This illustrative sketch was created to explain the way cell groups work within us. Relationships between alters is depicted by interlocking and scattered circles. To understand this illustration, you need to think in terms of math cell groups. Cell groups can be very large or very small, and contain one solitary personality or , in our case, up to 34 personalities in one cell group. Some cell groups are interlocked to illustrate that there are some personalities who belong in more than one cell group.