A strange magazine for your question might have the answer. Money magazine looked at alternative medical care offered the American pubic. They found one of the alternatives was hypnotherapy. This can help you analyze your alter ego. As the magazine said, "We don't know how it works, we just know it does!"

An alter ego is an alternative identity of a person, or a close and intimate friend.

Batman is Bruce Wayne's alter-ego.

Spaceman Spiff's alter ego is Calvin.

Spaceman Spiff's alter ego is Calvin. (from Calvin and Hobbes)