I have a question concerning a mental health issue. Every day since I was about thirteen, I have needed to be under a delusion that I was somebody else...whether it be a fictional character from a t.v. show or movie; I have had the need to function under this persona, going to such degrees as dying my hair, changing my clothing, and personality attributes. I know I also suffer from paranoid personality disorder, but what could this other need to be a fake person be? I know that they aren t real and they aren t me sometimes, but there are also times where I completely believe I am this fictional person, I have even self harmed myself because the character I tried to emulate had scars on them.