Why does my friend force himself to split his personality?

[tphalex]

A friend of mine says he has divided his mind in two, he is not crazy and doesn't have any mental disorders. He ''forced'' himself to divide his mind by creating a personality that represents strength and power and another that represents all his fears and weaknesses. He doesn't talk to himself or act different at times (he hasn't multiple personalities). He says that he just wants more control. He also says that useless pleasure is a weakness and that his ''other'' mind wants it but his mind block it. For example: he doesn't really interact with girls and he doesn't listen to music. He's a very intellectual guy who likes science and he says that he likes weapons, things that explode, power and destruction.

Please I want to understand why this person has this behaviour so I can help him understand himself. It's not the first person I encountered with the same problem even though that other person had other weaknesses instead of pleasure.

[NataEames]

In a way, everybody shows several faces.

A father may show his "family face" infront of his kids, his "professional face" infront of his collegues; and even his "romantic face" infront of a mistress.

Everybody does this. This is not a disorder. Some people need to create another figment of their personality to better understand it or let out a part of themselves that they had to suppress for whatever reason. Whether it is a lack of excitement, having to be a role model for somebody, stress or too much responsibility.

These feelings will usually get resolved in time by doing so. But, of course, if there are dangers involved or somebody gets hurt or threatened, you will have to alert authorities and mental health professionals because that is a clear sign of mental distress which needs urgent clinical attention.

Nata Eames