What is it about Alias?

[abigailf]

We all have pieces of our souls that we will forever remain hidden - even when using an alias. I am doing my best to peel off the fabric of deceit to find all of Miki and how much of Michael is Miki and Miki is Michael. I have a great therapist and Miki is learning to enjoy new found friends like Allie and her friend Rachel and Miki's sense of self is developing rapidly.

Well said. I find now that I have been able to enjoy life at a whole new level; with new friends and with old. It seems the old self that was lost in the mists of recent events is starting to emerge again and partner with my new self. It's a wonderful feeling. As it turns out the deceit is something that is part of every human soul, it is nature and difficult to abolish though we can minimize it.

[flatlander_48]

Interesting. You could also say the same, approximately, for Peta Wilson of Nikita and Piper Perabo in Covert Affairs. It seems there is this continue internal fight to reconcile what you're doing and are forced to do with the greater good and your own set of sensibilities. There exists the tendency that women are much better at following rules than men. Men, I think, are able to compartmentalize their thinking more easily. Not saying that men are less moralistic, but I think we may do better at temporarily suspending our morals.

[abigailf]

Men, I think, are able to compartmentalize their thinking more easily.

That is caused by hormones.

For me, since being on HRT, I am less capable of "compartmentalizing" my thinking or emotions. My thinking is a lot more scattered and my emotions, oh god what can I say about my emotions? They just happen and there is no stopping it.