: Re: How to show a character with multiple personalitites? To preface this, I have seen the question multiple personalities characters speech in text and I feel that my question is different enough,

Write the switch-over, and then refer to the individual by the name of the active personality. That, or assign a group noun that all the personalities will respond to (e.g. if they treat each other as sisters, then the surname may be a common factor, "Miss Watevachezcauwd")
If this is a Third Person narrative (either omniscient or limited but with access to this character's mental state) then you use metaphor for the handoff

"My name is Eben - who are you?" inquired the old man.
Mentally, Niar stepped back. She wasn't the best at games, so it was time to bow out. "I'm Souti," her replacement replied.

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