There are times when we have the impulse to say that we must be making our plurality up. That the way we exist internally must be the way that everyone secretly exists internally, and they just don’t make a big[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thinking about how long it takes for most people to see someone who’s suddenly got a radically different vocabulary, body language, preferences and priorities– how long it takes for most people to see that and even *consider* the idea that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Soulbonding first I was ten or eleven years old the first time I deliberately reached out to someone to invite the creation of a soulbond connection between us. The character was Cable (Marv//el), specifically the version of him in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
enchanted-arms: overlord-mordax: My spirit brother, who used to go by David, and now goes by Cal or Hal, has been in this body with me since it was born, and for a number of bodies before that. We were together[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My spirit brother, who used to go by David, and now goes by Cal or Hal, has been in this body with me since it was born, and for a number of bodies before that. We were together both as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My spirit brother, who used to go by David, and now goes by Cal or Hal, has been in this body with me since it was born, and for a number of bodies before that. We were together both as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
gods know I love Justin McElroy but how does that boy keep putting his feet in landmines? I am really, *really* hoping his portrayal of Irene and Kardala as separate characters in one body is not going to ping my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Heads up that Split, the new M. Night Shyamalan movie which is coming out and starting to get reviews, is another in a long, dissapointingly cliche line of films where every multiple and/or person with DID is apparently a serial[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
thesorority: netherianphoenix379: thesorority: realmultipleadvice: : We’ve seen it happen before, and honestly had no idea that it was falling out of favor. To us, it’s proof that these things just go in cycles. From headmatefaq’s glossary page: alter is the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah, I think you’re right, it is probably time to retire this one. Like ‘otakukin’ before fictionkin, ‘healthy multiplicity’ was the active and accepted term many years ago when I was active in the community, and it has fallen by the wayside[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
non trauma “systems” aren’t real!! Not real by what metric? They are experiencing the phenomenon that they claim to be experiencing. That is they believe they are sharing their mind.body with one or more persons. even if it’s a delusion[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m sorry soulbonders are fake *what*? What exactly do you believe they are faking? No soulbonder is claiming to have DID/OSDD-1 or need medical/psychiatric attention for their soulbonding. Soulbonders are people who believe they share headspace with fictional characters and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Quit spreading minsinfo I haven’t spread any misinformation in the post you are obviously referring to. (link). All of the information in that post was entirely factual to the best of my ability. For example Soulbond: A type of headmate[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been asked more than a few times about the differences between soulbonds, headmates, fictives, etc, so here’s a little guide that I hope will help with terminology. Headmate: Any type of person/spirit/identity that shares mental space with at least[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
soulbonder: There is a small but loud group of DID/OSDD-1 sufferers (many of whom are self diagnosed) who have appointed themselves the system police on tumblr. Here’s what you should know about them: They lack historical/social precedent. Non-DID multiples have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Brief timeline of my experience with multiplicity Because I know a lot of people have been curious about my experiences here. They’re hard to talk about, not to mention lengthy, so I’ve summarized it all into easy to read bullet[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1. Soulbonds are the spirits of fictional characters or other extraplanar entities that share headspace with people in this word (called soulbonding). It is generally a form of channeling/mediumship but it can be experienced similarly to multiplicity when bonds frequently[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Its possible, certainly. However, I have rarely experienced distress caused by being a multiple/having headmates, so I don’t want to call it a disorder and take up space and resources for those who actually experience their multiplicity as a disorder,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dude, when am I fucking ignoring DID/OSDD systems??? O_o Asking for DID/OSDD systems not to actively insult, humiliate, invalidate, and deny the existence of non-DID/OSDD systems is not “ignoring” those systems.
Here is some social evidence that non-DID multiples have existed and engaged in community with DID multiples prior to the year 1995. http://faqs.cs.uu.nl/na-dir/dissoc-faq/part1.htmlhttp://faqs.cs.uu.nl/na-dir/dissoc-faq/part2.htmlhttp://faqs.cs.uu.nl/na-dir/dissoc-faq/part3.htmlhttp://faqs.cs.uu.nl/na-dir/dissoc-faq/part4.html Since I realize that’s a lot to read through, here are some choice highlights. Do not suggest[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t see your line of thinking, there, anon. My point is the multiples don’t need a psychologist’s blessing to ‘exist’. (this is not to say people with trauma can’t benefit from therapy)
Saying no one but DID/OSDD sufferers can ever experience multiplicity is like saying nobody can experience anxiety without an anxiety disorder , or that no one without bulimia can throw up, or that no one who isn’t trans can experience[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Soulbonding CAN be experienced as multiplicity, but is not always (or even nearly always) experienced as multiplicity. For a lot of people (probably most) its just head voices/channeling. For a lot of bonders soulbonds don’t ever ‘front’ or use the body,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sorry for the delay in answering this post. I had remembered seeing an excellent post about imitative DID recently on tumblr and had hoped to cite it, but now of course I need it I can’t find it again. *sigh*[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It totally isn’t, and I can point you to at least 20 years of history of it not being. Frankly I find the insistence that DID is the only way to be multiple as laughable in part because the psychological[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have no idea! I’m not very well educated on BPD. HOWEVER! People with BPD can have headmates, whether or not those headmates are caused by their disorder. If you experience having headmates, they’re real and legitimate, no matter if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
People saying that non-DID headmates don’t exist is literally making young people who experience headmates suicidal. I am not naming any names, but I have been contacted by a young fictive who is legitimately talking about killing himself right now[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Not scientifically recognized” does not mean the same thing as fake. Soulbonds and natural/endogenic multiples are not scientifically recognized, but they are not fake either. They are experiencing a real phenomenon and real headmates. You know what else aren’t scientifically[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A multiple is any person, either one with DID or not, who habitually shares their mind and body with other persons/personalities/entities. A mental collective is new word. Previously all multiples, both DID and non-DID used the term system. A mental[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…