I don't normally write to this newsgroup, although I've read it a couple of times. The basics: my name is Jenni, I'm 22, and I come from Melbourne, Australia. I've been experiencing a multitude of problems within myself over the past couple of years - or rather one problem has manifested itself in a myriad of ways. What's it got to do with alt.consciousness? Well, they all seem to stem from a "post-modern" kind of *hyper* consciousness - "hyper-awareness". (Apologies for the jargon, but the terms seem alarmingly appropriate.) I seem to take all the theory too much to heart. For example, I have problems talking because...