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For being a dissociative disorder the CDDs are the ones who I see less of dissociative symptoms be talked about in the community

So I thought, why not make a post about some of the dissociative symptoms the CDD has!!

Depersonalization: Depersonalization is one of the big levels of dissociation that, in certain cases, can be categorized as a disorder in company of derealization. Depersonalization can present in various forms, but as general definition it's when someone it's so dissociated from themselves that they don't feel connected to their body or sense of self, just like you were external to yourself

Derealization: Derealization is one of the big leves of dissociation that, in certain cases, can be categorized as a disorder in company of depersonalization. Derealization can present in various forms, but as genera definition it's when you feel strange, fake, unreal and distorted your reality and all the things surrounding you.

Depersonalization and derealization tent to come hand in hand and sometimes together, this is most common between systems and it can overlap with a lot of other things making the experience more unique and worst for the pwCDD

"Autopilot" mode: Autopilot is a state of being in which your body reacts to what is needed and, like the name suggest, in an autopilot mode, is not necessarily a depersonalization mode cause it can come from more light dissociation, and sometimes you don't even feel it or realizate it happens (when depersonalization tend to be a semi-conscious and aware state), even though it can come hand in hand is not always like that

Crisis identity: Alters aside, being pwCDD can give you a lot of crisis identity, and when it comes to dissociative part is one you feel some kind of blurriness, disconnection, confusion and lost about you, can be because of many factors and can lead to severe impact in your personal view to the point of not being sure if you're you and questioning a lot of things about you, this kind of dissociative behavior can overlap with many factors which makes it worse

Emotional amnesia: Emotional amnesia is an specific kind of dissociative amnesia characterized by remembering the facts and/or events but feeling emotionally disconnected to that, not feeling or remembering the feelings regarding that memorie/event, and the sense of third person regarding the event, is being emotionally separated

Blackout amnesia: Blackout amnesia is one of the most named kinds of amnesia a pwCDD will experience, though is less common than emotional amnesia, the blackout amnesia is characterized by forgetting all about what you experienced, counting emotion and memory

Dissociative amnesia: Dissociative amnesia is a very big spectrum, this is why it's a diagnosis/disorder by its own. But for being general dissociative amnesia is when you dissociate things about yourself, this can be memories, important information, daily life, etc, to a point you end up forgetting that information

Flashback: Did you know that flashbacks are a dissociative response to trauma? You didn't? Now you know! Flashbacks are a way in which your brain dissociates from reality to relive a memory or experience you previously have, in this connotation, a traumatic experience

"Non-pain" mode: Sometimes even hurting yourself (accident or not) you can't feel the pain of that, it's like that physical damage isn't yours, this is a kind of dissociation more connected to how the brain is connected to your body and the sense of physical pain. SO sometimes your brain, aiming to protect you, dissociates from the physical pain to be "safe"

Denial: In some cases denial can be a dissociative response as a way for keeping you away from understanding and knowing you have certain trauma and passed trough certain experience. When you deny having or passing through something you tend to dissociate the memory and sometimes to the reality as a way to try keep yourself safe

Daydreaming: Daydreaming is a dissociative coping mechanism and sometimes it can come to the point of being maladaptive and dangerous for yourself. Daydreaming is a way in which trough dissociation your brain makes up a new "reality" in hopes to scape the real life and reality

Emotional disruption: Did you know that if you feel sad and then you stop being sad is dissociation? One of the dissociative ways of coping with a stressful and heavy emotion is "turning off" your emotions, or in the other hand, feeling like the past emotion was replaced by another one, it's important to note that this mood change is without any apparent explanation and you cannot return to the previous emotion cause you know feel detached to it, like isn't yours anymore. In the other hand you can be ok and a new emotion comes up to you, you feel detached to this emotion and don't have any idea where it come from and why are you feeling it, but you do, and it doesn't feels yours

Skill variation: Having in one moment one skill and in the other don't, having different skill abilities in which one time you can be good and other not that good, and all the variations within the ability to do certain skill (can be any skill, like writing, talking, moving, drawing, etc.)

"Emotionless" state: The emotionless state is when, for one or another reason, you feel empty, null, like you lack any kind of emotions, like there's a void in whee your emotions should be, this emotional dissociation can happen for many reason and in company of other symptoms, though sometimes one doesn't notice it because of this emotionless state

This are some of the dissociative symptoms I can recall at the moment, maybe there are more that I didn't put here and you want to add in comments/reblogs or you can ask me to add them to this list

Well some of this symptoms can overlap with the alter part of the disorder they're not 100% attached to them and it's important to recognize this as very prominent symptoms of the disorder, after all this is a dissociative disorder, isn't it?

If you want to add more to this or ask a question go ahead, we'll see it 100% sure!!

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My hot take is that pressuring introjects to source separate actually makes it harder. It can make them feel like there's a short time limit on it, makes them overthink whether they count as source separated, makes them overanalyse their interests and mannerisms to see if they're too similar, etc.

If you let an introject just front and live their life, you'll often find they'll start to grow beyond their source on their own, more naturally and with less stress. Maybe they'll keep their name or their faceclaim, I think that's fine. Source separation shouldn't be about denying any connection with the original source, it should be about allowing yourself to grow beyond it in your own time and not being distressed by it anymore.

^

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We should probably normalize not knowing information about your system like what an alter's role is, total alter count, who is fronting, etc, since that is actually very normal.

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permanent (?) hiatus

hi, we aren't answering any more asks because of energy reasons. I'm sorry if this is annoying or upsetting to anyone reading, but I also kinda feel bad for anyone leaving asks that I'm too fatigued to answer

all asks from this blog in my inbox will be deleted, however I will still keep up all the posts answering asks I've done

I still feel like there may be some useful stuff here so i am probably going to keep reblogging useful system posts/advice

you can still find me at @zero-templates and @zeros-sys however

( read our dni )

for system info I suggest :

@/antimisinfo, specifically their pinned post

The CTAD clinic on youtube

did-research.org

and for personal/fairly informative system anecdotes/information I suggest dissociadid on youtube (diagnosed system, not a professional)

[ If you have any more feel free to comment suggestions to add ]

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DID ALTER EXPLAINS: TYPES OF CDDs

so, what are CDDs? complex dissociative disorders are dissociative disorders that occur with the presence of "alternate self states" - alters. this includes DID, OSDD1, P-DID & some presentations of UDD. in this post, i will cover quick overviews regarding the key differences between these complex dissociative disorders.

DID - DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER

likely the most well-known complex dissociative disorder, DID is classified by:

the existence of two or more distinct identity states (as said before, i will be referring to these as "alters") accompanied by changes in behaviour, memory & thinking.

dissociative amnesia, which includes both partial & complete episodes of memory loss.

DPDR that affects daily life & functioning.

the symptoms must not be caused by substance use or another medical condition, & must not be part of normal cultural or religious practices.

this is a summary of the diagnostic criteria for DID¹, however there may be many other features present as well. common phenomena include: alters taking control of the patient's body in turns, the existence of an "internal world", as well as comorbid C-PTSD symptoms (flashbacks, hypervigilance, etc).

NOTE: DID with polyfragmentation (sometimes called complex DID) will be discussed in a later post.

OSDD1 - OTHERWISE SPECIFIED DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER (TYPE 1)

OSDD1 as a diagnosis - previously called DDNOS (dissociative disorder not otherwise specified) - is given to patients who nearly fit the diagnostic criteria for DID, however they lack one of the criteria needed to make a DID diagnosis.

OSDD1, therefore, is a spectrum of experiences².

in the online CDD community, you may hear talk of two OSDD1 subtypes: OSDD1-a & OSDD1-b. these are community terms that describe two of the most common OSDD1 presentations. take note, not all OSDD1 cases will fit neatly into either of these subtypes, but many still find these labels important when describing their experiences. here is a short overview:

OSDD1-a: the lacking criterion comes in where i mentioned "distinct identity states". in OSDD1-a patients, their alters are separated by the amnesia barriers present in DID, however the individual alters are often very similar in identity. these alters tend to seem more like "modes" of the same person, rather than distinct individuals. an example would be a patient named sarah, whose alters could perhaps be describes as "angry sarah", "childlike sarah" & "happy sarah".

OSDD1-b: the lacking criterion here is the presence of amnesia. those with OSDD1-b do not experience dissociative amnesia.

P-DID - PARTIAL DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER

P-DID is quite different compared to other complex dissociative disorders in terms of how it presents! the disorder is (typically) classified as such:

there are no episodes of amnesia.

one identity state exists as the "dominant" consciousness.

the dominant identity is intruded upon by 1 or more non-dominant self states, who do not recurrently take full control of the patient's consciousness & body (however episodes thereof may occur occasionally).

P-DID³ is under-researched compared to DID & even OSDD1.

UDD - UNSPECIFIED DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER

the diagnosis of UDD is given to those whose symptoms do not neatly fit into the criteria of another dissociative disorder⁴, including complex dissociative disorders.

as such, those with UDD may or may not note the presence of alters. it will all depend on the individual experience of patients with UDD.

this diagnosis may also be made in emergencies, or when a clinician is not able to gather enough information to diagnose a more specified CDD/DD.

these are all of the recognised types of complex dissociative disorders!

i hope i was able to set out this information in a manner that makes sense to those both within the online CDD community, & those new to it. thank you for taking this time to educate yourself on these dissociative disorders! if you have any questions, my askbox is open.

POST AUTHOR: finn🍄 (he/it) | dazey🐛 (they/she) SOURCES: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 DISCLAIMER: this post - alongside any other posts from @the-habitat-sysblog - is not a substitute for professional medical help. the DID ALTER EXPLAINS series is written with reference to the medical research of others, CDD community input & the author's personal experience.

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them: you don’t watch game of thrones?? really? how come?

me: 

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Another (maybe) helpful guide to helping littles/young angry alters heal

Disclaimer: This is only our personal experience while going through therapy. Things we’ve done may work for you, some of these didn’t work until we’d tried many times, but in any case I hope your system is able to find the means to help your littles/angry alters.

We have several littles, although they’ve split into 2 types: Traumatized young girls (Kayla, Dee, Wood and Tiger) then the Numbers (1-6, 8, Rooth who was formerly known as 7).

Name Changes -  I don’t think its terribly uncommon for alters to have degrading names. Dee and Tiger have felt a lot of relief after changing their names** and they view themselves differently because of it. Its about not giving the abuser/s power over them anymore.

(**important note that everyone in the system needs to address them by their new names, not  by their old names.  We ran into this problem during conflicts to make the other side feel bad and bend to another groups wishes. Do not tolerate it.) 

Comfort Items - One of the best things about the inner world is you can have so many things in there. Even if something has been long lost in the bodys life, the littles/angry ones can have a comfort item inside. Our Girls have a Bugs Life toy they remember receiving for Christmas from a trusted family member. The Numbers have baseballs they play with. Even us older alters have comfort items on the inside. Kent has his music, Jayson sings to comfort himself. Its about finding what works for each alter. And we also have something we can do in large groups, such as visiting a comforting stream (the sound/look of water is a comforting feeling for almost all of us).

Feeling emotions is okay, being ‘stuck’ in them is not - The Numbers were previously known at The Angry Ones. Aaron and I (the host) were not allowed to feel anger, it was too dangerous and scary, so they took it all on. Its totally understandable why they wanted to remain angry - letting down their shield of anger meant they aren’t ready for the next time something happens. Not being angry isn’t an option. Besides, why would they not be furious? We’re living a nightmare, a ‘war’ that must always be fought.

But once they learned we aren’t in the ‘war’ any longer they would lower their internal number (0-10) scale for only minutes at a time. They were downright terrified of doing it for longer in fear of something happening. But after nothing happened the first time, the second, third, fourth… it became more obvious its okay to let down their guard.

The truth of it is being so angry all of the time is draining. So when the ‘real’ fight comes most of their energy will have been spent, and how would they protect the body then? By saving their energy they are prepared for when we’re in actual danger. Encourage them to work through the emotions, not stuck in them.

This takes a lot of practice and with certain triggers the Numbers aren’t able to calm themselves quickly or at all for some time. But don’t let your system become too discouraged. Its worth the effort, I promise.

Co-Conning through day to day life - Show them what your daily life is like! Not all at once it can be very overwhelming. But glimpses, like driving in a car, shopping in a grocery store, sitting on your floor at home doing something fun but ultimately not really important. Traumatized alters need help understanding they can do day to day things without fear. 

Years ago I remember I couldn’t go into a grocery store without my headphones blaring because the noise in my head was so loud, they thought danger was around every corner, and most of the time I hid in the back of the car instead of joining my mother in the store. But now the Numbers and the Girls don’t have nearly as much of a problem with it, save for a few triggers which could happen since being outside is always unpredictable. Speaking of triggers…

Teach the difference between actual danger, and a trigger - So a little over a year ago an actual dangerous event took place. My system didn’t handle it as well as we could have, and it became a teachable lesson in the long run, but even then it didn’t end with a suicide attempt or a hospitalization (which was the case years ago with only triggers.)

A trigger is a horrible reminder of the past. It brings up flashbacks, panic, body memories, etc. but it ultimately cannot harm the body itself. Teaching littles/angry alters this is hard work. But working through a trigger by using coping methods, comfort items, music, etc. can help them learn a trigger doesn’t mean something is going to happen/is happening. Yelling doesn’t mean danger, a certain smell doesn’t mean ‘that person’ is actually nearby.

Share good memories with them - One of the kindest things Kent has ever done is share with the Numbers his memories of listening to music while walking downtown. He was not in danger, he was at peace, and that feeling peace was something they’d never felt. Video games were a huge part of our childhood as an escape and the music to Snowboard Kids and Snowboard Kids 2 is ingrained in our mind, and that feeling of sitting at the N64 playing those games is something we now share. We have them downloaded on our computer and phone so we can play them at any time.

I just want to close this with saying while each system is different, we’re all survivors. It is indescribable how hard things get sometimes, but from our system to yours, keep going. You’re worth the effort.

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because I haven't seen a whole heap of decent information about this... I thought I'd do a beginner's guide to dissociation

disorders that can cause dissociation include:

DID

OSDD

PTSD

depression

OCD

BPD

DPDR

anxiety

eating disorders

some people also experience dissociation due to chronic pain

being dissociated can feel like, but is not limited to:

feeling disconnected from the world

feeling "blurry", "buzzy", "foggy", or "out of it"

not feeling any emotions

not feeling any physical pain

not remembering whole periods of time

feeling like you're floating outside of your body

your brain constantly going in and out of focus

dissociation is generally broken down into two categories:

derealisation: the feeling that the world around you is unreal, foggy, or just out of reach

depersonalisation: the feeling of being outside of yourself, or of not feeling real

I hope this is a helpful post, and that I've made people more aware of what dissociation actually is. if you have any follow-up questions, please feel free to ask!

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Been seeing a load of people who don't know whether they have DID and/or are a system. So here's a master list of resources to check whether you have DID before you run off self diagnosing with no research.

The symptoms of DID.

DID is a dissociative disorder. If you don't dissociate, you can't have it.

The NHS website and the Mind website on dissociation.

It's important to note that dissociation is quite common and can be seen in many disorders such as ADHD, BPD, PTSD and many many other disorders. You should look for help with any dissociation if it is severely affecting your quality of life.

There are many types of dissociation. Depersonalization, derealisation, dissociative amnesia, identity confusion and lastly, identity alteration.

The first three images are taken from mayoclinic and the last is taken from the isstd website. You do not need to experience all of these to dissociate but for DID there must be identity confusion, identity alteration and dissociative amnesia.

Other symptoms of DID include:

Memory gaps about everyday events and personal information,

Having several distinct identities, Sudden lapses in recent memories (such as what you did yesterday) or skills (from writing to making coffee),

Vague, dreamlike memories of experiences,

Feeling as if your body, thoughts, or feelings aren’t yours and you can’t control them,

Noticeable changes in speech, behavior, and personal preferences.

Tests you can take.

The Dissociative Experiences Scale. 28 questions that measure dissociation.

The Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation – 60-item, measures dissociation and "other parts"

Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)

Once these have been completed it is a good idea to talk to someone who knows you very well OR a professional who you have been working with. Making a list of symptoms you experience can make going to health care professionals easier and having a note of the scores you get on each of these would be a good idea.

Sources

The NHS Website

Mind.org.uk

Mayoclinic.org

isst-d.org

Psychcentral.com

Novapsych.com.au

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apps and websites we use for system stuff!

Simply plural- we use it to log alters and info on them! We also use it for outer communication, and front logging 

Fortelling- log alters, log info on alter, log places in innerworld, make groups

Mindmeister- we use it to make a innerworld map, split and fusion map!

Inkarnate- we use this to make a innerworld map!

Notion- we use it for literally everything. 

Symptom tracking 

Switch tracking

Alters

Subsystems

Layers

Innerworld places

Coping skills

Message board

Etc

Lighthouse- log groups, alters, places in innerworld, have journals for alters

Discord- make a private sys server and log everything and work on outer communication! We have a template if you want it https://discord.new/qYeC65Z2DNWA

Pinterest- get to know alters better to help with communication, by making boards for each alter!

Everskies- make face claims with more customization than picrew

Twinote- outer communication, Twitter style

Antar- outer communication, text style 

Anytype- make locked notes! Locked journals for each alter

Photonote- outer communication insta style

If you use any other apps or websites feel free to share them in the comments!

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So idk if this is a question you may have answered but is it possible for a fictive to have parental or protector like roles? I have one alter thats kinda fatherly but i have another that kinda acts like a protector (or potentially persecutor). Hopefully u can get back to us soon ^^

-bunni 🐁

hi, fictives can have any roles!

how an alter develops (whether brainmade or introjected) generally has nothing to do with what role they have in a system.

an exception to this may be when a role is related to the introject's source in some way. an example could be a superhero being introjected and becoming a protector for the system.

-zack

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how would you pronounce 'hxm?'

depends, out loud I pronounce it "hix-im" or "hix-um"

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Tw sex / cheating

What do i do if my boyfriend, who is only dating certain alters (3 out of like 20?) , fucked one he isnt. Like that alter said they didnt need to tell me and i had to pry it out if my boyfriend. I dont want to leave him but idk jkw to go about this at all. They've kinda always been a little romantic/sexual but its the not telling me part. I get it wasnt planned byt like. Ahhhh. We arent monogomus either so ig it isnt cheating but.

First thing I want to mention is that even if you're not monogamous, that is still cheating.

Cheating is when someone does romantic/sexual things with others without the knowledge and consent of their partner, this applies to monogamy and polyamory/open relationships.

Another thing I want to mention is that it seems pretty intentional since that alter didn't tell you AND your boyfriend didn't think to tell you. In relationships, communication is obviously important so it's pretty odd to go that far without thinking about asking for your opinion.

They didn't just flirt either, it's having sex on a whim without telling you.

Honestly, just ask them. Ask that alter why they didn't want to tell you and ask your boyfriend why he didn't feel the need to tell you.

This is straight up a breach of trust and basic respect, and it does count as cheating.

You're right to feel weird about it

-zack

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i think an issue with the obsession with parts in DID spaces is how much it made us overcomplicate ourselves and not treat our parts the way they deserve

a triggered part would come to front, and all we could focus on was "who are you?" then feel like we're faking DID when we didn't get an answer

instead of offering that part support and compassion like they needed, they'd be shut down for not being able to come out with an identity in their triggered state of mind

like they somehow had to earn the right to exist by first stating a name and intention

they are a part. maybe they have a name. maybe they dont. a lot of our parts are mere fragments. and thats ok. nothing is required for them to be allowed a space to exist. they don't have to be mapped out to have the right to simply be.

for so long, our focus was on "do i really have did? am i faking? do i have alters or is it just cptsd? am i faking this disorder for validation of my trauma? am i the host or this alter? am i anyone at all?"

when really we needed to focus on "what do i need right now? what do we need right now? how can we calm down and find a middle ground together? how can i offer this scared and angry part of me the support they need?"

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For being a dissociative disorder the CDDs are the ones who I see less of dissociative symptoms be talked about in the community

So I thought, why not make a post about some of the dissociative symptoms the CDD has!!

Depersonalization: Depersonalization is one of the big levels of dissociation that, in certain cases, can be categorized as a disorder in company of derealization. Depersonalization can present in various forms, but as general definition it's when someone it's so dissociated from themselves that they don't feel connected to their body or sense of self, just like you were external to yourself

Derealization: Derealization is one of the big leves of dissociation that, in certain cases, can be categorized as a disorder in company of depersonalization. Derealization can present in various forms, but as genera definition it's when you feel strange, fake, unreal and distorted your reality and all the things surrounding you.

Depersonalization and derealization tent to come hand in hand and sometimes together, this is most common between systems and it can overlap with a lot of other things making the experience more unique and worst for the pwCDD

"Autopilot" mode: Autopilot is a state of being in which your body reacts to what is needed and, like the name suggest, in an autopilot mode, is not necessarily a depersonalization mode cause it can come from more light dissociation, and sometimes you don't even feel it or realizate it happens (when depersonalization tend to be a semi-conscious and aware state), even though it can come hand in hand is not always like that

Crisis identity: Alters aside, being pwCDD can give you a lot of crisis identity, and when it comes to dissociative part is one you feel some kind of blurriness, disconnection, confusion and lost about you, can be because of many factors and can lead to severe impact in your personal view to the point of not being sure if you're you and questioning a lot of things about you, this kind of dissociative behavior can overlap with many factors which makes it worse

Emotional amnesia: Emotional amnesia is an specific kind of dissociative amnesia characterized by remembering the facts and/or events but feeling emotionally disconnected to that, not feeling or remembering the feelings regarding that memorie/event, and the sense of third person regarding the event, is being emotionally separated

Blackout amnesia: Blackout amnesia is one of the most named kinds of amnesia a pwCDD will experience, though is less common than emotional amnesia, the blackout amnesia is characterized by forgetting all about what you experienced, counting emotion and memory

Dissociative amnesia: Dissociative amnesia is a very big spectrum, this is why it's a diagnosis/disorder by its own. But for being general dissociative amnesia is when you dissociate things about yourself, this can be memories, important information, daily life, etc, to a point you end up forgetting that information

Flashback: Did you know that flashbacks are a dissociative response to trauma? You didn't? Now you know! Flashbacks are a way in which your brain dissociates from reality to relive a memory or experience you previously have, in this connotation, a traumatic experience

"Non-pain" mode: Sometimes even hurting yourself (accident or not) you can't feel the pain of that, it's like that physical damage isn't yours, this is a kind of dissociation more connected to how the brain is connected to your body and the sense of physical pain. SO sometimes your brain, aiming to protect you, dissociates from the physical pain to be "safe"

Denial: In some cases denial can be a dissociative response as a way for keeping you away from understanding and knowing you have certain trauma and passed trough certain experience. When you deny having or passing through something you tend to dissociate the memory and sometimes to the reality as a way to try keep yourself safe

Daydreaming: Daydreaming is a dissociative coping mechanism and sometimes it can come to the point of being maladaptive and dangerous for yourself. Daydreaming is a way in which trough dissociation your brain makes up a new "reality" in hopes to scape the real life and reality

Emotional disruption: Did you know that if you feel sad and then you stop being sad is dissociation? One of the dissociative ways of coping with a stressful and heavy emotion is "turning off" your emotions, or in the other hand, feeling like the past emotion was replaced by another one, it's important to note that this mood change is without any apparent explanation and you cannot return to the previous emotion cause you know feel detached to it, like isn't yours anymore. In the other hand you can be ok and a new emotion comes up to you, you feel detached to this emotion and don't have any idea where it come from and why are you feeling it, but you do, and it doesn't feels yours

Skill variation: Having in one moment one skill and in the other don't, having different skill abilities in which one time you can be good and other not that good, and all the variations within the ability to do certain skill (can be any skill, like writing, talking, moving, drawing, etc.)

"Emotionless" state: The emotionless state is when, for one or another reason, you feel empty, null, like you lack any kind of emotions, like there's a void in whee your emotions should be, this emotional dissociation can happen for many reason and in company of other symptoms, though sometimes one doesn't notice it because of this emotionless state

This are some of the dissociative symptoms I can recall at the moment, maybe there are more that I didn't put here and you want to add in comments/reblogs or you can ask me to add them to this list

Well some of this symptoms can overlap with the alter part of the disorder they're not 100% attached to them and it's important to recognize this as very prominent symptoms of the disorder, after all this is a dissociative disorder, isn't it?

If you want to add more to this or ask a question go ahead, we'll see it 100% sure!!

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Hihi!!:3 I was wondering if you could help us figure out how to tell if we have a subsystem…we think we might have multiple but we can only find the definition for what a subsystem is and not how to tell you have one…Were still very lost with this system stuff :’) Thank you! ^^

sorry for the late reply, but I don't know how to answer this :')

I have a few ideas, but I'm not sure how helpful this will be

— having a group of alters with specific similar functions or roles (ex. a group of alters who front for each school subject)

— having a group of alters with similar identities or names (ex. seven alters named after the seven deadly sins)

— communicate with other alters, most people seem to find out about their subsystems when asking alters about it

-z ﹠ zack