How Many of You Are There?

Some people are natural “singlets”
– people who display the same broad behaviour, and feel and think in much
the same way, whatever their situation. Others switch quite dramatically  from day to day or even from
moment to moment.

The questions below are designed to
determine where you lie on the spectrum between complete integration and
multiplicity.
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Score
“0” for “never”’ 1 for “sometimes
” and 2 for “absolutely , all the time.” , then add up
the total.

A low score (0-10) suggests an exceptionally unitary sense
of self, and a high one (30-40) indicates that you already have a sense –
consciously or not – of being more than one person.

1) Do you find
your mental
skills, including memory for facts, vary from time to time for no
obvious reason (eg not connected with tiredness or
drinking). For example, are you aware that sometimes you can romp through a
crossword puzzle while at other times, given a similar puzzle, you cannot get a
single clue?

2) Does your
handwriting change noticeably at different times?

3) Do you ever
refer to yourself as “we”?

4) Do your
personal memories sometimes feel like a film you have seen, rather than
something that actually happened to you?

5) Are you
called by a number of different names or nicknames and/or do you think of
yourself by different names?

6) Are you ever
gripped with enthusiasm for a while by a hobby or pastime (DIY, gymnastics,
gardening) that you find utterly boring at other times?

7) Do you ever
find yourself uttering the phrase “what on earth made me do that?”
(or words to that effect)?

8) Do you talk
to yourself?

9) Do you have
“binges” - of food, cigarettes, or alcohol?

10) Is your
behaviour chamelion-like, eg
do you find yourself adopting the accent of  a person you are talking to, or
agreeing, unthinkingly, with their opinions?

11) Do you swing
suddenly from one mood to another for no apparent reason?

12) Do certain
circumstances trigger skills or knowledge that is not usually available to you. Eg. In a foreign country do you find yourself speaking the
language better than you thought possible?

13) Do your
tastes – in food, music, films, literature – differ widely from
time to  time?

14) When you
look in your wardrobe do you see clothes that you cannot imagine wearing and
wonder why you bought them?

15) Do vague
acquaintances treat you as though they know you far better than you would
expect?

16) Do friends
and acquaintances refer to events they claim to have shared with you which you cannot recall?

17) Do people
you would regard as trustworthy claim you have told them things which you
cannot believe you would have said?

18)Do you have dreams in which you are both yourself and
watching yourself?

19) Do you find
yourself laughing or crying, to your own surprise, for no reason you can think
of?

20) Does  your level
of self-esteem/self-love  go up and
down regardless of others` expressed opinion of you?