Personality Shift

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Personality shifting is the act of a system or headmate's personality shifting or changing.

Personality shifts can happen spontaneously or due to an attachment material changing, such as a profile picture or comfort object.

System Role
A personality shifter is a headmate that can change their personality at will, or shifts personalities to mirror the person they are interacting with. This headmate may also be a shapeshifter.

A headmate may be a personality shifter for many reasons, such as:


 * Past or current trauma that needed the system to do this for survival.
 * The body is neurodivergent and this role is needed to mask as neurotypical.
 * Any other reason that isn't listed or mentioned.

History
This term was originally coined separately by Asteroid Kingdom and Faedom on separate pages.

Related Terms
A personality shifter may also be considered a mirror or masker.

Personality shifting can be similar to soma shifting, where a headmate's form in headspace is changed.