In a 1948 book, psychoanalyst Theodore Reik described an extraordinary “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”–type identity change that he underwent in the minds of many patients during therapy sessions. At the start of each encounter, Reik wrote, patients perceived a bald, elderly man with a big nose and glasses who presented a thoughtful, friendly demeanor.
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