Woke Up Tuesday It Was Essay

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This dissociative process was so powerful that Julia was able to endure what her physician referred to as agony, in a state in which she was blissfully unaware of the excruciating suffering she was feeling. The ramifications of this incident, of course, illustrate what Stout was stating about the consciousness' human ability to adapt and survive. Because Julia had endured so much suffering during her childhood by tuning out or disassociating herself from it, that reflex became her automatic reaction to situations in which there was actual, real danger -- all of which merely underscores how little of her life Julia had been present for.

To say the least, Stout's essay demonstrates that it is extremely safe to say that one's memories of the past definitely shape one's perceptions of the present. Moreover, it would be a little more accurate to state that one's memories of the past have the ability to practically erase the experiences and sensations of the present by numbing both the mind and body away from what is taking place in reality.

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In that sense, then, reality actually becomes what one makes of it. Reality, in the case of dissociative people or of those who have memories strong enough to alter their perceptions of the present, is no longer the shared experiences between people on earth, but rather becomes what one is experiencing in his or her mind at that time. So if someone spends most of his or her time outside of that shared existence between people and things on the physical plane, then it does not necessarily mean they are outside of reality. Rather, it means they have created (whether willingly or not) their own reality, for as good or as ill as it….....

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