In a person diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, one main "personality" interacts with the world on a regular basis, but other personalities called are lurking in the recesses of consciousness.

This would be called, alters, they are called that because people with dissociative identity disorder have distinct names, memories and voices. Meaning they are alters of their original self.

"In a person diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, one main "personality" interacts with the world on a regular basis, but other personalities called alters are lurking in the recesses of consciousness."

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