Allocheiria

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Allocheiria

Translated from Greek, “Al-lo-key” means “another person.” It is said that a person can have multiple selves, and in Greek mythology there were even heroes with two or more personalities, a partial “dual personality” is considered an alter ego. In connection with the ability to experience multiple personalities, the question is often asked whether a “multiple personality” is a person with many faces, and a person with “multiple personalities” is a “person with many faces”? There are two opposing points of view among scientists on this issue; it is the plurality of personalities that is a striking example of such a phenomenon as “alochairism,” which presupposes the identification of the personality of one’s own alter exclusively with someone else by belonging to a different social group or generation.

It cannot be said that the split personality of a mentally healthy person has the same characteristics as a person with a large number of different personalities. Cases are described in which some people with this problem have integrated this behavior into one natural image of their personality, thus becoming unique in all respects, but have the ability to penetrate into another personality when necessary. "Allokey" in the past was a special term for members