People with trauma often have difficulty reliving it, but it was even more difficult for author Sydney Hegele. Sydney has Dissociative Identity Disorder, a mental disorder described by a person’s mind splitting into fragmented personalities—”alters”—because of trauma. It’s a survival tactic; instead of one consciousness bearing the weight of a life filled with trauma, the brain creates alters to hold that trauma for them. “Each alter exists for a specific purpose related to my life experiences, and all of them exist to keep me alive.” Read full article here
Research
Researcher uses AI to make texts that are thousands of years old readable
The Gilgamesh Epic, the oldest work of world literature, has been brought back to life by LMU researchers in the Electronic Babylonian Literature project. Using their new Fragmentarium tool, they have discovered hundreds of manuscripts, including the most recent tablet of the Gilgamesh Epic which dates from 130 BC – thousands of years after the earliest known version. This shows how highly valued the Epic was, even at a late period. With the public release of the Fragmentarium, anyone can now explore the thousands of cuneiform fragments and explore the ancient Babylonian literature. Read full article here
Merv
March 12, 2023
