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I am liking the idea of either a "pre-conscious" or "primary story", and am wondering where emotion best fits. Whereas feeling an emotion is necessarily conscious, it seems more immediate, intuitive, and influenced by unknown things in the unconscious; thus, it wouldn't seem to qualify as an "elaborated story".

I too was thinking about the concept of multiple selves. During the discussion we placed on the board various (sometimes mutually exclusive) boxes in the unconscious, which were represented as different selves. However, I think it also makes sense to think of multiple selves involving the conscious as well. Similar to a "generalized control mechanism" where there are widespread changes within both the conscious and unconscious. So, a particular story would go with a particular box in the unconscious. And just as a box in the unconscious might prompt a certain story in the conscious, so too might a certain story in the conscious necessitate a certain box in the unconscious.