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| - The disorder was the focus of the episode "City Sushi", wherein Butters Stotch is erroneously treated for the disorder and discovers his therapist Dr. William Janus actually does suffer from the condition. After being blamed for the actions of one of Janus' alternate personalities, Butters exposes him to the town. Janus is then permanently fixed to a single personality, that of the City Wok owner.
- Multiple personality disorder, or simply multiple personalities, is a psychological condition in which an individual exhibits two or more distinct personalities, often with separate memories and periods of control over the body. The Kurlan people believed that each individual was a community of persons, each with its own voice, desires and outlook. A Kurlan naiskos was a ceramic statue of a person which opened to reveal many smaller figures inside. (TNG: "The Chase" )
- Multiple personality disorder was a mental condition that was characterized by two or more distinct personality states. These alternate personalities would normally develop in times of severe stress or emotional trauma, and would often differ drastically from the host personality, and sometimes may even be of a different gender. The affected individual would not be aware of their alternate personalities, likewise for the alters to be unaware of the host. The personalities could also be in open conflict with each other. Sometimes, a particularly active alter could become the more prominent personality, which could relegate the host into a recessive role. Alternate personality states could also be modeled after an existing individual's personality traits. The affected individual may even dre
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| - Multiple personality disorder, or simply multiple personalities, is a psychological condition in which an individual exhibits two or more distinct personalities, often with separate memories and periods of control over the body. In 2266, a transporter malfunction divided Captain James T. Kirk into two separate physical individuals, each with a certain set of character traits: one gentle but indecisive, the other assertive but brutal. The compassionate Kirk had to realize that the "wolf" was necessary to his functioning as a starship captain. The two aspects, when "integrated" back into a single body, helped to balance and temper one another. (TOS: "The Enemy Within" ) The Kurlan people believed that each individual was a community of persons, each with its own voice, desires and outlook. A Kurlan naiskos was a ceramic statue of a person which opened to reveal many smaller figures inside. (TNG: "The Chase" ) When the Enterprise encountered a huge archive from the D'Arsay system, Data was affected by the archive's sensor beams and began to display several archetypal personalities from D'Arsay mythology. He said later that there were actually thousands of people in his mind. (TNG: "Masks" ) Jadzia Dax struggled with what appeared to be the repressed memories of Joran Dax, one of the previous (unauthorized) hosts of her Trill symbiont. She experienced his memories when triggered by a particular piece of music and manifested certain aspects of his personality traits. (DS9: "Equilibrium") Later, Jadzia participated in a ceremony in which the spirits of former hosts of her Trill symbiont were temporarily channeled by her fellow Deep Space 9 crew members. Curzon Dax and Odo liked their co-existence so much they considered staying that way. (DS9: "Facets") In 2372, aspects of both Tuvok's and Neelix's personalities were combined together when, after another transporter error, their bodies were merged into a single individual called "Tuvix". Tuvix felt he was a unique individual and wanted to stay as he was. Thus, it was only with the intervention of Kathryn Janeway that Tuvix was separated again. (VOY: "Tuvix") In 2375, Seven of Nine experienced something akin to multiple personality disorder when a malfunctioning Borg vinculum tapped into her cortical implant and caused the neural patterns of assimilated individuals to emerge. The symptoms worsened until she began to show a different personality every few seconds, causing severe stress on her cerebral cortex and threatening her life. The crew of the USS Voyager was able to save her life by deactivating the vinculum. (VOY: "Infinite Regress")
- The disorder was the focus of the episode "City Sushi", wherein Butters Stotch is erroneously treated for the disorder and discovers his therapist Dr. William Janus actually does suffer from the condition. After being blamed for the actions of one of Janus' alternate personalities, Butters exposes him to the town. Janus is then permanently fixed to a single personality, that of the City Wok owner. While Janus is the only confirmed instance, Herbert Garrison displayed extremely strong dissociative behavior with his puppet Mr. Hat (and briefly Mr. Twig), due to his repressed homosexuality. These patterns generally subsided once he came out as gay, leading to Mr. Hat being discarded, though in his only appearance since, Garrison seems to lose control of him and again treat him as a separate identity. Although not specifically referred to as such, Eric Cartman also displays numerous worrying symptoms resembling multiple personality disorder: he has numerous alternate personalities, foremost amongst which is Mitch Conner (his left hand), which appears to act independently of Cartman on multiple occasions (examples include the episodes "Fat Butt and Pancake Head", "200", and "201"). Several more alternate personalities emerged during the episode "1%", in which Cartman projected certain aspects of his personality onto his stuffed toys (including Clyde Frog, Polly Prissypants, Muscleman Marc, Rumpertumskin, and Peter Panda). He genuinely appeared to view these toys as separate individuals, conversing with them and vocalizing their roles. His behavior ultimately extended to his acting without his own knowledge and against his own will. It is likely that Cartman's conflicting interests of wishing to both "grow up" and hold on to his stuffed toys caused him to externalize the conflicting elements of his personality onto his toys, with Polly Prissypants in particular embodying his wish to grow up. Although so rare in real-life that many doubt its existence, multiple personality disorder is a common subject in popular culture. The real disorder is conventionally referred to as dissociative identity disorder, but South Park presents it under the more recognizable name.
- Multiple personality disorder was a mental condition that was characterized by two or more distinct personality states. These alternate personalities would normally develop in times of severe stress or emotional trauma, and would often differ drastically from the host personality, and sometimes may even be of a different gender. The affected individual would not be aware of their alternate personalities, likewise for the alters to be unaware of the host. The personalities could also be in open conflict with each other. Sometimes, a particularly active alter could become the more prominent personality, which could relegate the host into a recessive role. Alternate personality states could also be modeled after an existing individual's personality traits. The affected individual may even dress like and use the name of the person after whom the traits were modeled. Multiple personalities also existed within the Thakwaash species, however this was a normal trait, rather than a disorder. Each personality had different beliefs, behaviors, and abilities and could be switched at will. As the Thakwaash developed, more alters would be discovered and they would improve their skill in alternating between each one. The personalities could include mentally-unstable alters, though this was not a detriment to the Thakwaash, as the problematic alters could be replaced with a more peaceable personality. This aided the Thakwaash in the insight into how others would think, which allowed for the imitation of writing and thought processes.
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