Talk:Raven Branwen/@comment-5180556-20150412150536/@comment-4010415-20150412175500

The situation probably varies. It's possible that some identities name themselves, and in some cases, the dominant identity may name the other identities.

But I've seen stuff about a case where a woman had multiple identities that were nicknamed by the people who were treating her. Things like "Dragon," an aggressive identity that roared at everyone, and "Running girl," the identity that was afraid of everything and constantly trying to run away, even while held down lying on her back. The cause of her identities was horrific abuse when she was a child. She withdrew into herself and created other identities to take the abuse for her, so she wouldn't have any memory of the torture.

That said, considering DID can be a result of psychological trauma, it's not uncommon for an identity to have a rather negative personality to them. Some people afflicted with DID have to be kept under supervision for their own safety, lest they wake up with their wrists slashed or ODing on drugs.

Aaand just like that, this conversation strayed into a pretty dark place. I know RWBY could possibly get a little darker, but there's no way it'll get that dark. If they did give a character DID, I'm not sure how in-depth they would go with it.