Aspected

Aspected
Coined by	unknown
Wherecoined	unknown
Status	Current
Date coined	unknown
Alternative forms	aspecting
Part of Speech	* adjective: "I am aspected." * verb: "I am aspecting dragon today." * noun: "This aspect is elven."
Community used by	otherkin, multiplicity
Synonyms	Mid-continuum, Median, Mental Shift

Aspected means having a single mind but "facets" which are quite different in thought processes, behavior patterns and emotional responses while retaining a singular memory and identity. Most people experience this to some degree in the masks they wear for work, school, home; as friends, as lovers, as parents, etc. Medically this phenomena has been recognized and even utilized in ego-state therapy. Among otherkin, aspects often correspond to different past lives and/or different kintypes and "being aspected" or "aspecting" is often used in a similar way to how the therian community uses mental shifts.