Hey, Everyone!
I hope you liked my One shot story. Yes, this is my first story which focuses on mental health so any mistake from my side, I apologize in advance.

But, As, you have seen the story is based on Dissociative Identity Disorder or DID. I did spend two days on researching on the above subject before I started drafting my story after I was fully confident on my take. Well, to my scope.

Here, is my take on the subject, which helped me write this story and also gain some useful insights. So, I would like to highlight on some points facts on DID in context of my story:

1. DID in most cases have been recorded to have initiated at a very early age and occurs as a result of some severe trauma that individual might have faced during his childhood days. Having alternate personality is just an inner instinct of concealing themselves from the trauma and live in a delusion of being someone else.

2. It is to be mentioned that in my story Della has only one Alternate personality but many individuals may have multiple such personalities. All may come out at once or it may sometimes be a gradual process of discovery.

3. The individual don't tend to remember the actions and everything around him, when he is under a different personality. But, as it happens at an early age, as time passes they tend to adjust themselves to the environment of the dominant personality. Sometimes, such people maintain journals or post it notes to keep tabs on actions, likes, dislikes and other details. That explains, how Olivia or Theo never knew who Mia is.

4. Person with DID sometimes have several symptoms of being aggressive or impulsive but not all alternate personalities are harmful as it is shown in many movies. Here, even though, Mia is shown as an aggressive personality, in real life it may or may not be a typical case.

5. People with DID are in many cases confused as being possessed. No! This is not the case. How? The first point explains it. Even after that, it is said that sometimes a particular alternate personality can be called out from it's dormant state. However, it is solely done at desperate times and by professional psychologists or trained medics. This fact can be seen on the scene where Della and Theo were together. It was the Psychologist Dr. Garcia who called upon Mia(alternative personality) to get his work done. It is to be noted that the act was evil and selfish although for a reason but is risky. And, for the above, actions were been taken against Dr. Garcia.

TRYING TO SUMMON A PERSONALITY BY A UNTRAINED INDIVIDUAL CAN LEAD TO ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE HEALTH OF THAT INDIVIDUAL.

I hope, I have done justice to the above facts in the story.
Lastly, Thank you for giving my story a chance. It means a lot..!!