A man with a rare condition that caused his personality to split into ten identities is now unable to study, work or leave the house on his own. Leonard Stöckl says he is made up of 10 personalities, Kovu, 4, Hektor, 8, Ana, 16, Cosmo, 17, Ash, 18, Jessy, 19, Leo, 21, Billy, 23, Liv, 24, and Red, 26.
Leonard has Dissociate Identity Disorder (DID), a rare psychiatric condition that develops in early childhood as a result of severe trauma. The 22-year-old refers to his collective personalities as his ‘system’, the group of identities who share one body and each distinct form of consciousness is the 'person' or ‘alter’.
Leo refers to himself as the ‘host’ of the system, meaning they are the person who has control over the body most often. Leo was able to manage day-to-day activities up until his teenage years but the condition became overwhelming when he was taking A-Level exams in June 2021.
