Whether you call it multiplicity, plurality, MPD or DID, many people live perfectly normal lives with no knowledge of the fact they house more than one person. Then one day they discover a host of characters or perhaps just one other person inside who has been minding the shop while they daydream, or helping them with their homework or hobbies. There's nothing wrong with being multiple, and sometimes it really helps out. Plurality/Multiplicity can be a very enriching and exciting state of being, and not a a disorder at all.
Take this quiz to see if there's someone around you haven't noticed, helping you through your day. It's possible to discover multiplicity or plurality at any time of life. Some know as children, and somehow dismiss the idea as adults, only to rediscover their true nature in middle age. It's nothing like the movies, and the reality of it almost never matches the psychiatric ideas of MPD or DID.either. It is a unique experience that varies from person to person. Plurality and Multiplicity are normal variations of human psychology, which rarely cause any problems at all, and the vast majority of plurals never seek any sort of psychological treatment.
The following questions are intended to provoke thought, not to establish a diagnosis. If you answer many of these questions with a resounding yes, then please continue your research with the links to this article. Do not worry though, there's nothing wrong with being plural. Many creative people are, and it's not a disorder.
The Quiz
1.Have you ever had a sudden awakened feeling while you were in the middle of a task, as if you’d been asleep or at least unaware of what was going on, and yet you’d been working the whole time?
2.Have you ever had one of these sudden awakenings and been in a place you would not normally go?
3.Have you ever had one of these awakenings while doing a complex task such as driving, writing or drawing and found you were doing as well or better at it than you would normally be capable of?
4.Have you ever been contacted by the bank, informing you that they had one of your checks, but the handwriting did not appear to be yours?
5.Have you ever said something that you had not intended or planned to say?
6.Have you ever been talking and could not stop or control the content of your speech?
7.Have you ever been in a stressful or threatening situation, and have something else take over and handle it for you?
8.Do you often misplace objects and find them in places you do not recall putting them.
9.Has anyone ever told you that you sometimes behaved differently or seemed like two different people?
10.Has anyone ever described an event where you seemed to ‘switch personas?’
11.Have you ever suddenly just known how to do something you normally do not know how to do?
12.Have you ever had a period of time that you do not recall clearly if at all?
13.Has anyone ever mentioned your attendance at an event you do not recall going to?
14.Have you ever been aware of a world, not this one, in which other people seemed to live in a house with you?
15.Did you have imaginary friends as a child?
16.Do you often dream of people you do not know physically? Are they the same people time after time?
17.Were you physically or sexually abused as a child?
18.Did you have some other serious childhood trauma, such as the loss of a parent, or sibling, or some terrible experience or accident?
19.Have you ever caught yourself talking to another person who is not physically with you at the time?
20.Do you often feel you need to explain things to yourself, by either speaking or thinking in words, as if you were discussing things with yourself?
21.Has a psychic or anyone else who is sensitive ever described an individual or individuals surrounding you, and you didn’t know what she was talking about?
22.Are you frequently exhausted, even after a good night’s sleep?
23.Are you extremely creative, multi talented, or be able to think in several diverse ways depending on your ‘mood?’
24.Are you extremely comfortable being alone, and tend to feel secure going places alone, being alone at home. Do you have no earthly idea what the word lonesome means?
25.Do you often sense a comforting presence with you which you do not identify as God?
26.Have you ever found files of writings or drawings you do not recall doing on your computer?
If you answered yes to more than a few of these questions you could be a multiple.
References and Resources:
Astraea's Web: Glossary - Most Recently Accessed Nov. 4, 2010 AstraeasWeb.net/plural/glossary
Multiplicity: a Live Journal private community Accessed Nov. 4, 2010
Sources:
The author's own research spanning approximately seven years.
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