Multiple Personalities

[Leilah]

After having a conversation with a friend I began wondering about Multiple Personality Disorders. She says there are about 3-4 individuals in her mind either talking to each other or her. Some of them or angry, some are passive. There have been times when they "took over her" while she was in mid-conversation, and she just blanked out. She didn't remember a thing.

I get the feeling that these people in her mind, that she says are separate from herself are just parts of her .. eh, like, channeling in to her. Or maybe more like.. she's a radio receiver channeling into other radio stations (each station representing a part of the total "her"). Only thing is, she's .. receiving input simultaneously. I think I may have lost myself.  

What are your views on MPD?

[MisterJingo]

Firstly I think it has natural origins (and might possibly explain certain paranormal areas). IMO the brain generates self awareness and our personality, and sence of individuality, is built upon this source from every experience we have.
If the brain can support one personality, is it unreasonable to think it can support two or more? In lucid dreams we can create multiple seemingly sentient beings, the difference between them and us is that we externalise them rather than experience their 'awareness' directly (Although to do so would be to become them). Perhaps our subconsious plays hosts to many such personalities which each believe they are the sole inhabitant of the host brain? .
Theres a lot of documentation out there on this condition which can go into it deeper than I can.

[The Present Moment]

MPD is now known as DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder).

[Logic]

I think this is one of those things that is most likely not paranormal, but a psychological phenomena, as well as very misunderstood.

[intergalactic]

I agree with Logic.

[Leilah]

...interesting.