Do you have multiple personalities?

[AllisonS]

My male and female gender identities are different. Its like Clark Kent and Super(wo)man. I can't be both at the same time. How is it for you? Is it like that? Do you have two (or more) identities? Do the two identities merge at some point in life? Should I seek counseling... LOL I kind of like it as it is:)

Of course everyone does have multiple personalities... Marcia, Marcia, Marcia, eat a snickers bar.

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Allison :hugs: , Welcome to our forum, When you are here you are home!
I only have one Personality but I have multiple wardrobes ...:daydreaming:...

[Mark/Rebecca]

I dont but he does

[LelaK]

Misguided counselors can do a lot of harm.

I have a personality that others see me as and one that I see me as. I want to get away from my family and acquaintances so I can be more who I see me as.

[nikkiwindsor]

I have only one personality...but it's complex, unique and special! Nikki

[JenniferMBlack]

One personality many levels of crazy. General craziness not as far as dressing gose.

[Tommie.]

Mine are distinctly different... but the guy is retired and the girl is now in charge! I am happier, my SO is happier (she does not want the guy back), and my family is happier! What is making you happier?

[heatherdress]

Allison - I have one personality and that is more than enough. Do you really think you have two different personalities, Allison? If you like who you are, enjoy being you.

[Tracii G]

No just one that bridges on both the male and female.
Two spirits if you will.

[Anjana]

Have multiple personalities but am experimenting with staying as a woman for sometime now

[Alexa CD]

I think I just have a wide spectrum within my personality, If that makes sense. So there is a feminine side and a more neutral side for me.

[Kelly Whelan]

I have two personas, but I am still the same person with the same personality. Each persona is better at some things than the other. Perhaps that is why I (and others) do this in the first place, to feel that they can do all it all. Kelly is more confident, more emotional expressive and more of a social mixer than my male side for example. When in female form, I am probably just expressing what my male side feels anyway but finds hard to do so.

I'm not a psychologist but to call CDing an expression of multiple personalities would be pushing it I think.

[Dana44]

For a gender fluid person, yeah it seems like two spirits but still in the same mind. Not a distinct personality but a flavor of both as our brains switch from male to the female side and where the feminine aspects kick in. But in reality, we are the feminine aspects when we are and it is like a personality and a lot different from our male side. But you should get counseling to find yourself. It took me years to find myself though my own reflection.

[AllisonS]

I dont but he does


That's funny!

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I'm pretty sure my brain would look different in guy mode and girl mode. It feels different.

Heather - I am enjoying being me ! Its one me, just two ways of being. A lot of things have different ways of being, or modes of operation (sorry, tech talk). I used to see my exploration of the feminine as a problem. Not anymore. I have benefited.

[Rachelakld]

me, myself and Rachel
well there is 3, but 1 is locked away (hopefully for good), so only 2 can play and it's oh so much fun :)

Rachel is fun, outgoing, a social butterfly
Randel is introvert, likes being alone, likes constructing stuff

In common - neither are really drinkers (different reasons for that) - actually can't think of anything else we have in common.

[Kate Simmons]

MPS, DID, two spirited, call it what you will. We are who we are for a reason. :battingeyelashes::)

[Julie1123]

I don't, I'm the same person no matter how I dress.

[Raychel]

Just one personality here as well. Not so sure it is a good one, but just one. :daydreaming:

[Teresa]

Allison,
I would say it's more to do with having to live a double life through lack of acceptance.
I prefer to be dressed and appear as Teresa , like most I know the various feelings of being more comfortable, relaxed and stress free, maybe my wife would call it running away, she would find it different if she could be more accepting.

[Kate Simmons]

Another thought is we all have a lot of different specialty skills that we don't invoke all at once. Kind of like a bunch of modules or "apps" in our mind that we "wheel into" when we need them. I consider male and female modes just two more of those specialty skills.:)

[Sometimes Steffi]

I have two personas, but I am still the same person with the same personality. Each persona is better at some things than the other. Perhaps that is why I (and others) do this in the first place, to feel that they can do all it all. Kelly is more confident, more emotional expressive and more of a social mixer than my male side for example. When in female form, I am probably just expressing what my male side feels anyway but finds hard to do so.

I'm not a psychologist but to call CDing an expression of multiple personalities would be pushing it I think.


I think this pretty much describes me. One personality but expressed differently. For example. Steffi is more extroverted; boy me is an introvert. But when I notice a difference that is good, I try to integrate it across both personnas. For example, Steffi is making the boy me more comfortable expressing extroversion.

[Glendy]

I feel like I have two personalitys cause when I'm dress female I look like and feel like a female so I am acting feminine. So during that time my male side stays away until it's time for my female side to return back to male mode. I am finding that I enjoy being dress feminine more that I do when return back to my male self, I'm not saying that I want to transition to a female just that I enjoy it more when the female me is out more and I love that feeling. I guess that the majority of my life has been in male mode and now my female side want's to be out more and enjoy life as a female.

[AllisonS]

Allison,
I would say it's more to do with having to live a double life through lack of acceptance.
I prefer to be dressed and appear as Teresa , like most I know the various feelings of being more comfortable, relaxed and stress free, maybe my wife would call it running away, she would find it different if she could be more accepting.

Teresa, I don't know what I would do if I didn't have to live a double life. I think I would still have the two identities. Both sides have their advantages and different capabilities. Allison is terrible at some things, practical things. And, my goodness its a lot of work being a woman. Allison doesn't get to lounge around in sweatpants like GGs because, like Superman, she needs the outfit !!!

[Beverley Sims]

I have two identities and one personality.

I can't afford two as they might argue all the time. :-)

[Rachael Leigh]

I was once diagnosed with DID and while I have questioned that for a long time it does at times seem like I do have two different personalities. I find myself referring to we have to get things at the store or we need to do this. I've heard that can sometimes indicate two parts to one self so maybe my male and female sides are different and when in full fem mode yes I can tell but I also don't always notice which is the true difference in if one has more than one personality sometimes you don't remember doing things but that's not always true at least in my case

[AllisonS]

I have two identities and one personality.

I can't afford two as they might argue all the time. :-)

I have those arguments.
Her: OMG I love those heels. They would be perfect with the blue dress I got last week.
Him: There isn't infinite money available. Don't you have enough shoes?

or

Her: I'm tired of being stuck in the house. I want to go out.
Him: You don't need to go out. You have everything you need here. People can be mean... you don't know. Why don't you just join an online forum?

[StarrOfDelite]

I don't have two personalities, but sometimes I feel like I'm an actor playing two parts in the same movie (my life).

I'm not totally Masc or totally Fem, I think of myself as having androgynous gender identification, and Bi/Gay sexual orientation, so neither the male presentation nor the female presentation is totally me.

[Confucius]

No. I don't think of myself as a women while I crossdress. I see myself as a man all the time, just a man in drab or drag.

For me, dressing just makes me happy.

[Karine]

I only have one personality, one brain. I am who I am, a dude who sometimes like to dress up as women, assume their mannerism, way of walking. It is like if I was acting. It is really fun, really pleasant, really relaxing, a little bit puzzling. But at the end, it is me having fun behaving like a woman, I think the same way, like the same things.

[Nadine Spirit]

Nope, I don't have multiple personalities. I am me, one whole human.

[Mykaa]

I am me no matter what Im wearing.

[JessieA]

Because of the Klinefelders my brain is wired both male and female so it like 2 people in my head because my processing of thoughts and even some of my senses are different. So modivations and wants are somewhat different but to greater or lesser degrees were both always there just varies who is in the drivers seat. So even though internally deal with it as two seperate people sense mostly same experiences and memory is more like 2 sides of same coin different but the same core if that makes sense.

[flatlander_48]

It's basically one personality for me. There are some variations as a function of presentation, but it is only a matter of some traits becoming a bit stronger and some becoming a bit weaker.

If you knew Don, you would not think the DeeAnn was another person and vice versa.

DeeAnn

[Alisonforme]

I'm the same person, just projected through two different lenses. I think of it as two facets of the same jewel...the light source is the same, but different qualities are evident.

[AllisonS]

I didn't mean to be too fine with words like, person, personality, and persona. When I dress, I feel different, I act different, and I like, and think about different things. In other words, the clothes, the act of becoming Allison, changes many things about me. You could call it a different "mood". That's fair. I know I am the same person, but it helps me to understand what is going on if I think of it as me and Allison. I'm an engineer. It seems like there are a lot of us here. In engineering, we often take something that is complex and divide it into parts. By understanding the parts better, we are better able to understand how the whole "system" works. I think that is part of what is going on with me, just trying to make sense of things.

[flatlander_48]

I'm an engineer. It seems like there are a lot of us here.

As am I, but recently retired after 43 years.


In engineering, we often take something that is complex and divide it into parts.

Yes. How do you eat an elephant? I'll leave the group to ponder on that one...


By understanding the parts better, we are better able to understand how the whole "system" works. I think that is part of what is going on with me, just trying to make sense of things.

Note that this isn't exactly like the work we know. The are TONS of variables that go into shaping who we are. There are TONS of ambiguity present. Don't be surprised if it does not become clear. I think without professional help, that is a very difficult road. Personally, I gave up trying to analyze what I do a long time ago. What I concluded is that Knowing (assuming I ever got to that point) wouldn't have much bearing on what I did. I would still be doing the same things and deriving the same sensations from it. As they say, Your Milage May Vary...

DeeAnn

[NewBrendaLee]

I know that I do , my female side is alot more caring. Also when I let her my female side loves being out.

[Jacqueline85]

I dont have different personalities, but definitely different modes. Its not like my fem side will do something my boy side would never do, but i do flow through different mental modes, so to speak, which doesnt always relate to how im dressed. Sometimes Ill be out and about (in drab) and look at a girl and think “Nice boobs, nice ass, nice legs.” Sometimes i could look at the same girl though and think “I love that blouse, what a cute skirt, those shoes are to die for!”