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The only endos I like are these guys

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Positive affirmations:

I'm stronger than my insinct to nest

I'm stronger than my prey drive

I'm stronger that the need to talk about eating bones

I'm stronger than having a break down over being new to the system

I'm stronger than the need to do puzzles non stop

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sysculture is never getting that deep masculine voice you've been training for because the other alter who frequently fronts raises voice pitch when switching which puts you at square one .

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Some types of switching for us

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Music as a Switching Method

We have mostly voluntary switches, but that doesn't mean it's easy. Sometimes it's hard to stay in the front when the body really wants One Particular Guy to front for the next week straight. It has a habit of latching onto one person until they get worn out, then shoving another guy into front--rinse and repeat. No one likes it. It's not productive. Sure, we can switch, but we feel absolutely horrible and blurry if we do, if the brain decides it doesn't want whoever switched in.

But we've learned ways to make it easier for other people to hold onto the front using certain methods. One of the most effective ways to do it? Music. A lot of us have our own playlists, favourite songs and music tastes, and those get so associated with us that they're almost inseparable from us. Like our own list of theme songs that we have playing in the background when we're around. And what do you know, it grounds us and keeps us from blurring too hard.

Your identity gets so merged with your playlist that years after your last front, you can hear a song from it and be rocketed straight into the fronting area from wherever you were inside. Some people share songs across playlists and those don't tend to be as strong of a front trigger, but sometimes they lean more toward being a switch-in trigger for one person than anyone else. Sometimes it depends on the overall playlist vibe and takes a few songs in a row to summon someone from the headspace. Sometimes it's as simple as the first few notes of a favourite song.

It's almost literally like we have our own theme songs that follow us around like videogame characters. If the song plays, you know we're there or we'll be there soon. It definitely helps with times where our brain is being difficult. It means that sometimes switches happen out in public if we hear a certain song playing on some speaker somewhere, but that's better for us than not having any way to combat identity-blurring.

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Me when I can’t sleep so I’ll go bother another headmate who’s asleep, brother if I can’t sleep you’re not sleeping either you’re staying up with ME

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"I would notice if you switched!"

No. You wouldn't notice a person with DID switch unless you payed very close attention. DID is made to be covert, showing obvious and visible signs of switching can be dangerous for the system. Most alters/parts learn to mask and blend in to make it less obvious. Parts with very different personalities and mannerisms try their best to learn how act as the host for the systems safety.

- unknown

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Shoutout to all the hosts who thought arguing with the guys in your head was a normal way of “thinking about things” 😭

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to introjects : there will always be people out there who love, support, and accept you, no matter what your source is. whether it's "problematic", "cringe", "basic", or anything else. no matter how much or little you identify with your source. there will ALWAYS be people who choose not to judge you for things you can't control. you will always be welcome as yourself somewhere. if that place isn't where you currently are, then keep looking, because it's out there. i hope you're doing well

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This is my fan translation of Kairi Seidouitusei Shougai no Chiguhagu na Hibi by Tokin! I love this manga so much. It’s a wonderful autobiography about DID and a representation with a tone we don’t usually get in English. Tokin-sensei gave me permission to translate the prologue and share it with an English audience because I know so many people would want to read it! I am not going to translate the entire text, but I do really really want to encourage people to submit it in this month’s Seven Seas interest survey!! Please help support Tokin-sensei’s wonderful work!

(Submitting with the Japanese title I wrote above or a link to this post would be best for clarity, my English title is not a literal translation)

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”I want to know your headcount” “I want to know who’s fronting” so do I, get in line

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plural culture is listening to music and about to skip a song until somebody goes “NONONO DONT SKIP THAT ONE ITS SUCH A BANGER”

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10 or 11 little ducks have been spotted crossing the dash board

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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!

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Getting functional with DID can feel like...

- I probably have a subsystem, but I'm applying for jobs so I don't really care about that right now

- Some of us have never experienced a long-term psychotic episode before because they were inactive before our symptoms started manifesting. It's alright, we'll give them the spark notes now and the full rundown when we feel better.

- "THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD."

- I'm not quite sure who I am, but we're *all* [name] and that's enough to pick up our prescriptions

- Someone's co-conscious and IDK who, but let's go get coffee together because we're *going* to get along, god damn it

- All of the scariest parts look like adults (or monsters), but they're kids. We have to talk to them like they're scared children, and they scream a little quieter.

- "THE WORST THINGS THAT COULD'VE HAPPENED TO US HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED. WE CAN DO THIS."

- I don't need to know how everything works. We're all strong and smart: we can figure it out as we go and be ok.

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being immortal and having DID must be crazy. yeah our boy Carlos hasn't fronted in 300 years and just woke up to the sound of Uptown Funk and started screaming