At first, it was hard to tell her personality, because of the jet lag. And she was sick.

She likes to dance and splash in the water, and she loves being outside.

She latched onto the boys right away. She really lights up around kids - the younger the better. She loves Sam.

You're been waiting for so long that it almost doesn't seem real, and then, all of a sudden, you have her.

as my understanding of and competence in treating the disorder have grown, multiple personality has come to seem, though still horrendous, less unique and incomprehensible, and thus more manageable

Robin and Reagan are unique in that they date their creation not to a single traumatic event but to the need of the group to maintain a nonconficted, nonabreactive memory trace.
The other past-keepers are both reactive and information-providing personalities-they appear in my office to give me information the system seems to think I need, or in response to my touching a critical nerve in the Jo, Missy, Joan Frances, or Renee personalities.