atlas-sys

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*preparing to go outside* i'm normal. i know how to cross the street. i avoid eye contact in an organic non weird way, as if i simply do not notice fellow pedestrians.

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well i guess that's fine

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Sometimes it’s hard to tell your alters apart.

Sometimes you’ll have no idea who you are, and the lines between system members will seem so blurry that you cannot decipher where one of you ends and another begins.

There will be days you can’t determine which alter you are and sometimes you might even get it wrong…but that’s okay.

It isn’t always so clear for everyone. Your system is every bit as valid as those with clearly defined identities—regardless of how individual or overlapping your identities may be.

[atlas-sys]

I think cringe culture and fakeclaiming in system spaces have managed to set lots of people back, and caused unnecessary self restraint when talking about their own experiences.

here's to:

introjects that like to talk about their source

introjects who don't want to and/or can't source separate

systems with lots of fictives, especially of popular and newer sources, where someone could accuse you of "you just want to roleplay/you just want blorbo" (fakeclaiming sucks!)

systems with lots of introjects, but no or few fictives

systems that vary wildly from one headmate to another, in handwriting, symptom manifestation of other disorders, preferences, voice intonation, and so on and so forth

systems that seem cold, detached, uncaring due to dissociation or internal conflicts of interests

systems that regularly use and update or decorate pluralkit, simply plural, tupperbox etc. there's nothing wrong in keeping track of your system in whatever detail feels right to you, and with a dozen of heart banners if you feel like it! you do you!

systems who are so overt and different from one headmate to the other that their switches, co-consciousness etc is "obvious". it can get very scary, although most people won't notice or will brush it off as a personal quirk. I promise they're not out to get you! (if you do want some people to know about your switches and whatnot though, do tell them! they might not notice at first but can learn to pick up on it if you give them context and time)

systems who are so covert on the other hand, that they doubt themselves and go in denial spirals. it absolutely sucks when you can't even trust yourself about your own experiences! you're not less of a system if you don't do sign offs, if you have no obvious outward sign etc.

shout out to any system who was made to feel different, an outcast, or like they don't fit in system spaces. there are lots of people out there who want to hear your story, I'm only one of those!!

no syscourse here please! 🌟

[atlas-sys]

A quick sketch of something. I don't know what kind of creature this is, it might be a dragon, some forest spirit or both.

[atlas-sys]

"hey brain, can i have good coping mechanisms?"

"im putting a cat into your head"

"wait why?"

"the cat is going to replace you"

[atlas-sys]

Egg hunter 🏹🥚

[atlas-sys]

Reminder that there's so much more to alterhumanity than just being an animal or a supernatural creature or whatever. The term alterhuman encompasses a lot more than that, including (but not limited to)

Systems / Plurals

Fictional identities / Fictionfolk

Objects

Plants

Food

Concepts

Songs

'Link identities, 'hearted identities

Constellics and synpaths

Physical identities, identities caused by things

Whatever reason someone may identify as alterhuman for!

Additionally: alterhuman is an opt-in label. You don't have to consider yourself alterhuman if you don't want to. Same with nonhuman.

Oh, and also, everyone is valid. There isn't anyone who's less valid due to how they experience things.

- Spinel 💗

[atlas-sys]

Unicorns take pride in knowing their territories inside and out, always knowing the best places to graze, the best places to sleep - and the best places to pose majestically on grey winter mornings. You don’t gain a reputation for mystical, fleeting beauty on accident.

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We want to write more about our alterhumanity but we struggle to put our thoughts and experiences into words. It's a bit ironic because we love creative writing but have always had a hard time with writing essays and other non-fiction. I suppose more practice is the only thing for it.

[atlas-sys]

dragons be like "by talons this isnt happening"

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just exist. if your happiness and peace with yourself pisses others off, thats their problem.

[atlas-sys]

Being an Alien

Hello, my name is Neo and one of my kintypes is an alien. I wanted to talk a bit about that experience. I identify more with the pop culture concept of the "little green men" rather than an alien from another planet. Personally I believe this kintype is psychological, due to being autistic and feeling dehumanized throughout my life; feeling like an "alien" in human spaces. I feel very connected to retrofuturistic depictions of aliens and sci-fi, including Disney's Tomorrowland, which I was fortunate to visit as a young kid and was absolutely enchanted by. I believe I originally formed in our system to deal with dissociation, dehumanization, and similar struggles, so that affects my experience a lot.

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We try not to get involved in syscourse but we are so tired of it affecting things that have nothing to do with syscourse. We tried to join a chronic illness server on Discord and got kicked when, presumably, we had to answer a question about our opinion on endogenic systems and gave a response the mods didn't like. A couple days ago we were looking for dividers on Tumblr and saw a post with "endos dni". These are just a couple of recent examples but it's something we've seen many times and it's frustrating.

[atlas-sys]

Warning: Minor Wicked (2024) spoilers ahead.

We watched Wicked the other day and the concept of animals living as part of society (not the oppression the animals face in the movie, of course) made us elated and then very sad because that's exactly how we wish we could exist as our theriotypes, being an animal but still participating in human society.

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Most people will probably never understand the fear of looking into a mirror, and the person looking back at you isn't you

It's like a horror movie, only it's real, and you can't do shit about it