Is it normal to have different personalities?

Well gee I think in this world, we could all stand to have enough people in our heads for a 24/7 party!! No, really - most people that truly do have this do NOT realize they have other personalities without having undergone therapy. And it sounds like a LOT of the people posting on this board needs extensive therapy!!!

After reading this, I realised I must be really boring. I seem to be up one day and like a bitch out of hell the next. Possibly hormonal though. Maybe I'll keep an eye on it anyway and see if there's a pattern. If there is, I'll name them. But, who decides who's in control when or is it involuntary?

well, first off, this is not normal. I took a class on this, and will tell you what I know. I know that just because you have multiple personalities, doesnt mean you will be a serial killer. Bad experiences can produce multiple personalities. When your mind has to endure something either mentally or physically painful, your mind tries to escape. It creates other "people" that have to endure this pain so that you can "escape". These personalities stay even if the abuse/pain ends. They then integrate themselves into your normal life.

Some serial killers have started out like this, but specialists think that this is more due to the abuse they had to endure rather than their personalities. Just because you have more than one personality DOES NOT mean you will become a criminal.

The best thing for you to do is to get therapy. A therapist can help you sort them out and help you control or maybe even eliminate your extra personalities. Good luck.

P.S. I realize it is weird for me to know so much about this with my username. :D

I just joined this site today and it's starting to feel creepy how some people are similar to me.

I know of at least three of my personalities. They are not completely mutually exclusive, but they do disagree often. I haven't named them, but I can often recognize which one has which feeling.

The minimalist: He just loves small uncluttered things. Straightforward solutions, clean rooms, netbooks, Mini (as in Mini Cooper) cars, white color, and so on.
The perfectionist: I hate him(well, he hates himself)! He is never satisfied with anything, everything always has to be perfect and has no flaws. As you can see, he doesn't go well with the minimalist.
The apathetic: He doesn't care. Sometimes, this is the only way I can make a decision. After the minimalist and the perfectionist fail to agree on something, I get fed up and let the apathetic decide.

Yes, I guess I am not normal. Ah well.

P.S: The perfectionist wrote this comment, and had to revise it several times. The apathetic forced him to submit it as it is without further revision.

I'm kinda like tht but I didn't give thm names ^.^ like sometimes I can be random, just yelling out "Sammich" or "squirrel" out of nowhere... And sometimes imma tomboy and then sometimes I wear my rly thick nerdy glasses and start drawing chibi characters lol

I'm like that
I have "Mii" the super duper cute loli girl
Andreah how is the most "reasonable" smart and stuff
Madelaine how is a total B!tch
and others lol
but is not multiple personality 'cause I know when I'm in the "mood" of one of them D:

Wow...

I honeslty thing its ccompletely NORMAL! We are hardwired to have various ways of reacting, and thinking and behaving in certain situations. Consider it as being an evoltuonary process. Humans have had to adapt differently due to different adaptive challanges our Ancestrals faced with.

Look at it this way, you react differently to when you are with your family and friends right??? Personality therefore changes according to the situation you are in and the people you are with.

I don't name mine, but these are mine;

The optimistic jolly one
The very cold hearted Bitchy one
The loving one
and..
The funny one

They are ALL you, they are just different sub types of your personality.xx

Split personalities... it's pretty much normal. Many people have that (examples are the people who replied here).

But, it kinda... feels very weird. One day you're very kind and hyper... the next day you're all in a bad mood and such.

Obviously this isn't normal.

you sound like my gf wait your not my gf right?

Well I never gave my othersides names...but I can definetely feel when they're dominate.

For fun ill give my personalities names while I elaborate.

Katy: quiet, sensitive, sweet, caring, goodgirl...did I mention sensitive!

Jennifer: organized neat freak, very ocd, always making lists trying to juggle everything at the same time, overachiever

Alyssa: pessimist, woe is me lifestyle.not fair I'm gonna go sleep forever. Don't talk to me...anxiety, etc. In otherwords alyssa pisses the rest of us off so we try to leave her locked up! Lol

Jessica: reckless, adrenaline junkie, spontaneous, fun, up for anything. Won't take no for an answer. One of the guys. No fear.. she's the bad ass and my favorite! Although she gets me into some trouble.

Wow... that was fun.. norm sure.. as long as your not signing different names on your checks! LOL

I know how you feel! I have a few other personalities as well, as they are also named. It was one of my personalities that signed up to this site in the beginning, not me, lol. But now we all seem to enjoy it :)

I do the same thing, minus the names.

normal

That's how most serial killers start off. With more than one personality. U should tell ur friends and family to stay as far away from you as possible