A Little Fellow with a Big Head: On Fernando Pessoa
Created an account to comment on this.<p>The authors of this article seem to interpret this as an imaginative fancy of his that he &quot;created&quot;; rather, this actually seems to be a classic case of a polyfragmented DID system [of identities], also known as complex DID.<p>Oftentimes, alters are not formed consciously, and this is a severe disorder that is heavily traumagenic in nature. In my personal nonprofessional opinion, it&#x27;s one of the harder non-neurodegenerative diseases to live with.<p>Source -- personal experience, I&#x27;m on the dissociative spectrum in some way, as best as I know. Expecting to receive a diagnosis shortly as an OSDD-1b system, and potentially DID under the ICD&#x2F;ANP qualifications. The dissociative spectrum is actually shockingly common as a disorder, appearing in up to 1 in 12 in the general population, but is almost never diagnosed because much like PTSD in the 80&#x27;s, it&#x27;s heavily underemphasized and is seemingly not well-popularized in psychological circles today. Rather, the food fight over the legitimacy of DID seems to be taking away from work that could be done to further dissociative treatment modalities&#x2F;other complex trauma disorders. Sauce on the 1 in 12 stat: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC4579511&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC4579511&#x2F;</a><p>More info on polyfragmented systems here:<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;this-is-not-dissociative.tumblr.com&#x2F;post&#x2F;186174487079&#x2F;polyfragmented-systems" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;this-is-not-dissociative.tumblr.com&#x2F;post&#x2F;18617448707...</a>