“Recent inquiry—as well as centuries of literature—may suggest that we should favor “the idea that we have multiple selves over the idea that we have a single self”; but it is hard to square this plural view of selfhood with old-fashioned notions of character” – John Gray.
Somehow, along the lines of the culturally acceptable psychobabbles, the multiple personalities became a “syndrome”, a “disorder”. This is contrary to what we know from our experience that everyone has a set of the selves, depending on the “triggers” and circumstances. Unsatisfied with the discovery most people exert the vast amounts of the rationalization and reasoning trying to reconcile all those personalities into a monolith, predictable character. Disoriented we deal with people who change their ethics, morality and even intelligence depending of the menu. This might be an evolutionary adaptation. Still why do we stubbornly demand continuity and predictable honor from our friends and family? I don’t know. The Jungian love is an attachment to an archetype, a composite image. Perhaps our most significant connections are conditioned on the attachment to a clear role, to a personality, to a myth, not to a theater performance.