X-Message-Number: 32244
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:35:30 -0800
Subject: social identity and well being
From: doctor Robert <>

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Re: #32220 I am glad that someone (David) has introduced this topic to our
net. I have been wondering for some time what impact our hoped for emergence
into a totally new and possibly quite alien world, without any real-time
connections to our remembered social networks, might have on our self
consciousness, or even basic identity. I have, without any justification
what-so-ever, thought that those of us with very strong and well integrated
ego's might be able to hold our sense of self in these conditions and get on
with the task of learning how to adapt to our new and novel circumstances.
This might not be the case, as the article referenced by David,
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121596786/abstract, would seem to
suggest. If we are  likely to not be able to find a sense of well-being, and
perhaps not able to create the ego strength to undergo the rigors of the new
tasks in front of us, we  may not fully come to our selves. It may be that
we are well advised to bring along as many memento's of past community
connections as we can via pics, sound files, video clips, etc. to assist our
re-integration into the new communities in which we find ourselves. Dr.
Robert
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