Is "conscious multiple personalities" a thing?

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I always seem to argue with myself in my head and yell at myself, then I try to explain how I'm exagerating everything and then the fight restarts, leading to more sh*t I try to convince myself even though I already know about and I'm driving insane.

Edit: Basically its like theres a good side and an evil side consciously fighting in my mind to choose my decisions. Its kindof hard to explain.

That doesn't sound like DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder) at all. In DID the alters are not aware of each other most of the time, and they certainly don't argue in the person's head.

Lots of people describe simple indecision in much the same way you're describing your experience. Could you maybe be more specific? Do you hear another voice? Does it feel like thoughts put into your brain by an outside force?

That sounds like anxiety to me.

What is it that you argue about? My whole life I've had arguments in my head, having to yell in my mind to 'shut the f**k up' (literally those words). Part of this for me, is related to my OCD (obsessions, [i.e. religious, despite not being religious] which I despise), but part is of course, normal.

Perhaps you are not confronting your real problems (i.e. you feel bad [jealous/angry] as a result of others). These feelings (for a 14 year old) likely stem from social or academic failures, which may themselves result from negative perceptions, laziness or genuine unexplained difficulties that you may need medical attention for. If you suspect that you're exaggerating autistic traits yet have a lust for the label I'd suggest that this is the case.

I've read some of your posts and you once wrote how your mum told you that you're looking for excuses as to why you're always on the computer. That's a good place to start. Why are you? I know that for me it was always an escape, because I've always felt inadequate and am perfectionistic in nature. Feelings such as this can lead to laziness and vice versa, causing a dangerous snowball effect that you should try and fix as soon as you possibly can.

Anybody can feel down and out but do not accept for one second that issues such as laziness and anxiety are your own shortcomings (unless of course, you are content with something like laziness). Emotions can wreck havoc on a vulnerable teenager. You may feel pressured by expectations of others around you to find your own ways to succeed.. you may feel as if others will not take you seriously or perceive your 'weakened' state as undisciplined etc. Don't let that get to you. It doesn't help. Especially from your parents. It is almost never true that a person in your position is simply looking for excuses, needing nothing but a 'kick up the ass'.

Whatever your problems are, you have time. Please fix them before you reach the final 2 years of schooling, or else you'll find yourself wasting the time of your life away. You really don't want to be in that position - you can trust me on that.

If you ever feel like discussing anything via PM (private, obviously), feel free to contact me. Really. Whether or not we agree with each others posts is irrelevant, PM is a different world.

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Unapologetically, Norny.
-chronically drunk

Also remember, you don't need a label to have genuine issues.

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Unapologetically, Norny.
-chronically drunk

Sounds like inner critic.
http://psychcentral.com/lib/working-wit ... er-critic/
http://kalimunro.com/wp/articles-info/e ... -ourselves
It's pretty normal. I am sure everyone got them but not everyone pays enough attention to think it might be unusual. "Fighting your own thoughts" seems to describe it accurately.

My personality seems split between a logical adult(inner motivator - I'm lucky to have one!) and anxious kid(inner critic).
I am both, I can control what both of them say in the inner dialogue - they are personifications of my feelings and values. The adult tries to convince the kid everything is OK and there is a solution for all problems at hand but the kid is still scared and says all my fears and worries. The adult has a hard time pointing out how illogical and pointless the fears are. And I listen to their conversation and agree with both but hope the logical adult part of me will be able to convince the kid and I will stop worry like a kid about silly stuffs a logical, confident adult wouldn't be worried about.