Dissociated Identities (aka Alters) - How are they formed?

Is it possible to house multiple alternate selves within the same brain?  Dr. O'Leary argues that it is not only possible, but under certain conditions it is likely to happen.  Dissociative Identity Disorder is discussed not as a "shattering of the self,"  but instead as a failure to integrate the self during development.  Dr. O'Leary explores different biologically and computationally plausible models to explain how the self might fail to integrate during the normal process children go through in order to distinguish the self from others and others from others, as they build a (usually) coherent model of themselves.Please leave feedback at https://www.psydactic.com or send any comments to [email protected] and readings (when available) are posted at the end of each episode transcript, located at psydactic.buzzsprout.com.  All opinions expressed in this podcast are exclusively those of the person speaking and should not be confused with the opinions of anyone else.  We reserve the right to be wrong.  Nothing in this podcast should be treated as individual medical advice.