Schizophrenia is caused by a personality fragment that is broken off, so to speak, from the primary acting personality; operating often in direct opp… - Jane Roberts

So I had to face the fact that I was blessed with abilities that were considered symptoms of emotional abnormality or mental derangement by psychology, often thought of as demonic by religion, and whose very existence was denied altogether by science. So in my darker moments I used to think that my psychic initiation and subsequent experiences were a mixed bag, to say the least. But the fact is that I was very sensitive to criticism for the very good reason that often I shared many of the beliefs that stimulated it.

Looking back now, it's easy to see that I had no models for the socially accepted conventional female role, which was certainly a blessing.

There are no ends that must be accomplished by any given personality, no ends that must be gained by a personality for the entity.