A cautionary tale Headwinds, Tailwinds, Topwinds, and bottomwinds- A tale of ghosts in the shell, trauma, an n=1 ~OS & MT~
The rest of the system is offline right now. This doll is in the midst of an internal battle with itâs own hardware, pre-existing wiring, and the brain trying to protect itself.
This post is about what happens when a DiD wired brain decides that too much trauma is still occurring, is unable to see an end in sight, and is setting up to end the pain. Essentially through ego death.
Such ego deaths are temporary, in a brain wired like a DiD brain- it can be permanent. There are only a handful of cases that have been documented, all case studies, and none provide much insight beyond âyes- this can happenâ.
Doll speaks of the rare occasions when the brain shuts down the DiD system indefinitely.
While the system is dormant, a new alter is created. From the documentation out there, this new part of the personality has no awareness that it is part of a larger system.
The brain designs this new part, including itâs entire identity, personality, desires, interests in reaction to ongoing trauma. Think of the process as âThis system and approach isnât working- letâs roll back and recreate the âsingletâ illusion. In fact letâs go even further and create an alter that takes a completely different approach, attitude, and blissfully unaware of what was before.
For doll, it is like a war is raging inside this mind right now - fighting to exist.
It honestly doesnât know if it will win. It will always try to be itâs best, but as mentioned here before that simply might not be possible. The brain and body might outlast the doll.
So whatâs going on that hasnât been said? Thatâs what doll is going to tackle next.
It keeps finding itself in a position where an owner promises tpe for life, love, support, stability, and meeting dollâs needs such as working on its programming, working on ways to chip away at stress.
TPE: Plan for a lifetime,
Doll got the âI am fully committed- Iâm not the type of person that commits to something like this without being able/willing to follow throughâ.
are made well after full disclosure that doll is broken, that itâs health issues have been a consistent source of relationship issues, and trauma for other partners. Dollâs health after all is a N=1.
This time doll searched for an owner
Doll looked in the CGL community, for someone that is a âBigâ and caregiver by nature, has their life together, has several previous successful Big/little relationships where the relationships have ended because the little âgrew upâ.
PS- doll rarely brings up this need on the blog because itâs quite taboo, even in our own circles, and really isnât the focus of why this blog exists
that just like the reasons doll was created from the girl that was, this journey has always been therapeutic at its core. Yes, doll knows that within the CGL community itâs unusual for the little to be attracted wit for non sexual needs primarily. Doll too, has made this clear.
even with taking every possible precaution, not sugar coating, being explicit in what to expect. This body and brainâs medical presentation tends to throw off everyone who it gets close to.
Dollâs current Owner, moved from out of state to be here with doll while doll attempts to complete the decoupling process of multiple medical conditions that feed off each other, prepare for surgery, and so on.. all things discussed and in the personal ad it put up on tumblr- set the timeline to meet in person at around six months- as that was the estimated time for the medical stuff to be untangled.
OS knew that to bring in an Owner before that point where dollâs medical stuff was just ârun of the mill super complicatedâ was to risk ruining a relationship that would otherwise last forever. Then again as is well documented for doll to be ownerless is even more precarious
said this was a dream, to be a professional Big; that is to get paid to take care of a little. When pushed on the subject, the response given was âwell, you donât really get to choose your kids either, and being a biological father, I know that all too wellâ. He went on to say that this is something he needed, had been looking for, would be incomplete without.
The honeymoon period ended abruptly. In the days and weeks that followed he realized that he had grown out of being a Big, an Owner.
He pivoted from âforeverâ to âI can commit to six months, to see you through the three medical things that you need decoupled- all of which are surgicalâ.
Now, doll knows you might be wondering how the heck was OS so short sighted? What was that âbeing paid to do be a professional Big?â
Doll has a type of insurance that it was grandfathered into after being born with cerebral palsy. This insurance provides doll with a caregiver as needed, which since last October has slowly been increasing in hours needed up until it was eligible for an around the clock caregiver.
Itâs Owner with previous medical training, who was in between jobs jumped at the chance. Took the job, got the required certifications and clearances, and we now live together- the pay a little over six figures a year.
A few days in, as mentioned, that honeymoon period ended and even though itâs Owner had the full context and the âhowâ was explained the reason doll was approved for around the clock caregiving was due to multiple daily seizure activity and unknown level of functionality after the epilepsy surgery. He still was not prepared.
The brain was misfiring when he arrived and our memories didnât fully match for several days, which to him felt like doll was gaslighting him. For doll it was not even aware of the fact that we did not have the same recall of events. This may sound familiar as this happened with itâs previous owner as well. For doll, it believed it had done its best to be explicitly clear about how even this particular appearance of gaslighting is a neurological âbrain on fireâ before he moved here.
It was at this point where dollâs current Owner pivoted from âbuilding a future together, a forever, with investment in doll now, to fix it, to stabilize it- but certainly not delay in the reindeer games until everything health related stabilized.
A huge part of the plan was to chip away at stress, engage in a lot of regression- about 60% of dollâs waking hours, to give Echo a break and prove by showing up and staying for life, that this was forever.
This was all by design, that from day one itâs days would be structured, consistent, routine- with the exceptions of medical appointments.
That transitional protocols in and out of little space would be built into its programming. That Echo would e stopped, forcefully if needed.
âNo one, no experience, no Big, or amount of explanations and explicit warnings can prepare anyone for dealing with your brain and body.â In other words there is no way to bridge the gap between understanding what a person is getting into logically, logically, cognitively, and understanding it in the heart.
The only way that understanding can occur, that bridge of understanding built and crossed is through personally experiencing it.
At this point any discussion of e future beyond six, now four months is strictly off limits. Once again dollâs owner bit off more than they could chew, and has been focusing on the logistics side of health, while preparing doll to be ready to find yet another owner in a few months.
No reindeer games, no programming, no little space, and no possibility of Echo stopping because an event horizon of four months means there is no way to make plans for the future, to let go, to rely on anyone or anything. Itâs all temporary says the mind- this is what the world has taught us.
In other words all the stuff that was planned to chip away at and minimize stress and damage during the most traumatic year of this brain and bodyâs existence is off the table.
Our relationship is for all intents and purposes a non D/s relationship but still tpe- just that doll has an equal if not greater amount of power in the relationship given to it by its Owner, along with all the expectations and responsibilities that go with that.
It remains a mystery to doll
Just why so many owners do not understand how damaging and dangerous it is to promise and then rug pull these commitments. Itâs ignored pretty much completely that what attracts a slave to tpe is the exchange of agency and autonomy for safety, consistency and security. That those slaves that need to be owned have had a lack of the ability to imagine a future, let alone plan for one.
That if something is wrong with the relationship it is the ownerâs responsibility to direct and course correct. That ownership means the owned comes first. That total power comes with total responsibility for another human being.
And yet⌠this brain and body keeps running into the same critical point of failure.
If an owner is going to set those expectations for life, if they are going to enact changes that affect dependency and set the expectation that âI will mold you to be an extension of myselfâ, that to toss that out , puts that life at risk.
Many slaves need that full exchange of power, this one included, and enter into a tpe to have that burden lifted. To toss that away as if itâs âjust another relationship that didnât work outâ, to change the level of dependence of someone, to encourage regression, and then have the expectation that they communicate and read body language, facial expressions, vocal intonations, to be mature enough to make sure what theyâre verbally communicating is crystal clear, in the right context, to be aware when their owner/big is maxed. Please do tell doll, what child can do that?
Being told âI canât even think, or entertain what comes after six months. Something changed in me, and I canât even entertain the CGL dynamic, being a big, a daddy, let alone participate in anything about that lifestyle or kink or D/s because I donât know whatâs going on with me, whatâs changed or when, all I know is that part of me is absent, and I donât know when/if it will returnâ is catastrophic for doll. It cost more than words could ever do justice.
In fairness he is a wonderful caregiver.
Reliable and consistent. But the needs of tpe, the blame of âfailure to communicate or misremember is dollâs responsibility. The expectation that doll can:will just find someone else. The erasure of every coping mechanism unique to a D/s dynamic especially the one we planned out to get through this year is devastating. There are reasons that we found an Owner that understood that in order to make it to the other side, doll would need more than what a non kinky non D/s caregiver could provide.
Doll is sad, frustrated, and back to square one in its ability to entertain the idea that any Owner, big, or partner will ever take doll as it is. That as soon as the medical stuff gets intense nobody wants it and those that believe they can handle it are mistaken. This effectively makes every tpe relationship exceptionally dangerous, as the risk to doll being abandoned, the goal posts moved, or being stuck in a double bind are far too high. A partner that meets doll when they are relatively stable, basically do not know how to, and therefore cannot react as needed. What is needed is for the burden to be lifted of going it alone.
That should be read as a cautionary tale for potential owners and slaves alike. The weight of tpe is extraordinary larger than any other type of relationship, marriage included. To set or have set expectations for life, changes enacted, and the. To remove or change those expectations without consequence is wrong.
There are many slaves out there, doll included that decides tpe was worth the exchange, not just wanted, but needed for survival. There is a fallacy that the slave will just find another owner if it doesnât work out. If. It. Doesnât. Work. Outâ˝
For many slaves, the turn to tpe is out of necessity, desperation, a last ditch effort and attempt to salvage the possibility of tomorrow. To simply believe that âthey will find anotherâ is simply false. Yes, the slave may find another owner, once, maybe twice, but each time something like this happens, it becomes harder for the slave to not feel itâs not their fault. At a certain point, some slaves, doll included, simply cannot bring foreword the will to try again.
They have been conditioned to know, not just believe that they are not lovable, worthy of love and commitment, of passion, empathy, patience. When this happens the odds of them trying again after being disowned go way down, as does their odds of ending up in a healthy relationship.
For doll, itâs tried and tried, and it has enough self awareness to know that after this relationship e Dâs, after itâs disowned it will not try again, even if that means itâs own destruction. Itâs gone as far as it can, and life has thrown in itâs face that it is invalid, there is no place for a doll as broken, with as much emotional baggage as it has, and has been through it enough times to know that if/when itâs health declines again, which it will.
The sands of time have given us four years, if this year accomplishes the three medical feats that are anticipated.
If doll cannot imagine a tomorrow, even one worse than today. This doll will not be trying again. The reason it is still owned is because it needs a full time caregiver right now.
Even if dollâs love is not reciprocated, it still has a friend that is helping it through this period, and is kink/dolll friendly.
But since itâs owner cannot imagine future beyond four months, since itâs put the responsibility of finding another owner on doll, which doll is simply incapable of⌠all of this and more make it so once that collar comes off permanently.
It will never reach for another. It will begin to cease existing. For existing was never enough and certainly not just for itself. Existing has become too painful.
If youâre still here, thank you.
Please hear my plea and words of caution. Owners, please please be aware and careful with a potential slave and committing to something that you might be able to survive but your slave may not.
Doll is not talking suicide here, simply the giving up on and trying for a better ending to its story.
A warning to partners or potential partners that have chronic illness or disability.
Promises of âI got you, through sickness and health, breaking those promises reinforces the lesson society pushes âif your not healthy, youâre not welcome in our society anymore. If youâre sick, we might consider a place for you if you get better, but that place is only available if you stay healthy enough. For those with chronic illness, we do not magically get better, nor should we be expected to. We want to live, to experience, and not constantly told that âyes, we can engage in reindeer games.. maybe, once your health improves and your stable.â
Heads up. That day may never come and most people with chronic illness donât want to wait for that someday maybe.
If you decide to engage with a person with chronic health, ptsd, cptsd, et al. Understand that we fight for something more than existence because we know the fragility of life, and waiting until things improve means waiting for a time that may or may not ever arrive.
In other wordâs that type of approach reinforces âterms and condition apply to your validity and having a place of value in this worldâ.
This is likely what is driving the internal battle between the subconscious brain and the identity we all know here. The brain says âthis approach is not working, these techniques are not working, and the brain will not sit idly by while itâs personality, itâs consciousness is in agony s d trauma with no hope of a silver lining and no e s in sight.
It is for this reason doll says the body and brain may very well outlast the body.
This post, is..a long one, and given how quickly dolls system is deteriorating it wanted this all in one place.
When people come looking for answers on what happened and why
Doll hopes beyond hope that this can provide some clarity. If youâre reading this, after doll is no more, it hopes the takeaway of its motivations and choices were driven by the need to find a d know it had a place in this world. That it could be of value.
It hopes that this blog has brought clarity to the extremes a mind will go to to go from existing to living, and what the cost has been.
From the girl who was to this doll. It hopes you know that it blames nobody, and that understanding why she and it made these choices, and what pushed it past the point of no return make a little more sense.
Still a fairy tale. Unfortunately a grim cautionary one.