u/CalbeePlayz

My friends have been suggesting to me that I get medicated for my ADHD, but I'm really worried about the connotations of that. This is gonna be quite the rant so I'm sorry if it comes off as a little scattered.

If ADHD medication changes how you think and how you behave, and if how you think and behave is what defines you, then at what point does the medication changing your brain change who you are? Think of it like the Ship of Theseus hypothetical: For those unaware, the Ship of Theseus is a philosophical hypothetical about, well, the Ship of Theseus. Say the ship is held on exhibit in a museum, but the wooden boards rot over time. The museum must keep replacing the old, rotting boards with new ones over time, but when all of the ship has been replaced, is it even really the ship of Theseus?

What I'm getting at is this: While on mind-altering medication, can you even be considered to be you if that which makes you you has been altered? How long does it take for you to be someone else who just holds onto the old you's memories, even if no parties ever even realize it at all? Where does the old you's stream of consciousness end? Would it even be reversible if you stopped? What do you guys think? Is getting medicated worth it for the possible existential crisis it's giving me?

My friends have been suggesting to me that I get medicated for my depression, but I'm really worried about the connotations of that. This is gonna be quite the rant so I'm sorry if it comes off as a little scattered.

If antidepressants change how you think and how you behave, and if how you think and behave is what defines you, then at what point does the medication changing your brain change who you are? Think of it like the Ship of Theseus hypothetical: For those unaware, the Ship of Theseus is a philosophical hypothetical about, well, the Ship of Theseus. Say the ship is held on exhibit in a museum, but the wooden boards rot over time. The museum must keep replacing the old, rotting boards with new ones over time, but when all of the ship has been replaced, is it even really the ship of Theseus?

What I'm getting at is this: While on mind-altering medication, can you even be considered to be you if that which makes you you has been altered? How long does it take for you to be someone else who just holds onto the old you's memories, even if no parties ever even realize it at all? Where does the old you's stream of consciousness end? Would it even be reversible if you stopped? What do you guys think? Is getting medicated worth it for the possible existential crisis it's giving me?

My friends have been suggesting to me that I get medicated for my depression, but I'm really worried about the connotations of that. This is gonna be quite the rant so I'm sorry if it comes off as a little scattered.

If antidepressants change how you think and how you behave, and if how you think and behave is what defines you, then at what point does the medication changing your brain change who you are? Think of it like the Ship of Theseus hypothetical: For those unaware, the Ship of Theseus is a philosophical hypothetical about, well, the Ship of Theseus. Say the ship is held on exhibit in a museum, but the wooden boards rot over time. The museum must keep replacing the old, rotting boards with new ones over time, but when all of the ship has been replaced, is it even really the ship of Theseus?

What I'm getting at is this: While on mind-altering medication, can you even be considered to be you if that which makes you you has been altered? How long does it take for you to be someone else who just holds onto the old you's memories, even if no parties ever even realize it at all? Where does the old you's stream of consciousness end? Would it even be reversible if you stopped? What do you guys think? Is getting medicated worth it for the possible existential crisis it's giving me?

My friends have been suggesting to me that I get medicated for my anxiety, but I'm really worried about the connotations of that. This is gonna be quite the rant so I'm sorry if it comes off as a little scattered.

If anxiety medication changes how you think and how you behave, and if how you think and behave is what defines you, then at what point does the medication changing your brain change who you are? Think of it like the Ship of Theseus hypothetical: For those unaware, the Ship of Theseus is a philosophical hypothetical about, well, the Ship of Theseus. Say the ship is held on exhibit in a museum, but the wooden boards rot over time. The museum must keep replacing the old, rotting boards with new ones over time, but when all of the ship has been replaced, is it even really the ship of Theseus?

What I'm getting at is this: While on mind-altering medication, can you even be considered to be you if that which makes you you has been altered? How long does it take for you to be someone else who just holds onto the old you's memories, even if no parties ever even realize it at all? Where does the old you's stream of consciousness end? Would it even be reversible if you stopped? What do you guys think? Is getting medicated worth it for the possible existential crisis it's giving me?

For a while now, I've been part unconsciously and part consciously suppressing alters from fronting. I don't know them very well yet, but I feel like I can trust them. The real problem comes from the awful feeling of slipping away when not fronting anymore. It just freaks me out so bad. I know I'm being unfair to my system by hogging the front as much as possible, but I don't really know where to go from here. I want to get better about it, though. Is there something, anything I can do to be more fair?

For a while now, I've been part unconsciously and part consciously suppressing alters from fronting. I don't know them very well yet, but I feel like I can trust them. The real problem comes from the awful feeling of slipping away when not fronting anymore. It just freaks me out so bad. I know I'm being unfair to my system by hogging the front as much as possible, but I don't really know where to go from here. I want to get better about it, though. Is there something, anything I can do to be more fair?