split personalities
Multiple identities within
Split personalities refers to the condition of having two or more distinct identities or personality states within one person, each with its own patterns of thinking and behaving.
The clinical term is dissociative identity disorder.
Informally, someone with split personalities just seems unpredictably different from one moment to the next: My boss has split personalities—charming one minute, screaming the next.
Twofold nature
- Jekyll and HydeDual-natured person archetype
- dichotomyDivision into contrasting parts
- multiplicityState of being many
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
contradiction · bifurcation · alter ego · double life · internal conflict · hidden self · inner world · parallel lives
Dual-natured person archetype
- Fight ClubOrganized bare-knuckle gathering
- SybilFemale prophet of antiquity
- Two-FaceInsincere, duplicitous individual
- doppelgangerSupernatural duplicate of oneself
Gollum · Norman Bates · evil twin · alter ego · shapeshifter · transformation · possession · dark side
dissociative identity disorder
Psychiatric condition with alternate identities
- altersMakes something different
- switchingChanging from one to another
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
host · integration · trauma · psychiatry · psychotherapy · diagnosis · therapy · mental illness
Insincere and deceptive
- contradictoryLogically opposed to itself
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- chameleonLizard altering its pigmentation
mercurial · hot and cold · mood swings · flip-flopping · erratic · compartmentalized · conflicted · torn
duality
Twofold nature
- Jekyll and HydeDual-natured person archetype
- dichotomyDivision into contrasting parts
- multiplicityState of being many
fragmentation · contradiction · bifurcation · alter ego · double life · internal conflict · hidden self · inner world · parallel lives
Jekyll and Hyde
Dual-natured person archetype
- Fight ClubOrganized bare-knuckle gathering
- SybilFemale prophet of antiquity
- Two-FaceInsincere, duplicitous individual
Gollum · Norman Bates · doppelganger · evil twin · alter ego · shapeshifter · transformation · possession · dark side
dissociative identity disorder
Psychiatric condition with alternate identities
- altersMakes something different
- switchingChanging from one to another
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
fragmentation · host · integration · trauma · psychiatry · psychotherapy · diagnosis · therapy · mental illness · depersonalization
two-faced
Insincere and deceptive
- contradictoryLogically opposed to itself
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
chameleon · mercurial · hot and cold · mood swings · flip-flopping · erratic · compartmentalized · conflicted · torn · divided loyalties
split personalitieswhole person
All of someone, unified
self-integration · individuation · self-actualization · mental health
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