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-'''Multiplicity''', also sometimes called '''plurality or polypsychism''', is a [[noun]] sometimes used to describe people having multiple distinct or overlapping consciousnesses, [[Subpersonality|subpersonalities]], or [[Self-concept|self concepts]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cooper |first=Mick |date=1996 |title=MODES OF EXISTENCE: TOWARDS A PHENOMENOLOGICAL POLYPSYCHISM |url=https://study.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/Ch.%203%20-%20Self-plurality%20from%20an%20existential%20perspective.pdf |journal=Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis |volume=7.2 |pages=1}}</ref><ref name="Ribáry">{{Cite journal |last1=Ribáry |first1=Gergő |last2=Lajtai |first2=László |last3=Demetrovics |first3=Zsolt |last4=Maraz |first4=Aniko |date=2017-06-13 |title=Multiplicity: An Explorative Interview Study on Personal Experiences of People with Multiple Selves |journal=Frontiers in Psychology |volume=8 |page=938 |doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00938 |issn=1664-1078 |pmc=5468408 |pmid=28659840 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=The plural self: multiplicity in everyday life |date=1999 |publisher=Sage Publ |isbn=978-0-7619-6076-8 |editor-last=Rowan |editor-first=John |edition=1. publ |location=London |pages=2}}</ref> It is adopted as an [[Identity (social science)|identity]] by members of dedicated multiplicity communities, especially [[online]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name="Vice">{{Cite web |last=Telfer |first=Tori |date=2015-05-11 |title=Are Multiple Personalities Always a Disorder? |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vdxgw9/when-multiple-personalities-are-not-a-disorder-400 |access-date=2020-06-15 |website=Vice |language=en}}</ref>
-== Definition ==
-Members of online multiplicity [[Subculture|subcultures]] define multiplicity to include both:
-* Psychological conditions like [[identity disturbance]] or [[dissociative identity disorder]].<ref name="Ribáry" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Schechter |first=Elizabeth |title=What we can learn about respect and identity from 'plurals' |url=https://aeon.co/ideas/what-we-can-learn-about-respect-and-identity-from-plurals |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=Aeon |language=en}}</ref>
-* Spiritual or cultural practices, like [[tulpamancy]].<ref name="Vice" />
-They criticize media portrayal of characters with multiple personalities as inaccurate and stigmatizing.<ref name=":1" />
-==History==
-{{Main|Tulpa}}
-The practice of [[tulpamancy]] predates modern multiplicity communities.<ref name="Vice" />
-== Online communities ==
-Multiplicity communities exist online through social media blogging sites like [[LiveJournal]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Riesman |first=Abraham |date=2019-03-29 |title=The Best Cartoonist You’ve Never Read Is Eight Different People |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/03/lb-lee-dissociative-identity-disorder-comics.html |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref> and more recently, [[TikTok]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Lucas |first=Jessica |title=Inside TikTok's booming dissociative identity disorder community |url=https://www.inputmag.com/culture/dissociative-identity-disorder-did-tiktok-influencers-multiple-personalities |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=Input |language=en}}</ref> They are composed of individuals who identify as "systems" of multiple distinct personalities, often called "alters", which can have different names, ages, genders, sexualities, personalities from one another.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Parry |first1=Sarah |last2=Eve |first2=Zarah |last3=Myers |first3=Gemma |date=2022-07-21 |title=Exploring the Utility and Personal Relevance of Co-Produced Multiplicity Resources with Young People |journal=Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma |language=en |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=427–439 |doi=10.1007/s40653-021-00377-7 |issn=1936-1521 |pmc=9120276 |pmid=35600531 |quote=}}</ref> Other common terms within multiplicity communities include:
-* "Fronting", when multiple individual's actions are controlled by a given alter.<ref name="Vice" />
-* "Switching", when an alter fronts in place of another one.<ref name=":3" />
-* "Headspace" or "inner world", the concept of a mental space in which alters interact together.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Vice" />
-* "Singlet", referring to a person that does not experience plurality.<ref name="Ribáry" /><ref name="Vice" /><ref name=":2" />
-==See also==
-* [[Spirit possession]]
-* [[Hypostatic model of personality]]
-==References==
-{{reflist|2}}
-==Further reading==
-* {{cite book |author=Ian Hacking |pages=39–54 |title=What's Normal?: Narratives of Mental & Emotional Disorders |publisher=Kent State University Press |year=2000 |isbn=9780873386531}}
-* {{cite book|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Self |chapter=Multiple Selves |author=Jennifer Radden |pages=547 et seq |publisher=Oxford Handbooks Online |year=2011 |isbn=9780199548019}}
-==External links==
-*[https://morethanone.info/ MoreThanOne.info], an information page on plurality
-[[Category:Personality typologies]]