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[everduring]

Hello, everyone. In case you're new here, let me reintroduce myself. I'm Dr. Eli Ever, a neuroscientist with the United States Department of Health and Human Services and an imPort, like you.

[ With such a friendly face! Which is why this is a video post, rather than text. ]

I'd like to speak with you today about the recent multiversal disturbance and the even more recent dissociative affliction experienced by a portion of you. If you're willing and you were affected by either or both of these phenomena, I'd appreciate it if you'd describe your experience and answer a few questions for me.

This isn't a formal survey or study, by any means. Just a conversation, really. I wasn't affected by either event, myself, so I'd like to get a better grasp of the situation from those who were. I hope that this will help me to better serve the imPort community in the days ahead.

I also want to make clear that I'm not a psychiatric doctor. As a neuroscientist, I study brain function, not behavior. I'm not here to provide therapy, but to search for links in symptoms that can paint a picture about how these traumatic events affect overall brain structure, and how to proceed with treatment from there.

We, as imPorts, suffer from unique circumstances that rarely affect the native population, and therefore the conditions that affect us are both underdiagnosed and undertreated. I'm doing my part to correct that disparity, and I hope our conversations can provide insight toward that end.

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[privatepurchases]

You mean when we all disappeared.

[Gabriel wants to talk about this, but.]

Is this like therapy? You need to know about us?

[everduring]

As I said, this is specifically not therapy. I'm not a psychologist. I am, however, interested in hearing about your experiences so that I can better understand the circumstances that affected our population.

[privatepurchases]

I was a government employee abusing my fellow imports.

That is...

[Not entirely me]

not me.

But I supported the regime. I came back and I still remember it and it hurts.

[everduring]

Do you feel as though the pain belongs to you, in the sense that you feel guilty about those actions even though you don't identify with that version of you? Or is it a matter of empathy? A pain that's similar to, say, watching a sad movie and crying over the fate of the characters.

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[goldtoxicity]

I'm definitely useless on the symptom front, but I might be interested in helping out with the studying brain function part.

[everduring]

Are you licensed?

[goldtoxicity]

Nnnnnot technically?

[ might as well be honest. ]

I'm biokinetic. My powers are all about the human body.

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[leatherboots]

[ Ignoring the entirety of this very nice and well thought out video post: ]

I'd like to claim my date, if you please.

[ Not that Hentzau cares if he pleases or not! ]

[not here]

[strikesthrough]

[Hentzau, u little shit...]

[everduring]

Well, I never imagined you would want to waste your date on an interview for a medical survey, but I guess everyone's got a thing.

[leatherboots]

[ With an airy handwave: ]

Oh, God no, I'm not interested in that stuff in the slightest. Do you drink?

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[strikesthrough]

[Victor is definitely never going to tell Eli that whenever he asserts that he's not a psychiatrist or psychologist and he's not going to act as therapist that it's pretty hot, but it is.]

Do you need me to book an appointment to tell you about my exciting other life?

[everduring]

It can be pillow talk, if you prefer.

[strikesthrough]

Very romantic. It's quite the story though, and you may not like the ending.

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[crassidy]

[What a friendly and trustworthy young face! Cassidy, too, looks totally trustworthy.]

I was dead but I got better. 'Cept I don't remember the being dead part. Does that count? Ain't really dissociative so much as knowing you weren't then you was again.

[everduring]

What was the cause of death?

[crassidy]

A broken heart. [Said with the utmost sincerity.]

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[roughworkdone]

Is this the medical version of gossip?

[everduring]

Not at all. Gossip revolves around people other than the speaker. I'm asking about everyone's personal experiences.

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[pillz]

wat r ur questions

[everduring]

Did you experience a dramatic shift in personality during these events?

[pillz]

y
twas shakespearean

/haha sorry i am so late >>

[bifroster]

That is an interesting take. Are you still taking volunteers?

[everduring]

For a conversation? Always.

[bifroster]

Awesome. I wasn't affected by this, but I am curious. Neuroscience isn't my field of study, but this isn't the first time we've had something affect us mentally.