Talk:Raven Branwen/@comment-5180556-20150412150536/@comment-25555436-20150412175547

^It's Dissociative Personality Disorder actually.

Actually, while sometimes a Persona is aware of the existence of the other personalities, said persona is not necesarily the dominant one, and even then said Persona will, like the rest, have gaps in their memory when other Personas take over.

Generally, DPD is only about 2, at most 3 different Personas, the original and 2 more. Normally, the 2nd, if not the 3rd one, will be a more direct, aggressive, energetic, and/or brave Persona compared to the original. There's a reason for this. DPD is nothing but a self-defense mechanism of the mind. To deal with great stress or fear that the original Persona can't deal with, the mind unconsciously "escapes" to the 2nd Persona. Esentially, one mounts a mental facade. Of course, the "switches" can still happen randomly.

Now, is extremely rare to see someone with more than 2 Personas, and even then the number of Personas isn't much higher. Don't expect any Cyvil-like "1 body, 11 Personas" situation.

People with DPD don't necesarly hallucinate the other Personas, but if the individual suffers hallucinations it's possible they would see/hear one of the Personas on their mind in one, if said person also has DPD. In any case, some would, if they are aware of it and choose to, communicate with the other Personas through more...sane, methods. Such as writing on a diary or something and wait for the other Persona to see it. Leave a voice mail. Etc.

Cause is often PTSD, though hypnotism can also induce DPD. I believe it can also be passed down through genetics.