• @Philote@lemmy.ml
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    1317 hours ago

    It’s actually a major theme in the book series “The Stormlight Archive” by Brandon Sanderson. A major character Shallan does and deals with this exact thing.

    • @BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
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      513 hours ago

      I’m not sure I follow, Shallan isn’t possessed, she dissociates from her negative experiences by switching different personality constructs, that’s not the same as being possessed

      • @Philote@lemmy.ml
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        16 hours ago

        Semantics of possessions we can argue, but she literally pulls the “You take over, it sucks in here” card repeatedly.

      • I haven’t read the books (yet), so I don’t know how closely it resembles the condition in reality, but crucially, it’s a real thing, it’s not a magical fantasy possesion

        • rockerface 🇺🇦
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          27 hours ago

          I have not (thankfully) experienced the condition in real life, but Sanderson usually does his research on portraying this kind of stuff, so he often hits close.