“Have you heard of the concept called _compartamentalization_?” asked Kat.
Her therapist, Dr Williams, looked up from his notebook. “…yes…” he said. It was an unusual question, but then again, Kat was an unusually intelligent patient.
“_Compartamentalization_…” he said, with his voice taking on a slightly academic tone, “…is a defense technique. Sometimes, a person will have thoughts or actions that are inconsistent with that person’s self image. Instead of reconciling those inconsitencies, a person will take a part of themselves and file it away and pretend it doesn’t exist.”
Kat nodded. “So like, having two different personalities?”
“In a way” said the therapist. “Why do you ask?”
_Kat played with her fingernails as her mind flashed back to last wednesday night. She could see the stranger’s pillow and sheets in front of her. She could feel the cheap JC Penny cotton sheets under her nails. She remembered grunting as Matt—or was it Mike?—fucked her from behind. She loved the sounds he was making. He sounded grateful. Surprised. Shocked. Of *course* he was. 3 hours earlier he’d been having a quiet drink at his neighborhood dive, and now he’s screwing this some incredibly hot chick?! This kind of stuff didn’t happen to him._