As real as you

One of the things that annoys us big time is the assumption by some people that all the folks within a multiple are just disconnected parts of one 'core' person. The truth is that we are all individuals with our own thoughts, feelings, ideas, opinions, needs, abilities etc. Individually, as well as collectively we are no less real than you are. We demand to be recognised as such. It's not like we imagined ourselves into existence!