It was a plot twist Marcela Del Sol, an accomplished¹ writer, never saw coming - she would wake up in hospital following a car accident and have to share her body with seven other 'people' with their own very distinct personalities².

 

玛塞拉·德尔索尔是一位颇有成就的作家，她从未想到过自己的人生会出现这样一个情节——她遭遇了一场车祸，在医院醒来后发现其他七个性格迥异的“人”住在自己的身体里。
 

 

The 43-year-old mother-of-two was driving her car along a highway in Charlestown near Newcastle, in mid³ July, 2013, when it broke down - she moved to the side of the road and another car crashed into the back of her.

 

Both cars were written off, she suffered major whiplash and her dissociative personality disorder⁴ (also known as multiple personality disorder) was triggered - giving life to C, L, T, M, M/B and twins A and B.

 

Marcela told Daily Mail Australia she started getting symptoms in 'late 2013' realising something wasn't right when people started to call her by other names - names she now recognises as her alter egos⁵.

 

'I couldn't remember doing a lot of things - for example I would be at work but not remember how I got there,' she said.

 

'I was dismissed from my job but don't know how or why that happened.

 

'Then after that I started finding men's clothes in my wardrobe which just didn't make sense to me.'

 

Marcela's personalities work to protect her - and her children - from harm, and developed after a series of traumatic experiences including sexual assault and being held at knife point – all which occurred since moving to Australia from Chile 22 years ago.

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