celestialforest

[celestialforest]

'why would you trigger/content tag this current events post so people could block it it's SUPPOSED to make you uncomfortable' fellas is it ableist to make it easier for trauma survivors to navigate difficult topics by choosing when and how to engage with them according to their own abilities and limits rather than just leaving everything an unlabeled minefield so that they risk serious episodes every single time they go online and prevent many people from being able to engage with the material At All. why are you moralising something that is vital particularly to survivors of similar traumas. why are you treating us like the enemy for trying to help others honor their own limits so that they can engage with the content in the first place. trigger warnings aren't saying 'don't engage with this it's bad' I'm so fucking tired

Also it's fine to take breaks from the news or whatever even if ur not traumatised like chill please

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Kind of really, really hate it whenever we try our luck in a new fictive-friendly space and we're hit with unreality baiting again. And everyone flirting with each other for no reason other than Being Specific Fictives. We're not sharing our fanart in there, lmao. I'm not risking my sysmates being creeped on.

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for the millionth time:

introjects dont choose their source

parts dont choose how/when/why they split

and nobody is obliged to know if ur a system or how many parts u have

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Saying endogenic systems aren’t real, is not the same thing as telling someone they’re not actually a system.

I honestly do believe that most of them are real systems, but they’re misinformed/just plain wrong about how their system formed.

We’re not fake claiming you, you guys just wanna scream that because you know fake claiming is wrong. But we’re not saying you’re not a system, we’re saying you’re not “endogenic”. Because endogenic systems aren’t real.

If you can’t understand the difference, that’s a you problem.

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“I’ll just get into this podcast our partner likes” He says suspiciously. Now we have all these penumbra fictives and I don’t even know if its everyone

[celestialforest]

TOH icons part 1!!

Please reblog and credit me if you use them <3

[celestialforest]

Can we stop using "still lives with their parents" or "unemployed" or "doesn't have a drivers license" or "didn't graduate high school" as an insult or evidence that someone is a bad person? Struggling with independence or meeting milestones is not a moral failing.

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that fictive struggle of trying to find an icon, but your source is old and like no one seems to know it so it’s hard to find art or screenshots or anything for it

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I do wish I knew how to better support people with demonized disorders (such as BPD, NPD, ASPD, and HPD) but so many of the “resources” are typically made by people without those disorders and typically are trying to demonize them. (Especially with NPD since the myth of “narcissistic abuse” has become more popular)

I am unsure of how to support others but I will always listen.

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hey! there's zero esims left for the connecting gaza campaign as of today. i remember you promoting them earlier. could you give them a much needed boost?

oh dang! unfamiliar with that particular campaign, as I always donate via crips for e-sims because it's super easy to do, but regardless let's go people!

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“You can’t be a system!! You and ___ both do this!!!”

We still share a brain.

“You and ____ LOVEEE this!!”

We still share a brain.

“You and ____ talk very similarly!!!”

We still share a brain.

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one thing I keep seeing is how systems with fearmonger newly discovered systems into not interacting with the online osddid community, which is stupid.

even if you think that there is a lot of misinformation online about the disorders, which I'm not gonna argue against, you're still assuming what that newly discovered system is looking for.

maybe they're not looking for diagnostic criterias or to sift through their trauma.

they're probably looking for community and personal experiences they can relate to.

which is very obviously a common thing for someone who just realised they might have a disorder is looking for.

support. community. comfort.

when I see a newly discovered system online and they ask where they start on system spaces, advice like "don't look around online, just go to (insert medical website)" is not helpful to someone who needs genuine advice from people with experience in system communities.

so, here's my advice to newly discovered systems :

— you're going to get things wrong and make mistakes. it's inevitable, and it 100% happens to everyone, even if someone's been diagnosed for 10+ years. don't be scared to make mistakes, you miss every shot you don't take.

— if you suddenly don't feel like you're a system, your communication sucks, you are frontstuck/no one else is fronting, don't worry. cdds are covert disorders, their whole intention is to not be found. you're not a liar or faker because you don't experience some symptoms of a disorder. (see this)

— look at what is already largely accepted in medical spaces, don't immediately jump into controversial/conspiracy theories

— start off with safe spaces, trying to participate in discourse when you're uneducated isn't going to end well

— figure out what alters do first, in our case and many others, it's a lot easier to "work backwards" when you already have an idea of what role an alter fills in your system before you try to fully find out their identity

— don't get too stuck up on alter labels, if you're lost on what role an alter has or don't even know what a lot of roles are, just focus on what they do for your system (see above)

— ask questions, it's okay to ask "stupid/simple things", also see our blog @system-advice for that!

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even if endos were real and valid, they would have no place in cdd communities because our existence is so fundamentally different. people with cdds are ultimately trauma survivors and that shapes our entire life experience. let us have spaces to ourselves.

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Can anyone who is anti endo reblog this so we know we can trust you? Endos are harassing us on here, breaking dni and we need support from real systems and people who actually give a shit about trauma survivors singlet or not.

I also wanna take this opportunity to coin a new anti endo tag "wild rose" which is the rebel password in final fantasy 2.

Please note we are not looking for sorce mates. Please be nice to us, we have had a rough couple of days with endos invading our space without permission.

(Please follow this dni too.)

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we have a ___ fictive in our system

‘OMG LET ME MEET THEM THEYRE MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER’

our headmate is not a character, the alters in our system are very much real people who mostly don’t associate themselves with their sources.

don’t be weird towards fictives just because you like their source it’s really uncomfortable

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you guys are weird about fictives with problematic sources. you guys are weird about fictives with no source separation. you guys are weird about fictives with complete source separation. you guys are weird about fictives with partial source separation. you guys are weird about fictives who’s source is a comfort for them and their system. you guys are weird about fictives. you guys are weird

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today's vetted fundraisers. eid just began - instead of a happy time of togetherness and celebration, families like these are having to spend the holy days amidst the cruelest of circumstances, deprived of all components of safe and healthy life. now is a more vital time than ever to support these campaigns. any contribution you can make is valuable.

june 16th:

Dentist Tamer Al-Deeb, his brother (also a doctor), and their parents (€8,206/€40,000) - @tameraldeeb, verified by @/ibtisams

Samer Abu Ras, his wife Shurooq, and their three young children (kr8,220 SEK/kr450,000 SEK) - @sameraburass, verified by @/ibtisams

Mohammad Awni and his family of six (€1,535/€45,000) - @mohamedawnisblog, verified by @/nabulsi

Mohammed Al-Azayza and his family, including a young child with Down syndrome (kr2,043 SEK/kr200,000 SEK) - @hamouda-az, verified by @/sayruq

Iyad Sami, his wife Amal Mahmoud, and their four children (the family has been separated for months) (CHF291/CHF20,000) - @eyadsami, verified by @/mohamedalanqer

Momen Alostaz's family of ten (including his chronically ill parents and a newborn) (€10,938/€70,000) - @mo98h, verified by @/palipunk

The Abu Shammalah family of eight (€7,194/€100,000) - @ahmed8311, verified by @/el-shab-hussein

Mahmoud Khalaf's family of eight (€6,129/€30,000) - @mahmoudkhalaff, verified by @/ibtisams

Amani Hasan and her three children ($8,249/$17,732) - @amani93gaza, verified by @/nabulsi

Suad Ahmad, her husband, and several extended family members (Suad is pregnant and urgently needs medical care and a safe place to have her baby) ($10,436/$28,000) - @suad-ahmad, verified by @/fallahifag

if the list seems extra long today, take it as a signal that your help, in whatever form you can give, is urgently needed.