Preface
Part I
A Brief History of Our Selves
Priests, possession and Mesmer's plural pianist
Pierre Janet and the vanishing furniture
Multiple Personality Disorder-the first wave
Ego-states and hidden observers
Modern MPD-a manufactured madness?
So what is a personality, anyway?
The Landscape of Mind
Majors, minors and micros
The big "I am"-developing the sense of self
The children in the child
How situations create personalities
Searching for the essential self
The trouble with personality tests
Sharing the stage
Mechanisms of Mind
Memory, experience and I-memories
State-dependent recall
How memories fit together-the brain-wide web
The brain as building site
Dissociation
Adaptive dissociation
Defending the self
The dissociative spectrum
Sliding into disorder
Changing Times, Changing Selves
The rise of the pick 'n' mix culture
How multiplicity can protect your health
Problem families
The early riser and the alarm-clock saboteur
Renegades
Taking responsibility
Intruders and gate-crashers
The People You Are
Inner parents
Inner children
Roles and stereotypes
Opposites, shadows and renegades
Identikits and celebrities-personalities from pieces
Virtual personalities
Part II
Introduction
How Multiple Are You?
Where are you on the spectrum?
The Personality Wheel
Reading the Personality Wheel
SingleMajor
Double Major
Major-Minor
Major-Minors
Multiple Minors
How do your minors relate?
Meet the Family
Defenders
Controllers
Punishers
Role players
Relics
Creatives
Working Together
Visualizing your selves
Know your triggers
Taking stock
Building the team
Let sleeping dogs lie
Making conversation
Putting agreements into practice
The empty chair
Drawing up an agenda
A helping hand
Making a minor
Saying goodbye
Acknowledgments
Notes
Resources
Index