Let me clarify that I wasn't referring to the patient as a crackpot. I fully believe that there are people suffering from mental illnesses with frightening and

Let me clarify that I wasn't referring to the patient as a crackpot. I fully believe that there are people suffering from mental illnesses with frightening and confusing symptoms, including auditory hallucinations and hearing voices. I do think that the idea of multiple personalities is a "crackpot theory" that some mental health professionals are proponents of. I don't think a plurality of psychiatrists accept the notion of independent personalities. Some of them do, and push the notion, to the detriment of their patients. I'm referring to that when I say "crackpot". Maybe I'm wrong; I'm no professional. But I'm in good company in being critical of the idea. Hyperbolic, to be fair.