“Baby Teeth” by  Zoje Stage: Why Seven-Year-Old Hanna Had Never Spoken

“For fuck’s sake, Hanna. Why don’t you ever listen [or speak] to me?…Because I’m not Hanna,” the girl whispered. (1, p. 38).

“It was a little disappointing that Mommy didn’t want to know about her special friend. Poo-poo to her; Hanna would try again later (1, p. 39).

Comment: In multiple personality disorder, alternate personalities usually don’t respond to questions unless they are addressed by name.

1. Zoje Stage. Baby Teeth. New York, St. Martin’s Griffin, 2018/9.