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–Spike

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“the heart wants what it wants”? okay well the heart is fucking stupid can we let someone else have a turn? maybe the spleen wants to have a go?

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there are people out there who think that autism, maladaptive daydreaming and disorders other than cdds can result in someone being a system apparently ????

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It will never make sense to us how endos even become the systems they claim to be.

When you're a child, you have unmerged ego states that are typically found in ages 4 - 9 years old, these merge together near 10 - 12 years old. If you go through trauma during the ages where you ego states are unmerged dissociative barriers come inbetween those ego states, making them unable to merge when you become older. That's where alters come in because now you basically have more then one person in your head. Typically the core, a trauma holder, a protector, and an emotional part. These parts can also split, usually caused by being extremely stressed or going through trauma, causing your system to become bigger with more parts over time.

If you don't go through trauma around 4 - 9, there is no way for you to become a system. Enough said!

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Endos are ableist.

hey, guys...what's it called when you call yourself something relating to a specific disorder and everyone with that disorder calls you ableist but you swear up and down that that you arent ableist? Aka ignoring actually disabled people ?

Oh right. Ableism

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Yes, your friend will "change" if they come out as a system to you. They seem like they're changing because they're trying to unmask around you and let their alters be themselves and not hide amnesia and other aspects of the disorder as much.

I understand it can be hard to realize your friend isn't exactly how you thought they were, but they're still you're friend. It's likely you've met their other alters, they just didn't say who they were.

Please support you friend, even if it's seemed like they've changed.

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Casting a spell to get endo shit off my feed

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A(n un)kind reminder 🌈

People who were mistaken about having a CDD are still members of the system community and become A VALUABLE RESOURCE for new and questioning systems.

Who better to help someone else figure it out than someone who thought they had it and were mistaken? We need more people willing to talk about it and explain what the differences are and how to recognize signs that everything might not be as it seems.

And they already know everything they need and know how to be respectful of systems. What more could you ask for?

We need to normalize being mistaken. It's okay.

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Dissociative disorders are a disability, not an identity.

This is brain chemistry we're talking about please dont treat it like gender or sexuality.

if you're pro contradictory labels but anti endo what the fuck are you doing bro

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I don't see how these things coincide at all....

Dissociative disorders are a disability. Not an identity. Wtf?

if you're pro contradictory labels but anti endo what the fuck are you doing bro

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Common things in DID that no one likes to talk about

- switches that feel like you’re turning into someone else rather than them taking control (non-possessive switching)

- being unable to recognize amnesia until something requires you to remember something you forgot

- staying in the front for weeks at a time

- being unable to communicate with alters internally (this is so common why does everyone act like this is weird?)

- feeling like you don’t have any problems because you feel disconnected from them

- constant denial

- rapid identity, label, and appearance changes

- comorbidities, particularly personality disorders, anxiety disorders, and the schizophrenia spectrum

- autism (there is science pointing towards autistic people being more susceptible to trauma)

- disliking your system

- wanting final fusion

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did culture is

"okay let's recall today's events!"

-wake up

-????????

-this moment

"oh."

SERIOUSLY!!! and then you have to use clues from other parts or in your environment to piece it together

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Developing such a crush on a fictional character that you develop an alter of him and now you're just like "Oh yeah, I'm breaking down, wassup GHOST FROM COD--"

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Begging people to understand regression in DID/OSDD isn't the same as agere in singlets please thank you.

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sometimes u don't even realise ur in front until your accent slips out. then it's like. oh fuck. i'm me.

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How the fuck does someone make friends in their area after highschool? I realize how genuinely lonely we are(outside of online friends) and I desperately want to change that.

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Hypermobility culture is stretching too far and- oop- just dislocated something.