”Each one of us shows a different side of our characters at different times and in different places. Sometimes our personalities appear to be altered, depending on whom we are with and what we are doing. With these things in mind, the day focuses our thoughts on our own personality traits“ (https://cutt.ly/7lyovZH).

National Multiple Personality Day is celebrated on March 5, and like its namesake, there is more than one way to recognize the day and to honor the people it addresses.

According to the National Day Calendar website, the first way is to look inward on our own personality and evaluate (https://cutt.ly/WlypDEc). This is a way to see how we ourselves behave in a variety of ways that are not always consistent.

The second way is to raise awareness about multiple personality disorders, or Disassociative Personality Disorder (DID). According to The Cleveland Clinic, “people with DID develop one or more alternate personalities that function with or without the awareness of the person’s usual personality” (https://cutt.ly/GlyageR).

His Heart Foundation says, “The dissociative aspect is thought to be a coping mechanism — the person literally shuts off or dissociates themselves from a situation or experience that’s too violent, traumatic, or painful to assimilate with their conscious self” (https://cutt.ly/QlyaRrc).

If you are interested in the first method, you can take personality tests like the Myers-Brigg test (https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test) to explore your personality traits.

If the second method interests you more, you can research DID and other multiple personality impairments or read novels like Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber or Identical by Ellen Hopkins.