I’ve been mulling over the ideas of Dissociative Identity Disorder (commonly known as Multiple Personality Syndrome) and schizophrenia and how these two similar conditions could be further explained beyond the simple mental break theories that are the most common currently accepted ideas. It seems so simple to me to say that stress allows someone to create an alter-ego personality within their mind to help them handle powerful issues. However, the mere fact of the matter is that nobody could simply create another ego so quickly or so skillfully. The mind doesn’t have the capability to fashion something so complex at a moments notice.

Then, as I was reading an article about a quantum theory of energy (not associated with the mind) I had an epiphany. It seemed startlingly simple to me. The average person uses 10% of their mind actively. But what if we all use the other 90% via quantum mechanics? In essence, we could use that portion of the mind and it would never register because the end result would be the active process being used within the 10% we commonly register. So, then, what do we do with that other 90% without really realizing it? Simple, we make decisions. Complex answer? We grow up with a dominant personality and multiple minor personalities. The dominant is the personality that interacts with the every day world. The one with a social security number, birth certificate, and driver’s license. The servant personalities as I like to call them are personalities that our mind builds subconsciously, each with it’s own complete identity and specific strengths.

Why does our mind build servant personalities? Simply because when we encounter unusual circumstances that our dominant personality does not handle well our mind cannot rely on our ability to timely handle the situation or to handle it at all. In tougher situations our mind can call on our subconscious to solve problems by addressing the other personalities with a ‘virtual scenario’ and decide on the best result. It then takes that information and submits it back using instinctive suggestion to the conscious mind. In this, we can utilize our servant personalities to answer difficult situations.

However, my theory extends to DID and schizophrenia in such that some people suffer from traumatic experiences and this causes a fault in the communication line. When this happens, the mind has a contingency plan. It begins to switch dominant control of the body between personalities, allowing control to the personality that could best handle the situation. To make this transition simpler for the dominant personality the mind does not allow the the dominant to know about the other personalities. However, the other personalities have complete knowledge of the dominant personality. This empowers them to protect the dominant.

In DID there is a simple degree of fear or stress that impairs communication between the subconscious and conscious layers triggering the switching of dominance until the problem is resolved. In schizophrenia the theory would be a full on fault from birth that could be a result of a genetic imperative or a manner of birth defect that would end result with the communication failure causing the mind to require the personality swap.

This is the general basis of the theory. Any other thoughts or concepts that could support or negate this theory?

———