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Comment author: MathiasZaman 24 November 2014 11:00:11AM 2 points [-]

He mostly tells me to kill annoying people.

Do you have more than one such useful sub-personality?

No, but I'm working on them. I've found my inner Hufflepuff to be particularly helpful in actually getting things done.

Incidentally, is there a name for the "sub-personality technique?"

Comment author: DataPacRat 24 November 2014 11:03:41AM 3 points [-]

Incidentally, is there a name for the "sub-personality technique?"

'Deliberately induced dissociative identity disorder'?

'Cultivation of tulpas'?

'Acting'?

Comment author: somnicule 24 November 2014 11:12:06AM 5 points [-]

Internal Family Systems is the analogous therapy technique, I think.

Comment author: SolveIt 24 November 2014 09:48:46PM 4 points [-]

What would Jesus do?

Comment author: RichardKennaway 24 November 2014 10:14:06PM 3 points [-]

Adopting a hero.

Short Duration Personal Saviour.

Method acting.

Comment author: Vulture 25 November 2014 03:34:37AM 0 points [-]

Cultivation of tulpas

This already refers to a similar, but much dicier, technique.

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