#osdd

[collectivewarmth]

one of the most important things about dissociative identity disorder and generally being a system that i wish people would understand is that it truly isn’t as cut and dry as it may seem for member count.

you’ll see people who say they have “six alters” and then immediately assume it’s six fully fleshed out equal individuals with no confusion or fuzziness regarding identity. that’s simply not true in a majority of cases, as i have seen.

most systems still VERY much deal with confusion regarding potential splits, go through dissociative episodes where they’re unsure of who they are, sometimes feel no attachment towards any identities, feel like they might have split and then suddenly that person is gone, unsure if alters they haven’t heard from often have gone dormant, not sure how to react when alters do come out of dormancy, etc.

it’s not a fun feeling and it’s genuinely unfair in certain situations to force systems to list every single alter to you with full certainty, as if it will never change. because it will. for so many different reasons, systems will grow, they will shrink, they will fuse, they will develop. you can’t expect the person with the dissociative disorder and lack of core identity to be able to keep up a perfected list of forever, it’s simply impossible. you may have alters who stick with you, but that doesn’t mean changes won’t happen.

and systems who may be reading this — please don’t feel bad. you are not a hassle, you are not a headache, and you are not an inconvenience for simply coping with something like this. it’s out of your control and the only thing you can do is continue to cope to find ways to help yourself retrain from these reactions. please don’t allow yourself to be harmed by others who don’t understand what you are going through. there are people who will accept and love you for who you are, all of you.

past, present, and future.

[amity-moonrise]

[thestardustcollective321]

Casual reminder that the following things are considered traumatic to small children

- neglect (physical and/or emotional)

- living in an emotionally unstable environment (for example, having parents that fight often)

- any kind of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse (not just from parents)

- consistent bullying

- etc

Remember that what is traumatic to a child is not the same as what is traumatic to you now. So think again before saying your trauma ‘isn’t bad enough’

[syscultureis]

Syscultureis

Thinking I hope we don't split that one OC. Then thinking you haven't only to realise that... We either might have already split him or he was here before the OC became an OC... It makes a lot of sense too...

"I can't believe I just came up with all this OC lore, it just came out of no whe- what do you mean they're alter memories."

[ymirosaurus]

sometimes I'm like "huh, maybe it isn't real after all, that's a relief actually" and then I don't exist for a couple weeks and I'm like "fuck what was that? oh..."

constantly switching between,

“i don’t want to be wrong about having this disorder because the idea of being wrong and being back at square one is scary.”

and

“i don’t want to be right about having this disorder because the idea of dealing with it for my entire life is scary.”

[sysboxes]

[Text: This fictive misses his source boyfriend.]

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[petaliiss]

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

[oursystemblog]

not what I was going to write . but fine

[edible-emerald]

saw this on pinterest and thought it might be something traumagenic systems who struggle with thinking their trauma isn't enough need to see

[clutching-our-plurals]

Shout out to all the kids who always picked shape-shifting as their hypothetical power growing up and assumed it was for gender affirmation but now realize it was also a plurality thing.

[apocalypsesystem]

[amity-moonrise]

[the-wisteriasystem]

raise your hand if you were a part of the classic fictionkin to system pipeline

raises hand

[syscultureis]

sys culture is splitting a fictive whos accent doesnt translate well in the body so they just dont speak outside of headspace

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[sysboxes]

[Text: This user is gonna go watch their videos + play something right now, sorry if they don't reply right away!]

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