Apparently Normal Part

undefined:Apparently Normal Parts (ANPs) are the rational, present-oriented, and grounded headmates that handle daily life. They can be in charge of caring for the body, getting work done, or dealing with certain situations. With trauma, they typically exhibit avoidant behaviors.

Many systems rebuke this label, and it should only be used for the purposes of self-identification, not the classification of others.

Related Terms
ANPs, and their opposite, Emotional Parts or EPs, were presented and defined in the theory of Structural Dissociation as two classifications for alters or headmates.

Typically, a system's host is an ANP, but that is not always the case.

History
ANP, EP, and other ideas of Structural Dissociation come from Charles Samual Myers, a psychologist who worked with soldiers during World War One. He put the "shell shock" (now PTSD) into the scientific lexicon and described it in the context of dissociation. Although the theory is over one hundred years old, it remains relatively unchanged.