Multiple personalities?

I somewhat have different personalities, but I think it's within normal, honest bounds. I have a relaxed self, a professional self, a romantic self. I'm still the same person, but my word choice and maybe even my voice might change in the situation. I'm not lying to anyone, I'm just acting appropriately in differing circumstances.

I think if you have more than one actual identity, you might have some psychological situation going on, but humans can totally behave differently in differently situations, and there's nothing wrong with that.

 

A human's imagination is capable of doing the most amazing things. Because of that, I believe multiple personalities can exist within one person. I only know of examples of people who have developed multiple personalities because they have some kind of mental disorder or have been through some very bad situations in their life though. I don't believe I have any people with multiple personalities close to me.

 

I know for sure people can have multiple personalities without it being caused by a personality disorder. I built my own personalities for different uses. I flesh out each separate personality much like a writer would make a character, and then I act it out like a method actor. I've got four personalities that I use and swap between constantly, and over a dozen that I use in different scenarios as needed. I could make more if I felt like I needed them. It's a matter of recognizing that personalities and people are not static items. They change like clothes. All I do for my mental process of changing identity is imagining myself putting on the new clothes I've determined for each mental representation of my personalities. It takes practice, but I can now switch personalities in a matter of seconds. It's the most important skill I think I've ever learned.

 

I think a lot of people behave differently in different situations but I wouldn't call it personalities, I'd just call it adaptation. Like I wouldn't behave the same at work as I would home and such.

 

For me it's basically this. I don't really have much to add, except that building a new personality is very difficult and not always very successful, but switching to one you've already made is quite easy. I've made so many alternate personalities for myself. Most of them are dead, but I think two of them are still around.
I think the "real me" died some time ago.

 

I think it is possible to have multiple personalities. You know how if someone gets really mad or something and it's supposedly like 'a side of them you've never seen before' or 'a whole different side of them'? I think you get different personalities depending on the people and circumstances around. For example, when I around people I don't know, I super shy and I won't say a word unless someone talks to me first, but if I'm around my friends, I'm super chatty and lively and the most random person you'll ever meet. Whenever I mad at someone, I go from shy and quiet to bold, smartass, and sometimes even violent. You do have different personalities, which one you show at what time depends on who you're around and the circumstances at that moment.