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i used to suffer a lot from my amnesia, but being further in my recovery compared to then, i've become more annoyed rather than miserable from it

it's annoying to lose time, to lose things, to not remember people. hell, i have mostly short-term amnesia but it's still extremely annoying and hard to deal with sometimes

but, slowly, i'm learning to accept and live with it. i'm learning how to adapt and overcome challenges that it brings. my amnesia is probably never going to fully go away, even if i'm at my most recovered. so, to combat that, i try to find things that i do appreciate about it

like how i don't remember a lot of my trauma (especially recent ones,) or that i forget about someone who really peeved me off. the pros don't outweigh the cons, but even having that one positive thing about it can make a big difference on how you view it

i still feel like my disorder runs my life, but that doesn't mean i can't learn how to live with it and how to make myself happier. work with your brain and alters, set up a system (hehe) that you can rely on to keep track of things. realize that your brain is most likely not trying to actively harm you, but trying to protect you, it just doesn't know how yet.

recovery is very, very different from everyone. and someone being further along in recovery doesn't mean that they were "lucky" or that they've never "truly suffered" from the disorder. they persevered, they kept going even though it's extremely difficult and seems impossible

there's no time limit to recovery. it can take months to even years. hell, you can be retired and still be in recovery and working towards feeling better <3

recovery doesn't mean that you're 100% a-okay, happy, and that symptoms don't appear/bother you. recovery is a long, long timeline of stages and it has a lot of ups and downs.

never give up, and never think that you're "unable to recover." we all can in some point in our lives.

fall two steps, climb three steps. whether on your feet, hands and knees, pulling your arms, or even having someone help you climb those steps. soon, you'll reach the top

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Anti-endos, please send your sources on why plurality is only formed from DID/OSDD. Thank you!

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I'll be a little vulnerable here, since I've learned something that helped with my own bigoty (that I didn't know about.)

I didn't know "futanari" was related to intersex people. Personally, I just thought they were big boobed women with big dicks (which...most of it is.) I didn't mind "futanari", and I thought it was just a porn thing.

But, listening to other intersex people, it helped me understand how it is a poor representation and how fetishized it is. How "futanari" isn't just a porn thing, but something that helps the stereotype and oppression of intersex people.

This realization has helped me become less bigoted and more knowledgeable of intersex! I'm intersex, and even I can learn how to not be intersexist. We all can learn to be better <3 it does not make us weak to change opinions and learn, it makes us more powerful and smart!

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Isn't the dynamic a bit different when the majority of the population doesn't even know that the minority in question exists?

No. If the person doesn't know intersex people exist, and are provided with "futanari" porn, they will expect intersex people to look like that.

Bad representation only exposes the poor stereotypes that people face, and it makes people face them more.

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Isn't the dynamic a bit different when the majority of the population doesn't even know that the minority in question exists?

No. If the person doesn't know intersex people exist, and are provided with "futanari" porn, they will expect intersex people to look like that.

Bad representation only exposes the poor stereotypes that people face, and it makes people face them more.

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How does fetishization contribute to oppression?

How does it? Simply having a sexual interest to a specific minority, does not contribute to oppression. Having sexual interests and preferences is completely normal!

But fetishization? Not the best thing to support and excuse yourself on.

Fetishization reduces people to stereotypes and body parts. Such as race, genitals, gender identity, etc. Instead of being viewed as a human being with personality, different interests, and individuality. When a person is reduced to a trait (ie. Asian women are pure and submissive, or black men should have bigger genitals), it's very harmful to those who don't fit those strict stereotypes (which, most people don't! And that's perfectly perfect!)

It can also overshadow someone's humanity by being reduced to one trait. An intersex person, is way, way more than their genitals or hormones. "Futanari" reduces intersex people to being bigenital, which is not the case for most intersex individuals. "Futanari" is a very poor representation on what intersex is actually like, and it enforces the stereotype and standard that intersex people should look like that.

It also very much contributes to everyday microaggressions. Even if someone views their fetishization as positive (like, saying you're sexually interested in intersex people in a way to be "inclusive" of intersex people.) It forces those minorities to be put in a box of standards and assumptions of said minority.

As an Asian individual, the standards that are put onto our race sexually, is racism. The "pure, virgin, innocent, kawaii, loud, etc" Asian in porn contributes to those stereotypes of Asian people and how they should be.

In short, fetishization contributes to oppression by taking away an individuals complexity and feeding into systems that benefit from that reduction. Fetishization reduces minorities to a single trait that many do not fit into, which result in many people being "disappointed" and "not what they expected." It's not fair to us.

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Thinking about making a post about fetishization and how it affects the oppression of minorities....

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Oh, definitely something that varies between platforms and users. TikTok is very full of anti-endos, and they very much harass people. Tumblr, on the other hand, is more pro-endo leaned. There's a lot of poor people on both sides.

We've personally been on the receiving end of harassment from self-proclaimed pro-endos and anti-endos. Both sides have issues. I've found less harassment from endo-neutrals or syscourse unaligned folk, though. They seem more polite and accepting of opinions and nuance.

Weird thing I noticed: more proendo folk have harassed me than anti endo. Same goes for bullying or rude comments. Idk

(this is just a pattern I've personally noticed)

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Reposting this:

Personally, when someone says that anti-endos should face ableism from doctors because they're anti-endo, I can't help but think about a very similar comparison!

When a transgender person does something bad, people's first instinct is to misgender them, even when they "support trans people." Because obviously (sarcasm), "bad trans people don't deserve to be called the correct pronouns."

That is, of course, very bigoted. Even when the transgender person did something "bad," no matter what, we should always never ever misgender them. The "bad" thing didn't just suddenly make their identity invalid.

Kind of the same with anti-endos and saying they deserve ableism just because they're deemed as "bad" by some people. Doctor's ignoring symptoms, not believing a patient, and not giving them the help they need, is ableism.

Supporting medical ableism, just because you think the person doesn't "deserve" it, hurts everyone. It normalizes that people seen as "bad" don't deserve treatment or respect.

Medical discrimination is a systemic issue that harms disabled and disordered people as a whole, and once you start justifying it for one group, it becomes easier for others to excuse it in other cases.

I can understand why people can be frustrated, or even angry, with anti-endos, but that should never turn into condoning systemic harm. If we want to fight ableism, we need it fight it completely, not just when it suits us.

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hi everyone <3 i apologize for the lack of posts!

but i have something very important to share. please, if you can, donate to help <3 a reblog is also very, very appreciated.

under cut for what had happened, tw for human/animal death, fire, and just super devastating things.

christopher arsenault started a cat sanctuary as a way to cope with his son's death (a motorcycle accident). cats were his everything! he lived in a very, very small apartment and used most of his funds to take care of the sanctuary. i believe there were over 200 cats in there

one day, a propane tank (i believe) exploded next to his sanctuary and caused a huge fire. chris kept going in and out of the building, trying to save all the cats, but after doing it a few times, he didn't come back out.

once the fire was gone, they found one male body and over a hundred cat bodies. allegedly, he had been getting threats from his neighbors about his sanctuary, but there was no foul play with the fire found.

absolutely devastating. i cant comprehend why a horrific thing could happen to so many kind souls.

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Syscourse!

The ANON ask feature is BROKEN

Anons are not supposed to have icons attached. When they do it is latching on to OTHER user's blogs.

This has been tested by multiple people. There is a post discussing it. Here

DO NOT HARASS the blogs being latched to these messages. Anons are STILL anons. This glitch is now well documented to show the icons are NOT belonging to the ask sender.

If a post says anon, trust the people who are saying that wasn't them. Do not harass these blogs. I am begging you.

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Why are you in syscourse anyway? Some kind of fucked up emotional self-harm bullshit? Try growing a brain.

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We have one ask right now! Feel free to send some more :)

We’d love to research things and provide sources!!! We’re in a really educational mood, for ourselves and others.

So please, send some!!! Can be about anything! Autism, DID, systemhood, plurality, etc!!

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Send me some syscourse questions! I haven't fronted in awhile and I really want to get some writing done! :)

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Personally, when someone says that anti-endos should face ableism from doctors because they're anti-endo, I can't help but think about a very similar comparison!

When a transgender person does something bad, people's first instinct is to misgender them, even when they "support trans people." Because obviously (sarcasm), "bad trans people don't deserve to be called the correct pronouns."

That is, of course, very bigoted. Even when the transgender person did something "bad," no matter what, we should always never ever misgender them. The "bad" thing didn't just suddenly make their identity invalid.

Kind of the same with anti-endos and saying they deserve ableism just because they're deemed as "bad" by some people. Doctor's ignoring symptoms, not believing a patient, and not giving them the help they need, is ableism.

Supporting medical ableism, just because you think the person doesn't "deserve" it, hurts everyone. It normalizes that people seen as "bad" don't deserve treatment or respect.

Medical discrimination is a systemic issue that harms disabled and disordered people as a whole, and once you start justifying it for one group, it becomes easier for others to excuse it in other cases.

I can understand why people can be frustrated, or even angry, with anti-endos, but that should never turn into condoning systemic harm. If we want to fight ableism, we need it fight it completely, not just when it suits us.

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Good afternoon. :)

I am ready to make posts! I’m super excited!

if you’d like; ask some syscourse questions! Or system questions!!!

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hi corine's followers :3 here to invade her blog for a moment (sorry corine when you see this)

but we have been thinking about posting more here since corine has been urging to front, and we just want some ideas for her for when she comes back!

for the source one, we would request a source from an anon (we will read a few before writing a post) ! then give our thoughts on it and open it up for conversations about the source and just chat about it !