Personality change is a full disruption of identity

Evidence

This “change in personality” thus designates such a disruption of identity that it, or the wound that causes it, constitutes a bright dividing line between “before” and “after.” — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 493

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The loss of individual personality can itself become an identity; Doppelganger confusion exposes identity’s fundamental precariousness and vulnerability to outside forces. — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 79; Destructive plasticity forms identity through deconstitution, not preservation — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 202

Broader Connections

• Destructive plasticity forms identity through deconstitution, not preservation #complicates (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 202
• Doppelganger confusion exposes identity’s fundamental precariousness and vulnerability to outside forces. #expands (0.75) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 79
• The loss of individual personality can itself become an identity #qualifies (0.72)