multiple selves

My present supervisor at work did an externship and had Bromberg as a supervisor. I was impressed. When I think about it, I've had a lovely lot of supervisors in internships, work and at ICP. I meet my new one at work today. I have to pick a new one for ICP soon.

Reading about the other sides of Bloomberg in the NY Times article, I'm not surprised. He's been irritable, and blowing up more lately. There's talk of legacy because he's in his last years as mayor. They write about how he sees himself as very competent, and lately some initiatives of his have stalled. He's had trouble supposedly adjusting to the last minute deal working of city government politics. We all have trouble adjusting to the reality of our circumstances, and we ironically seek these challenges, though maybe not so ironically, but out of a healthy desire to grow.

But the point I wanted to make is: Why are we still surprised at the many sides of human beings, even if they put on a public front? We all have multiple selves, different self states. We dissociate at times to keep things we don't want to know from ourselves. I thought it was interesting that the article took a pot shot at Spitzer, saying essentially that Bloomberg isn't that explosive with his temper. He a convenient target in his current disgrace.

I suppose the surprise at multiple selves is itself a dissociation, we don't want to know this because we are dissociating. But the surprise indicates a linking between these selves, they are allowed to see each other.

I got Bromberg's last book in the mail yesterday, I hope to read it soon. On the one hand I'm excited there's so much to learn. On the other, I wish I had more time to read, that my life wasn't so busy, that I wasn't trying to cram for DBT, learning the psychoanalytic literature, and more...