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I think you’re mistaken, in that it’s naturally the same consciousness but different identities and recognisably different/altered personality states that come in and out in DID. The consciousness itself is always the same and continuous.


That's a pretty strong claim considering this is a field of study notorious for the obstacles to collecting direct evidence.


So they share the same memories?


From the famous split-brain experiment I would conclude that they don’t share every memory. We are just very good at filling in the blanks, like we can bullshit forever about why that apple happened to be in our hand, even though we have no idea.




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