#alters and introjection

[sysmedsaresexist]

I wrote an entire book of triggered rambling, I'm not going to post it, but, here I am with a much more simple post and point

Please don't forget that introjecting others can be a tool of abuse and, speaking from experience on both sides of the fence, is often the result of a toxic relationship

Please just keep this in mind when you're making sweeping generalizations about whether you NEED to tell the person and whether it's a good or bad thing

It's neither, it's not good or bad, it's not black or white, it's not healthy or unhealthy, it can be a compliment and a sign of an unhealthy attachment, and it may be appropriate to tell some people and inappropriate to tell others

Telling and/or being told is not a need

It's circumstantial and nuanced

But please keep the dangers in mind when discussing this, it's a huge part of the reason we kept going back to our abuser and how our abuser kept a hold on us for so long

I actually can't count on one hand how many times I've been in a situation where this-- either introjecting someone or someone introjecting us, has caused us incredible amounts of trauma, including brushing against the concept of abuse and system hopping in my early twenties (I actually wrote about this experience once)

I can't tell you what it feels like to be trying to set a boundary and have someone reply, "you're making x/yourself cry, why are you doing this, this isn't you, this isn't what you want", and hell, I have so little concept of my own wants and needs that I'll just nod along, or to have an introject that whispers in your ear that you should go back because you overreacted and the person definitely wouldn't do it again, of course they know that for sure

No post has addressed this aspect yet, so... just a polite reminder to consider it

[thenightsystem]

One of our (newer) introjects was staring at our face in the mirror for about 10 minutes. I asked him if he was okay, and he said something I thought I should share, ‘cause it might resonate with some of ya’ll. “This face is wrong. All of this is wrong. None of this looks like it should. But there’s something in our eyes that looks like me.”

[theswiftheartsystem]

[oceanwaves-mp3]

just a close up of my c!quackity

[no-mercy-userboxes]

𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘛𝘰 𝘜𝘴𝘦, 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵, 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥.

[monstasong]

SOME SMILE BABIES!!!! :DDD

[insysor]

introjects and their sources

introjects are just like any other alter.

i see a lot of people be fake claimed for being introject heavy (having a lot of introjects). we are not introject heavy but i think its important to say that whether or not an alter is an introject has no effect on their validity.

a lot of our introjects are uncomfortable being publicly known due to the stigma.

[volatilevulgarity]

we 🫶🏻 introjects with problematic sources.

we don’t choose who we split so maybe don’t be a cunt just because someone split an introject with a problematic source hm

[lemony-ink]

reminder that fictives struggling with missing people from source that they have memories with are valid and deserve space and time to process their situation !!!

[spectralensemble]

Introjects have feelings too.

We are not just caricatures or cardboard cutouts of your favorite characters.

We exist to protect the body from harm. Some of us exist to keep track of others in the system. Others like us.

And some of us just exist to exist, and that's okay.

Being an introject isn't fun and games either.

It's worrying about how our psuedomemories connect to the body's own.

It's being confused by a world we don't belong in.

It's no longer feeling like us.

It's having to hide in fear of others perceiving us wrongly just because of our source.

[weasel-333]

I see people saying having a lot of introjects is an endo thing. It is NOT.

Being an introject heavy system is normal and it has nothing to do with "endogenic systems".

It's not because some endos think being a system is all about having your favorite characters as alters to hang out with that you have to invalidate actual systems who happen to have many introjects.

They don't control it. If they have those introjects, it means they need it.

It's not because you don't share the same experience that theirs is invalid.

This is not a criteria to fakeclaim systems.

It's just another proof of how harmful endos can be.

[no-mercy-userboxes]

𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘛𝘰 𝘜𝘴𝘦, 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵, 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥.

[springedlock]

diluted torties are my favorite btw :3

[sysboxes]

[Text: This introject hates being the host because of how disconnected they feel from the body.]

[Text: This alter hates being the host because of how disconnected they feel from the body.]

[Text: This user hates being the host because of how disconnected they feel from the body.]

like/reblog if you save or use any

[lemony-ink]

pk;m new 😔

[southern-cryptid-of-the-labs]

🦌~ INTRODUCTION POST ~🦌

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Heya! It's Alice.

I tend ta type in my accent!

By the way, the blog 'm sourced from is @unhinged-southern

The system main is @shinyshade8026!!

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Name: Alice

Nicknames: Allie, Wendigo

Pronouns: She/It

Sexuality: Questioning

Partner: Valice - @southern-creature-of-the-woods

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Species: Worker drone(?)

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#allie's nonsense - general posts/reblogs

#welcome wanderer - I'll be usin' this when i come into front!

#wayward wanderer - fer when i leave front, though it shouldn't happen much

#queerdeers - ...talkin' bout my girlfriend, Valice

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#allie's discard pile - err... vents...

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