Imagine waking up one day to a life that is not your own. You’re adamant you’re in the right body, but something is off. Your wardrobe is filled with clothes that you hate, you have nothing in common with those who claim to be your friends, and you’re utterly unqualified for the job you apparently have. While it may sound like a confusing nightmare, this can be the reality for people living with dissociative identity disorder (DID) – and it’s exactly what happened to alternative/trap-metal artist N0trixx.
“For a massive amount of time, I was not me,” the Russian-born rabble-rouser explains today from her Lancashire home, face concealed behind a terror-inducing mask of entwined black wire. “As a teenager, my brain effectively split into two distinct parts. For 10 years, the other part was in full control. Then, we switched.”
