Before Tyler Durden, the narrator found himself being pushed around by his lack of social skills and inability to express his true emotions; but Tyler Durden provided a way out. According to WebMD, a website dedicated to medical diagnosis, stress is a key indicator of multiple personality disorder (WebMD). By emphasizing this life of responsibility and hard work, the narrator perhaps buckled under pressure and began to question himself: Maybe this life of IKEA furniture and support group meetings isn't a permanent solution to my terribly boring life? This may have led Durden to come up with a new philosophy as the narrator said: "Maybe self-improvement isn't the answer...Tyler never knew his father...Maybe self-destruction is the answer" (Palahniuk , 49 ). This philosophy created by Tyler Durden and the narrator causes them to be seen as rejected by society. To overcome this sense of rejection, Tyler suggests that self-destruction is the only way to get to the core of yourself. In other words, the narrator would have to self-destruct to reveal who he really is. Stated on NAMI, a website representing the National Alliance on Mental Illness, "Different identities, called alters, can show