#positivelyplural

[botanical-garden-system]

Whenever I see someone saying they “wish they were a system,” I don’t think: “Oh how DARE they try to mock this shit that debilitates me every day!”

I think, “I wonder what in this world could make them feel like they need to have multiple voices in their head.” I think, “Are they lonely..? Did they even have any friends whilst growing up..? Were they neglected..?”

I understand because I also felt this way as a little kid, elementary school age (5-10). **I** wanted to be less alone as a kid, so I created imaginary characters that began to separate and distinguish themselves from one another. While yes, I had some major events of trauma, my trauma was what I thought as “monotonous” or “insignificant.” I just wanted someone to talk to, someone to confide in. I didn’t feel safe telling an adult what I went through, so it was stored in another alter.

You guys are so quick to jump at someone you have no information on in any way. You don’t know how educated this person is on the complexities of DID, and you don’t know what the person went through at all.

Please stop being so harsh and aggressive towards people figuring themselves out.. you would want that grace too..

[the-indigo-symphony]

Hello, plural trans men! Hello, trans men in systems! Hello, trans men with CDDs! You are amazing and wonderful!!! You deserve good things, and I hope you have a great day/night!

[system-comforts]

Shout out to system members who rarely or never front! Your contribution to your system is just as important as those who front. Remember you are loved and seen.

[anomalymon]

The Plural Community Needs to Write More Essays and Make More Resources

This has been a pretty big push in the alterhuman community, but hasn't quite reached the plural community yet. So

Systems: Write about your experiences! Post them!

It doesn't have to be good or coherent, but we want to see more experiences that aren't just bland, blanket positivity posts or term coining with zero substance. Some of our favorite writings we've read have had poor grammar and disjointed paragraphs!

Reasons to write about your experiences:

It can make people who have that experience both realize they're not alone and learn ways they can explore that experience

It can be education for people who don't experience that so they can learn what it's like

It gives more potential for citation for those who are making more comprehensive resources

They can be used several years down the line to track trends and events within the plural community

Also want to combat anti-endos? Write about your experiences. Humanize yourself (for lack of a better term). Create solidarity with others and encourage them to be out about themselves. Don't let psychiatric texts, syscourse rants, and simple definitions be the only information about your group!

We'll tack on what we're interested in seeing, but feel free to reblog and add anything too:

Guides! Guides on how your system does things, or guides that can help other systems

How plurality intersects with other disabilities or neurodivergence

Headspace tours, art about your headspace, collages

The effects drugs or medication has on your system

Non-traditional roles, or even how traditional roles do their day to day tasks

Different types of plurality intersecting (i.e. systems who fit more than one of DID, endogenic multiplicity, medianhood, soulbonding, etc)

Spirituality and religion intersecting with plurality

Seriously, whatever you want to talk about

[siphonyx]

Honestly, even if 'the future is plural" meant creating more systems, it would certainly be through non-pathological means, tulpamancy, endogenics, etc. Plurality is for all systems, not DID/OSDD only, so if you see "the future is plural" and take that as a sign we want to abuse kids, it is a) an indication that you see the worst in every slogan and couldn't identify fake news to save your life and b) don't belong here.

Stay mad, the future will be plural!

[interstellarsystem]

Psychotic systems, you are not alone in your experiences. It's a struggle figuring out your identity and life with just one of those things, let alone both at once. Reality is hard to figure out sometimes and having other things going on in your brain can make it so much more confusing.

But regardless of how your psychosis manifests and does or does not affect / intertwine with your system, you are not a freak.

You are not fake.

You are no less than any other system.

You are no less than any other person.

You are important, you are valued, and you are loved.

[dream-the0ry]

I love being a fictive and my relationship to source boiling down to being its nosy neighbor. I don't actively keep up with it, but sometimes it starts making a racket (i see ppl I follow posting about it) and I'm at the window with binoculars going "WHAT are those fuckers up to this time"

[possessed-pack]

Love to all of the tulpa systems or systems with tulpas regardless of their origin. No matter your system origin, you having a tulpa--even if it's just one or if there's many--does not discredit your system. It does not make you fake. Systems of any origin can have tulpas, systems that are disordered or have DID/OSDD/other dissociative disorders can have tulpas--and it does not make you fake. Your origin shouldn't dictate your validity--if you experience it, it's valid and real.

[systimming]

System Experience #5 - System littles / syskids going wild with the credit card

- Mod Primarina + Mod Pent.

((Sources of gifs: x, x, x | x, x, x | x, x, x ))

[faunabells]

after a couple of years of seeing many people attempt to express the difference between singlets vs. plurals without leaving nuances behind, we've made a model based on our observances. i personally call it the "paradigm of personhoods" or "the personhoods compass". this name will be changed if we find something of a better fit.

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{ image description: a graphing compass with "mirrored" at the top of the y-axis, "nonreflected" at the bottom of the y-axis, "static" on the left of the x-axis, and "dynamic" on the right of the x-axis. end description. }

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here's a quick rundown of how we're going to be using some terms:

parts - is a section of the brain that holds information like emotions, memories, ideas, etc. sense of selves or self - the way the brain conceptualizes/interprets the parts.

the axis alignments explaination:

y-axis: explains how the brain mobilizes its parts- if it allows or forces them to be.. mirrored - to follow through with the same perspective and autonomy. nonreflected - to divide the perspectives and autonomies.

x-axis: explains how the brain chooses to "keep up" with its sense of self/selves. (is not necessarily about personal growth or "character arcs", but in some aspects, can describe such.) static - at its extreme, is very resistant to change. generally consistent and rarely alters its interpretation of self/selves. dynamic - ever-changing, and can sometimes hardly keep up with itself/selves.

an example of how to possibly use this paradigm:

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{ image description: the same graph with statements in each quadrant. it goes as follows..}

first quadrant: mirrored and dynamic - "it seems like some medians would fall over here, but so can singlets with an unstable sense of sense."

second quadrant: mirrored and static - "singlets tend to be here, but so can some plurals. particularly if they relate to the idea of being 'parts of a whole'."

third quadrant: nonreflected and static - "another space where medians can fall under. also for plurals who can easily come up with collective identities."

fourth quadrant: nonreflected and dynamic - "plurals who split easily or cannot readily come up with collective identity. it's difficult to see how singlets can be classified here, but anything's possible."

{ end description. }

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important notes!:

this is not a strict calculation of the 'amount of pluralness or singletness' someone has. so, for the love of gods, please do not think that people in the 2nd quadrant are "less plural" than people in the 4th quadrant. that would be very silly of you. going a little off of this- we did not use the typical plot-the-point-graph for this compass because we want to make it clear that personhoods cannot be numerically valued.

yes, this model does imply that "one body = one person inside it" is a very rare occurrence, and that singlethood is a spectrum. parts language is not neutral! however, we want this to be easily understood by anyone, especially those new to the idea of plurality. + we're not really using term exactly in the same manner an ifs therapist would.

please bare in mind that at its core, this compass is an attempt at simplifying and verbalizing a qualia- something that's complex and difficult to defined verbally, yet is understood in a (seemingly) consistent manner amongst cultures and societies. this means that several grains of salt needs to be taken when working within the model.

if anyone wants to plot themselves on the chart, that would be absolutely wonderful because we'll love to see how it'll be utilize and comprehended by different people. just know that this is ultimately a work in progress, so any feedback can change how this theorized model works! ( also we know that the letters are really big on the picture, so we can re-edit the model if it's requested. )

[mystery-aberration]

It can be hard to feel like you have separate lives while sharing a body, and in my experience, hobbies can help you feel like you have something "yours" to tend to. So, what are some hobbies you have that may be different from other headmates in your system? If you have none, would you like to start one? What would it be?

I enjoy embroidery and crochet. While others in my system may do some from time to time, it still is more of a me thing to do. It feels related to my fictive identity in an abstract way and keeps me feeling me.

[botanical-garden-system]

Hey, take a break from everything for a second. Get a water, get some food or a snack, check in with your self/selves.

Are you starting to feel triggered?

Do you feel happy or at least neutral? And if you’re neutral, does it feel dull/numbing?

Have you eaten any time recently? Drank anything?

When did you last use the restroom or practiced hygiene?

It’s not healthy to constantly make your mind active with disasters, discourse, and all other things. You need to reconnect with your own world while understanding the things happening around you. It’s really easy to make this imbalanced.

Just remember to breathe.

[the-indigo-symphony]

Someday the average experience for a system discovering their plurality is going to be joy and understanding. Someday it is going to be commonplace for systems to introduce themselves as systems. Someday it will be rare for a person to not know a single system in their community. Someday we are going to have so many role models that young plurals will be able to pick and choose their favorites for every field or hobby they express even a hint of interest in. Someday we are going to have grandparents reminiscing to their grandchildren about what it was like to be a system back in their day. Someday this community will look back and be astonished that we ever lived like we did now. Someday plurality will be so well-known it will be common knowledge and a casual topic. Someday systems will be able to talk about their plurality casually and without fear. Someday support will be given without hesitation, accomodations without hoops, and acceptance without question. Someday we are going to get that damn pride parade, those abstract murals on the walls, those colorful posters in the classrooms, that tacky jewelry with our symbols, those flags hung outside homes, and so many other shows of victory and progress, and plural pride week will be looked forward to by so, so many as a time of celebration and community.

The history we are creating today will be valued tomorrow. Thank you all for being part of this wonderful community; your presence alone makes a difference and is valued beyond what words can express. The future is plural!!!

[system-comforts]

Shout out to newly discovered systems! It can be a very confusing time, and it can be difficult to learn new terms, try to communicate with system members, and to find time to do daily tasks. Please know you are doing an amazing job.

[faerie-entrails]

how it feels to be plural sometimes:

[image description: a simple picture of hackenbush's quantification of: * || 0 . to put it simply: this basically means * is often confused with 0, yet is not the same as 0. also can be thought of as parallel yet not the same.]

[thenetvvork]

חג חנוכה שמח!

Happy Hannukah to our fellow plurals/systems! ✡️🕎