"Arfie" is my name for that. However twisted the rest of my anomalies, my personality seems to be pretty indivisible. However fanatically I ply my organizational OCD to my personality traits to putting different aspects of myself into separate boxes, yanking threads of Missus Me still yanks threads from my engineering box and my artist box and my philosopher box, etc. When I gave played my role games and gone out about in disguises effective enough to fool my siblings, I remain intact within, however twisted the singularity.

Still, the concept appeals. My pseudonyms really do free the flow. I don't think it is even possible to count how many pseudonyms I have used. When I study ignorance, the ignored detail stays ignored.

I don't have DID, but I concur with 51% that there's no way a personality could have one facet. DID is when it would be considered a disorder, right? Isn't there a way in which having different facets to a personality could be bringing order to chaotic experience? I don't want to justify anything that is a difficulty, caused harm, or is a disorder. But many people here talk about having formed different selves in order to cope.

I suppose the issue then is integration/disintegration of the self, functionality/dysfunction, and so on. But having different skills sets in different parts of the self might not necessarily be bad in and of itself.

In my own case, I'm fully bilingual/bicultural. I was raised by US parents on the mission field in South America and as a small child went completely native and still am. There's no separating the two, but I do find a difference in my own voice when I speak English and when I speak Spanish. So I live in the US and teach college Spanish halftime and Philosophy half time (including religion classes and classes that touch on PTSD). So my two voices are used daily. It's a wonderful situation for me NOT to have to choose one over the other.

That, I guess, is speaking of how such a thing could work for somebody. I imagine there are many ways it might not, too, so I'm not to judge.

I imagine also that others will have more to share on this, sean. Thanks for bringing it up.

I did join the DID support group on DS, I have not been diagnosed with DID and I don't think that I have it in accordance with DSM-5 but I could really identify when Jen was talking about the drs. Concept of this phanomanon of the split self... I have parts of me that function as small wounded children... I have one personality that lurks around sometimes that makes me want to disappear and another one that will loose control and self harm and self sabotage like no other... Then I have parts of me that are loving and kind and a wonderful mother and although I am not totally integrated I am working in re parenting the parts of me still stuck as children with the parts of me that are loving kind and motherly... It is a work in progress and it is by no means close to the end... For that I imagine I would have to be quite close to the end of my life... For I think it maybe that as I heal some parts I may inadvertantly create new parts... Hopefully more functional parts... Non of my parts have different names... And all of them identify as me... But sometimes it's like I can watch myself loose control and act like a terrified child.... I know I am doing this but I am powerless to stop it... This switch happens when I have been triggered.... But I also switch when I go to work... I am super shy and have really bad social anxiety... But when I am in my element at work it is kind of like I turn on... I am bubbly and friendly and open... If they saw me at a party they would not recognize the wall flower to be the same bubbly instructor... Anyways I think that it is impossible to get rid of my parts but it is possible to help them grow and learn and change their reactiveness...

If you need Tober make sure you give him space to feel... And try and find a safe way to let out the anger... Talk therapy or a punching bag... Whatever works... It is so important to allow your feelings to happen and accept them... Come here and get validation for them... And move through them... We are here and we will listen and support you..!!!

I do a simpler version of that. There's me the child, the adult me, the old me, the new me, the unenlightened me. It helps me to forgive myself for past mistakes and I don't think its a bad thing if it doesn't go too far (definition of that is up to you or your therapist).