Who says change is always for the better? Nothing can be more killing for a person to find out that someone very close to him/her is leading a double life. It involves a complete mess of emotions and respect. Double life can simply be termed as a path where a person tries to save his present relations but also access new and secret ones that are morally wrong and which can cause relationships a heavy loss. A person may lead a double life when he behaves in two different ways at regular intervals of time. He shouts in a minute and behaves as if nothing has happened the next minute. Such people are extremely restless at times and very calm the moment later. Their behavior is unpredictable, to a considerable extent, similar to those with a split personality. It is a disorder in which they themselves don’t understand how weird they behave or act many a times.

The causes for the same can be:

• Extreme emotional turmoil in childhood
• Physical abuse
• Living in an over-protective environment from childhood
• To get rid of some extreme phobias
• To run away from shame or guilt and many more to name.

Apart from this, a person may lead a double life wherein he cheats and betrays his/her partner. Such people try to walk on two roads that can never connect with each other thereby leading to dangerous destinations.

Double Life in Relationships
Here are some crucial ways to identify if your partner is leading a double life. If you notice any of these traits in your partner, or a near one, it could mean, he/she is living a double life.

• Frequent excuses for not being on time
• Prohibiting you from having a look at his/her cell phone
• Unusual behavior at the workplace
• When you have very less or no access to his/her financial data
• When he/she cannot aptly reason out as to why a particular thing was done
• When he/she is constantly in contact with his/her ex
• When he/she frequently compares you with someone else
• When he/she attends a lot of parties with ‘friends’
• Unusual irritation at times
• Less or no involvement in family matters or related issues

By observing these things, you might be able to find out if your spouse is cheating on you. Extramarital affairs statistics say that 60% of men and 40% of women have extra marital affairs thus leading to infidelity in relationships. It’s not that living with an alter ego is observed only in married men and women. Any individual living as if, with two distinct identities, is said to be living a double life.

Double Life on the Internet
Such a thing is seen a lot on the internet as well, wherein a person communicates in an abstract and virtual world. There are hardly any ways to find out if the information being provided is true or not. This can have dangerous consequences. The extremity can be suicidal attempts as well. These are some of the things people living a double life on the Internet, fake, for the wrong reasons.