#actually polyfrag

[atlas-corporation]

everytime i see people laugh at the concept of cults and how ridiculous they are i actually start seething as somebody who WAS in a cult for multiple years

people dont join cults because theyre stupid. people join them because cult leaders PREY on them. they find people who are vulnerable and offer them community and perceived safety

they dont come out swinging with "im the only one who can speak to this meteorite" or "the world is going to end on xx/xx/xx". they open by bonding with you over regular activities. you meet in line at the coffee shop and get to chatting, and they give you their number. you find them at the park playing basketball with other members and assume theyre friends.

youre with them for weeks, maybe months before they let you feel like an "insider." they tell you everything in pieces so you have time to internalize it. they encourage you to keep these things secret, because other people wouldnt understand- and if you do tell others and they do call you crazy, that just solidifies that belief and pushes you further into the cult.

sometimes they have members be the reason for certain 'discoveries' or new elements of control. in the cult i was in, i had to be away for an extended period of time, and when i returned, the leader told me they had discovered astral projection was driven by emotion and in their deep yearning to see me had astral projected to my location to watch over me while i was away. while it was framed as a means of companionship, community, and protection, all it truly did was make everybody involved feel that they were always being watched and were never truly alone. it scared us into following the rules of the cult when we were at school or work.

its a gradual process. if i explained everything that i would be taught in one sitting to myself prior to joining the cult, i never would have. i would have laughed and said 'that sounds ridiculous, who would ever believe that?' but thats the point. its boiling frog syndrome. since its so gradual, you dont notice youre boiling until youve already been burned too badly to leave.

in fact, being in this cult did severe restructuring to my system and caused me to discover the fact i even was one- years before i was ready to learn that information. to this day i still struggle with parts- even those that front semi-frequently- following old rules and inflicting old punishments upon us.

anyway. yeah thats why im mad about people who joke about cults. no a group of people with the same pfp is not a cult. no a friend group is not a cult. no a discord server with a religious theme is not a cult.

[twiigthetwiink]

my online class is asking me to create an "alter ego" for an assignment. little do they know that

[dubiouscannon]

Shout out to systems who cant get diagnosed. Shout out to systems who split easily. Shout out to systems with high introject counts. Shout out to complex systems. Shout out to systems with mostly littles. Shout out to systems with small alter counts. Shout out to systems who dont want to get diagnosed cause they dont want it on their record. Shout out to systems with nonhuman alters. Shout out to systems

[macchiatosys]

plural culture is some alters oversharing, while the others refuse to even share their names

[horrorcrew-diary]

Passive alter influence is like.... I wanna go home. I'm yearning. I'm taken. I'm literally asexual. I wanna go to bed. If I even try to go to sleep I'll cry. I miss my friends. I hate you. No I don't. Where's our parents. I hate my parents. I'm yearning again.

[haunted-children-didsys]

a llittle reminder for endos❤

the future is not plural

DiD is a TRAUMA based disorder

Your guys keep spreading miss information

The syspunk is not made for you

You can't be a system without trauma

[littlest-bugz]

What it feels like when one of the trauma holders experiences peace for the first time

[multiplesillylittleguys]

Being devastated because an alter goes dormant is okay, actually.

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People often tell systems that "It's a good thing, it means you're healing!" And while that might be true for some, alters going dormant can still be a traumatic experience.

About two years ago, my husband James went dormant. It was sudden, he was there and then he wasn't. And you know what I did? I cried. I cried for weeks. I was in a constant state of mental breakdown. I was the most unstable I had ever been, because I lost the love of my life. It was temporary, he has been back for a long while now. But at the time, it felt like he had died. I wasn't sure if he'd ever return. He's the only one who truly understands me, we grew up together and went through the same things together. So when I lost him, I couldn't cope with it.

When I think back to that moment, I still get distressed. I can't imagine my life without him. I care for him so deeply. So often this struggle gets minimized, dismissed because people say it's a sign we're healing. But I just want to say that it doesn't always feel like that. It doesn't always feel good.

And you're allowed to be upset about it.

-Dennis

(Edit: Some people are saying dormancy is neutral, some say it's bad, some say it's good. We believe it's a neutral thing, what we're saying here is just what we've been told over and over again when one of us goes dormant.)

[ghost-jester-sys]

ik we post funny stuff abt DID but its not all sunshines and rainbows

some headmates are TERRIFYING and are a danger to headmates , friends and the body

masking is exhausting and leaves us unable to function for days depending on heavily we mask

we forget incredibly important info and basic shit like hygeine and self care

being frontlocked can be terrifying depending on what happens / happened , not to mention exhausting

NOT TO MENTION

its a trauma disorder. we deal with the effects of our trauma constantly simply because we exist and its stressful and painful

this isnt even the half of it

-Laith (he/xe)

[the-star-cluster-system]

hey, reminder for all endogenic systems.

YOU ARENT FUCKING VALID AND YOU NEVER WILL BE VALID!

YA HEAR ME BITCHES OR DO I NEED TO SAY IT LOUDER?

YOU WILL NEVER BE VALID.

thank you.

-Gradient

[requiemsystem]

WHAT IS POLYFRAGMENTATION

a common misconception i see in the community is that polyfragmentation refers to having a high alter count, and id like to talk about what it actually means polyfragmentation is characterized by a complex system structure, complex splitting patterns, a large number of fragments, a lack of non-dissociative coping mechanisms, and often trauma that began at an early age and impacted all areas of life COMPLEX SYSTEM STRUCTURE - often involving layers, subsystems, or other divisions within the system that keep alters separate in groups COMPLEX SPLITTING PATTERNS - this involves splitting in groups, splitting multiple alters to hold different parts of the same trauma, etc LARGE FRAGMENT COUNT - polyfragmented systems will have a high fragment count, fragments are alters who lack a full sense of identity LACK OF NON-DISSOCIATIVE COPING MECHANISMS - where splitting would typically be a last resort for most systems, polyfragmented systems can be pushed to the point of splitting much easier, even from daily life stressors EARLY LIFE TRAUMA - according to richard p kluft, polyfragmented DID is often caused by longstanding severe abuse beginning early in life - grey

[ghosthouse-sys]

"I can always tell when you switch"

"You can always tell"

"I know what switching looks like"

I don't even know what it looks like!!! Half the time I can't even tell!!! What are yall saying you got some secret hidden wisdom you're not gonna share to the class???

[elamorsys]

all our custom fields for simply plural

other names

nicknames

name pronounciation

name orgin

important

boundaries

interaction status

sign off

appearance details

age

birthday

ageing type

if they are a age/pet regressor

zodiac sign

MBTI

pronoun list

gendered terms

gender list

orientation

polyam or mono

relationship status

looking for partner(s)

family members

close friends

innerworld job

work place

where they live (in innerworld)

roomates

layer

subsystem

roles

source

species

religion

how verbal

how they type/speak

fronting tells (should probably keep this private)

switch triggers (should probably keep this private)

triggers (should probably keep this private)

destructive tendencies (should probably keep this private)

food preferences

likes

dislikes

hobbies

activity

when they formed

why they formed (should probably keep this private)

notes

links

last updates

[macchiatosys]

my alters have been down lately, so this is for them and anyone else who needs to hear it:

alters whose voices/accents don't present themselves when speaking are valid

alters whose writing looks exactly like the host's writing are valid

perpetrators and persecutors who are nice are valid

alters who get mean, even though they're usually nice, are valid

alters who haven't fronted in forever are valid

alters who front daily are valid

alters who go nonverbal when fronting are valid

you're all valid, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

[horrorcrew-diary]

DID actually stands for Dumb Idiot Disorder I think, because tell me how I'm LITERALLY the NEW host, sitting here thinking I'm faking DID because I can read my other alter's minds? Fucking of course I can?? WE SHARE A BRAIN?? AND I'VE ONLY EXISTED FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR????

[divinerapturesys]

If u rp and u also have did, it’s never just as simple as “I’m really in character now” is it