Multiple roles

Something I noticed and realized about myself today is that I have a tendency of operating in different modes of operation when you're dealing with me in an emotional way.If I'm being the protector, I can't seem to function in other ways for instance. It's more of a binary thing with me.I think this gets in the way of me being able to be everything all at once. I know it can be frustrating, but that seems to be the way that I'm wired.This seems to be the opposite of me in an engineering perspective when I seem to be able to deal with way more levels all at once.I think it's interesting seeing how my brain works in practice when different things are thrown at me in different ways.