10:57 pm
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"Are you sure you don't means Shirley MacLaine..."

The first time I ever heard of Solipsism was when I was a kid and my mom defined it for me. She went on to say that Shirly Temple, as a result of growing up a child star where everybody adored her absolutely all the time, grew up to be a solipsist. She said that she was known to disturb her guests at dinner parties by saying things like, "Thank you all for coming... although of course I know you only exist in my head anyway."

After doing a search however, I don't find anything about Shirly Temple being a solipsist, so my mom could have been wrong or I could be remembering incorrectly.

I realize now after looking into it that it's not a disorder. (Although there is solipsism syndrome.)
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From:[info]hutta
Date:August 11th, 2006 - 01:44 am
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Awww, my favorite part was when I called it "the disorder of Lincoln."
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From:[info]ethernight
Date:August 11th, 2006 - 01:48 am
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Yeah, but if I'd included the whole thing it wouldn't be a sample anymore, and I'd have to pay royalties.
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