https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Dave_Elman
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Milton_H._Erickson
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10102461816507149&id=36817223. See comments there
I have developed over the years a strong sense that having a unified personality and mind is the right thing to do. However, last year a friend challenged this preconception to me, and I've been learning a bit about hypnosis, dissociative personality dissorder, multiplicity, role-play, etc. Super interesting. I'm still far from certain, but now I appreciate that there may be value in all these things. In the simpler terms, having several modes/personalities can allow you to explore different ways of being in parallel. Nietzche said that to become a good man one has to "fake it" first. Also, being able to act and think in a variety of ways can be good when living in a high-variance environment... In any case, I still feel very unconfortable when doing something like role-play, or "faking" stuff. I find it very hard to lie (guess this is an Asperger-like symptom). But I'm very interested by all this, and want to continue learning and trying new things. – 6/04/2018, me