#introject talk

[rottenteeth]

"You are feeding into your lack of connection to reality" I just found your blog and can I just say I love ya. Your post about people not being their source and preventing their own healing by feeding into the idea that they are (paraphrasing) is so, so important to me.

Half my system are "fictives," they've been with the rest of me essentially since the beginning, way back into my earliest childhood. I reached a point in my life where I knew they were "alive" in my head, but thought they were somehow alive as the characters from their source, before I learned that they were just parts of me. But they /were/ just parts of /me./

I was insisting on seeing these parts as the fictional characters from the comfort media of my childhood, dismissing the real personalities, life skills, talents, interests, hang-ups and challenges they had developed over the course of their life, of our life, since initially donning the costume of these characters so many years ago. I was minimizing them and holding them back by reinforcing all this crap about their ""source material"" in order to explain how they could possibly exist, meanwhile they were running my life, keeping me alive, taking care of me while I couldn't. I forced these parts of me to revert to performing and presenting as caricatures of themselves and conceal from me what didn't fit that image for my own comfort, which is insane the more I think about it.

Burying myself in fantasies and fixation about their source material tacked on a good five years or more to my eventual grasping that no, these weren't fictional characters come to life in my head, this wasn't me having a magical connection with the multiverse where they exist, this was me, just me, a deeply traumatized individual, unable to reconcile with the events of my life, sticking my fingers in my ears and talking over myself.

I think it was an ultimately unavoidable stepping stone in my own journey to healing, but it didn't need to go on that long.

This is all such a good explanation of why parts are not their source. I think you covered everything perfectly. I am also glad that you were able to come out on the other side with a better understanding of yourself

This is why we all need to keep in mind that alters are not actually characters, rather the preexisting combination of traits are ones the brain sees as perfect to hold certain aspects of the self.

Fantasy proneness is tied to DID, and needs to be worked on in therapy. It is what allows us to separate ourselves and subsequently our brains from reality.

[lemonynuggets]

Is it just me

[carnivalcentipede]

i drew myself again but with some differences from carnival jax so that theres at least a slight difference lmao

i still identify as carnival jax obviously, but i wanted to showcase a difference between me and the character so when i draw myself its easier for people to understand that

[the-hadal-zone-sys]

Shoutout to brainmades with exomemories. Shoutout to introjects with non-canon/non-factual exomemories.

Your memories are just as real and valid, and it's okay to be affected by them.

[funeral--pyre]

Reminder that telling a headmate to change an aspect of their identity or self to be "less problematic" is dehumanising as fuck. You can't go around doing that shit. It's entirely a you issue if you can't handle a headmate having an identity, they're not responsible for your issues or required to morph themselves into something you can swallow. Fictives, factives, people with number names, nonhumans who are "scary", headmates who are queer while the body isn't, headmates who are queer in a different way to the body, disabled headmates, etc.

You can't tell a singlet to change their entire name because you think it's problematic. You can't tell a singlet to hide their gender or sexuality because it "doesn't match" their body. You can't tell a singlet to change or hide their entire damn identity because you don't like it. You can't tell a singlet to stop having days where they experience disordered symptoms.

If the headmate in question is acting respectful, treat them with some god damn respect. It doesn't MATTER if they "match" the body. They're just as much of a person as any singlet is. You cannot convert someone into being something they're not.

[multiplicity-positivity]

Here’s some positivity for fictives who feel complicated about their source!

It’s quite common and totally normal for fictives to have complicated, conflicted, or confusing feelings about their source! Most introjects cannot choose our sources, and it’s okay if we don’t know how to feel about them or have difficulties engaging with them for whatever reason. If you’re a fictive who has complicated feelings regarding your source, this post is for you!

🌀 Shoutout to fictives with exotrauma that makes it difficult to enjoy their source!

⭕️ Shoutout to fictives who both love and hate their source at the same time!

🔆 Shoutout to fictives in trauma-formed systems whose source reminds them of their trauma history!

🌀 Shoutout to fictives who are both uncomfortable with being compared to their source, and want to be viewed as their source!

⭕️ Shoutout to fictives who feel like they should separate from their source, but don’t want to die any reason!

🔆 Shoutout to fictives who often go back and forth on how they view their source!

🌀 Shoutout to fictives who love some aspects about their source but dislike others!

⭕️ Shoutout to fictives who have complicated feelings about their source due to being very canon divergent!

🔆 Shoutout to fictives whose ideas about their source would be considered strange, uncommon, or unorthodox by others!

🌀 Shoutout to fictives who wish they could avoid thinking about or interacting with their source entirely due to their complex feelings about it!

⭕️ Shoutout to fictives whose exomemories don’t align with their source, making it difficult for them to understand it!

For any fictive, there is no one right or wrong way to feel about your source. It’s okay and it makes sense to have complicated, complex, confusing, or conflicted thoughts or feelings regarding it! These feelings don’t invalidate you at all as a fictive, introject, or beloved member of your system. You still belong in your system and in the plural community just the way you are!

If you’re a fictive with complicated feelings about your source, please know that we are rooting for you and care about you in all that you do. You should never feel obligated to think or feel a certain way about your source! We hope that you can take it easy for a while and treat yourself and your system with kindness and gentleness in the future. Thank you so much for reading, and have a lovely day!

[katetorias]

the sys is feeling some internal emotions lately, reminded me of my sister. drew this. I imagine we’d dress like this to go to church.

yes this is life is strange related but pls keep in mind this is system art, and is personal to me as an alter. 🧶

[shitty-proendo-blackout-posts]

STOP FUCKING BEING HUMAN! STOP!

[catboyaventurine]

huh aventurine introjects are more common than i thought..

Fellow Aventurines !!

gather here, i wish to collect you all as moots

(but ofc those who are uncomfy with "doubles" feel free to do whats best for you)

[pluralprompts]

Prompt #2,221

An introject accidentally outs themself after instinctively responding to someone talking about their source self and must scramble to do damage control.

[lookineedsleeps-art-blog]

Lenore Dove you would have loved the song Naeth the Grove is a Heart ...

[Medium is Coloured Mechanical Pencils. RB > Likes. Close Ups Under the Cut]

[oceanwaves-mp3]

for the tiktok trend :)

this was just for some lip syncing practice which i know i failed at for this but!! i don't think i did horrible either

[doggydoorwarrior]

Ok I need some guidance here

Im on call with a friend who knows Stu has been having horrific panic attacks today, and they're aware that fast talking is painful for him right now because I made sure they knew TWICE because I'm trying to help Stu stay calm because we're in a bad episode and it's hitting him hard.

But they keep talking fast and making loud noises when he's clearly upset by it and has mentioned twice for them to slow down.

Is it unreasonable for me to be mad on Stu's behalf?

[adhbombus]

Batshit season 5 predictions that wont ever happen

Doofenshmirtz canonically transgender

Buford and Baljeet explicitly stated to be boyfriends, the word boyfriend has to be used

Norm kills a guy on screen

[circus-of-many-names]

Everyone come beat my dead horse with me!

THIS IS ANOTHER INTROJECT RANT OF OURS FROM DISCORD, EAT WELL CHILDREN.

But seriously, the culture around Introjects is so weird and unhealthy. These are JUST alters. You aren't a shameful person for having an alter with strongly introjected traits. Your Introjects aren't more special than other alter just because they're Introjects.

They. Are. Alters. Too.

I am so tired of hearing things like- "guys is this thing about my Introjects okay?" And it's just an average alter action. INTROJECTED ALTERS AREN'T SPECIAL UNICORNS.

This shit is why we high-key don't mention whether or not an alter is an Introject or not. Because people don't need to know. And it's not a big deal. Wake the fuck up, lovingly.

Also Introjects aren't JUST of people and characters the systems like?? Abuser Introjects exist, so problematic sourced alters are definitely not out of the question holy shit guys.

Harpir out.