Hi all. I’m going to try to make this as short as possible, because I tend to ramble. I have been trying to make a…
selfcareisknives: fromfiction: Fictive is a soulbonder/endogenic term that was graciously shared with the DID/OSDD community, please stop trying to appropriate it. Is it really? Do…
A person who is both kin, and a part of a multiple system may experience both shifts and fronting.
Hooboy. Uh, I started using the word collective to avoid “system” syscourse. If people are taking issue with that too, I don’t really know what to…
Alter is a DID/OSDD-1 specific term, and refers only to headmates created by trauma.
My advice for anyone being told they’re a ‘fake system’ is to ignore it. You and your headmates know if you’re real or not.
My best advice would be to research plurality/multipicity, both on this blog, other tumblrs, and off tumblr, and see how you feel about it and…
Fronting is something that only happens to members of systems. To “Front” means to come to the front of the headspace and pilot the body. If…
Just ignore the people who try to deny you exist and that your experiences are real. A wise anon once told me this: Don’t fall…
They’re wrong. Your system may not be based in DID, which means its not medically recognized as a disorder, but that’s all that means. If…
Yeah, that’s fucking *terrible* advice, especially to a multiple. As if they had control over their alters???
Sorry anon, maybe a blog more focused on multiplicity can help you?
Systems may be ‘fine’ with the term ‘fictive’ but its not a DID/OSDD term. The medical term is ‘fictional introjects’. I clarify this because I have had DID/OSDD…
Hey anon, don’t feel stupid. Its always confusing to see terminology that we don’t know. First of all, the term ‘system’ is not a kin term.…
That’s fair, and I can see where you are coming from with that stance. I’ll admit I find their position somewhat ironic, given that they…
I am aware of @realmultipleadvice ‘s stance on those things, and I feel comfortable recommending them anyway, specifically because: a) if a question is about kin…
This isn’t really a question I can answer. Its not a kin question, and even as a soulbonder, I don’t have anyone in my headspace…
That’s not something I can define for you. I suggest @realmultipleadvice
Thank you for chiming in. I think you’re absolutely right that the dispute started there. I am saddened that there is such a situation going…
Yeah, that is the problem there is no consensus. If there were an agreement, I would simply go along with it. Obviously I don’t want…
Judging by the fact that any time I use the term ‘system’ to refer to non-DID multiples, I have DID sufferers jumping down my throat…
Interesting. My information on alters having to be formed from childhood comes from @this-is-not-dissociative and other such blogs. I am unable to retrieve the exact…
I am compelled to point out that ‘system’ is currently a debated term, as to whether or not it is acceptable to use unless you are…
Oof sorry anon, this question is all kinds of confused. Let me try to detangle things for you. headmate: a person/entity that is sharing a…
lb-lee: the-trashcan-collective: beaconsystem: the-trashcan-collective: beaconsystem: I am not entirely sure if I am using the correct tags for this, so please notify me if I…
Multiplicity is when two or more people share the same body. It can happen because of trauma at a young age, which is called Dissociative…
I’m not actually all that educated on the subject of DID, since I don’t suffer from it, or know intimately anyone who does. Most of…
Yes? I was merely listing traits characteristic of soulbonding. As I said, there’s a significant amount of crossover between phenomena.
Soulbonding and non-DID multiplicity in general have a lot of potential crossover. Here are the things that tend to make soulbonding ‘different’. All of these are…
This CAN be a decent indicator, but its not always the case. Soulbonding covers a much wider spectrum of communication than other multiplicty experiences generally…
As a soulbonder just wanted to say thanks to you and hamiltoes for being so reasonable and informed!
@hamiltoes Thanks anon! as a soulbonder myself, its definitely a subject that’s important to me.
As a median system, you lack a solid barrier between what is ‘you’ and what is ‘not you’. Given that that is simply your state of being,…
I had been tossing the idea of creating a soulbonding-centric blog for a while now, since the amount of questions I’ve gotten asked about it…
I got an answer scribbled in a different style of writing saying something about airships and crossing realms. And every now and then I feel…
It is absolutely possible to soulbond without knowing it, and in fact its very normal and natural for many people it occurs to. For me,…
Yes, it absolutely is. I’ve had characters just sort of leap into my mind immediately upon encountering them.
This is totally normal for a lot of multiples, especially natural multiples who aren’t cause by trauma and may not experience dissociation. My headmates and…
Most tulpamancers Ive known are cool with the term soulbond. However, if you feel self conscious, you can use whatever term you like!
If everyone in your headspace is a soulbond, maybe median soulbonder is the right term for you? Or median collective. Mental spectrum?
Lately several DID sufferers have expressed the view that natural multiples using the term ’system’ to describe themselves is in some way appropriative or dismissive…