multiple personality disorder theme

also known as: dissociative identity disorder

A mental disorder characterized by at least two distinct and relatively enduring identities or dissociated personality states.

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ahh2x21 choice The grand revelation of the story, cleverly concealed in the title, is that the distressed victim and the her malevolent antagonizer are in fact one and the same person. Helen suffers from a peculiar dual personality disorder that makes her take on the persona, and even imitate the voice, of her childhood frenemy Dorothy.
movie: Psycho (1960) choice Bates has a second personality built on his late mother, who he killed
tftc1989e4x07 major The viewer is led to believe that Nora was living a double life as her own daughter. It was revealed to be otherwise in the end.
tz1959e3x33 major The obvious medical explanation for what occurred is that Jerry had developed a secondary personality called Willie, which eventually came to take over (the face swap may be explained away in any number of ways).
voy5x07 major Seven of Nine was experiencing symptoms that are stereotypically associated with multiple personality disorder.
ahp2x14 minor This condition was mentioned explicitly (albeit in jest) and then we learned that John thought he was George Washington.
movie: Multiplicity (1996) minor Laura complained to one of Doug's clones that it was as if Doug had multiple personalities. If fact, the reality was that each Doug clone had its own distinct personality, and she was under the mistaken belief that they were all the same Doug.
tz2019e2x01 minor Phil's shrink started talking about this disorder.