Oh no, clients reading the Manual!! Run! :P

The problem with self-diagnosis is you usually have an idea of where you fit already and can make your symptoms fit whatever diagnosis you like.

That's why therapists don't diagnose themselves or their friends. It needs to stay impartial.

I did not have time to read the entire article (I will). I believe the "Normal Personality" is the one that allows someone with PTSD or DID to "fit together" whereas the emotional personality makes less sense but holds a strong meaning as a defensive mechanism.

So if I was hypnotyzing someone with DID I would want to explore their emotional personality with them in the context of the normal personality.

The normal personality will be able to act as a guide, but not master, to the other personalities.