#❕ ��� zero speaks

[zeros-sys]

as a system of colour, I just want to set stuff straight about alter race.

alters can have different skin colours to the body, but that does not make them a different race than the body. skin colour is just part of someone's appearance while race has multiple factors to it such as culture.

being a poc is an experience that only someone who is bodily a poc will understand, hence why "alter race" is just impossible.

it's like how an adult alter in a minor bodied system will not have the same mentality as an actual adult since the brain only has the experience of a minor to base that alter off of.

also I know that I've been focusing on poc, but this applies to any race

[zeros-sys]

it's killing me that systems think they are faking or lying because they haven't had other alters front in a while, headspace has been silent, your communication is down, and overall just "feeling like a singlet"

because number 1, cdds have more symptoms than just alters, number 2 it's a covert disorder, and number 3, you are an alter!

no one experiences the same level of their symptoms for any of their disorders every day.

if my avoidance to food due to arfid is more noticeable some days, why is it different for having alters in osddid?

cdds are covert disorders. they will try and hide your symptoms because it's the whole point of their existence. don't blame yourself for a survival mechanism your brain created to protect you!

and I see so many people forget this, especially hosts, but you're an alter! if someone else doesn't front, that doesn't suddenly make you a singlet because you are still part of a system

you can make mistakes or be wrong, but don't fakeclaim or feed yourself misinformation in order to realise that!

[zeros-sys]

reminder that you don't exactly need more trauma to split alters

the brain forms alters as it needs, if there is something that the system cannot handle or there is a gap in who is filling their needs then an alter can be split

every alter exists for a reason, even if it seems like there is none

(this doubly applies to polyfrag and autistic systems)

[zeros-sys]

anyone else

[zeros-sys]

ive seen people make a lot of generalisations, so I wanted to say this about system stuff :

· alters who are under 18 in adult bodies aren't literal children and a lot don't have the same maturity or act like children, they don't need to be hidden just because of their age

(^ also note that agesliders, ageless, and alters with unknown ages exist. some hosts could be under 18 as well)

· listing front triggers isn't necessarily harmful unless they are negative or you have alters who shouldnt front

(^ we are an osdd-1b system so we have no memory amnesia, we remember all switches. there's also no alter in our system who is dangerous or whatever, so triggering any of us to front is fine)

· not everyone is vulnerable to being taken advantage of. I hear people say "bad people will target you for this!!" a lot, but some people just literally don't care enough to get manipulated by someone online

(^ I'm definitely not saying you shouldn't stay safe, but as a protector with like no empathy who is pretty apathetic, it just annoys me that people assume everyone can get manipulated online when I just don't care about people)

· in a similar vain, people saying "don't list your trauma holders." I know that many trauma holders are vulnerable or triggered easily, but again, not all are.

(^ our main trauma holder also has no empathy and is mostly apathetic. he does not care and is not vulnerable to anything people online could do)

Now, I am well aware that not all systems are the same and that some of these things are necessary for some systems, but just do what's best for you and your system

[zeros-sys]

y'know those pronoun bracelets that genderfluid people usually use, and they change which bracelet they wear based on their gender?

what if we had those for alters, each having one alters name? I feel like it would be easier to tell who is fronting based on which bracelet you feel most connected to at the time

[zeros-sys]

one thing people don't talk enough about is how much, especially when you're a newly discovered system, you'll want others to front.

I was definitely not prepared for the panic I would feel when I would be in a situation I couldn't handle, and yet no one in the system that was literally made to help me would front

[zeros-sys]

positivity for introjects!

shout out to introjects who don't identify with their source at all

shout out to introjects who do identify with their source

shout out to introjects of people/factives

shout out to introjects of original characters/octives

shout out to introjects of objects/obtives

shout out to introjects of concepts/conceptives

shout out to introjects of other alters

shout out to introjects of the body/what the body was like before being a system

shout out to introjects of imaginary friends

shout out to introjects of paracosms/that formed from maladaptive daydreaming

shout out to introjects of "trendy/one hit wonder" media that the system isn't interested in anymore or hyperfixations

shout out to introjects who dislike being an introject due to how people have treated them for it

shout out to nonhuman introjects who are forced to be source seperated because they are in a human body

shout out to introjects of people/factives that hate/are upset about the lack of positivity for them

shout out to introjects who identify with labels that wouldn't align with their source

shout out to introjects whose source would hate them

shout out to introjects who love/obsess over their source

shout out to introjects of things that are very old or not well known/niche

shout out to introjects who hate/are apathetic to their source

shout out to introjects who don't fully consider themselves introjects

shout out to introjects with no source memories

shout out to introjects who also kin

shout out to introjects who used to think they kinned their source

shout out to introjects of people/factives that love their source

shout out to introjects of people/factives that hate their source

shout out to introjects who know nothing about their source

shout out to introjects that know everything about their source

shout out to introjects with shifting/changing source memories

shout out to introjects who forgot a lot about their source

shout out to introjects with trauma that closely resembles exotrauma

shout out to introjects who are never mentioned in fandoms

shout out to introjects who get upset at the way people "misinterpret" their source

shout out to introjects whose experiences are ignored by other systems/the cdd community

shout out introjects!

[zeros-sys]

casual reminder that alters can't have disorders the rest of the system/the brain doesn't have

disorders, like systems, exist and develop inside the brain. when a system has a disorder, the whole system has it

not one alter can just have one disorder, many people who think this are actually just talking about symptom holders or alters with traits of disorders

our protector for example has heavy npd traits, however we don't think we have npd because none of the other alters/the system as a whole doesn't have symptoms of npd

[zeros-sys]

one thing I keep seeing is how systems with fearmonger newly discovered systems into not interacting with the online osddid community, which is stupid.

even if you think that there is a lot of misinformation online about the disorders, which I'm not gonna argue against, you're still assuming what that newly discovered system is looking for.

maybe they're not looking for diagnostic criterias or to sift through their trauma.

they're probably looking for community and personal experiences they can relate to.

which is very obviously a common thing for someone who just realised they might have a disorder is looking for.

support. community. comfort.

when I see a newly discovered system online and they ask where they start on system spaces, advice like "don't look around online, just go to (insert medical website)" is not helpful to someone who needs genuine advice from people with experience in system communities.

so, here's my advice to newly discovered systems :

— you're going to get things wrong and make mistakes. it's inevitable, and it 100% happens to everyone, even if someone's been diagnosed for 10+ years. don't be scared to make mistakes, you miss every shot you don't take.

— if you suddenly don't feel like you're a system, your communication sucks, you are frontstuck/no one else is fronting, don't worry. cdds are covert disorders, their whole intention is to not be found. you're not a liar or faker because you don't experience some symptoms of a disorder. (see this)

— look at what is already largely accepted in medical spaces, don't immediately jump into controversial/conspiracy theories

— start off with safe spaces, trying to participate in discourse when you're uneducated isn't going to end well

— figure out what alters do first, in our case and many others, it's a lot easier to "work backwards" when you already have an idea of what role an alter fills in your system before you try to fully find out their identity

— don't get too stuck up on alter labels, if you're lost on what role an alter has or don't even know what a lot of roles are, just focus on what they do for your system (see above)

[zeros-sys]

I think the only right way to talk about the system responsibility discourse is to think of it like having roommates.

if one of your roommates is being loud and the neighbour complains, you still apologise, right?

even though you weren't the one making the noise, since you still live together, it's partially your responsibility to keep your roommates in check.

the roommate in question is still the one at fault obviously, but it's still part of your job to talk to that person and make sure it doesnt happen again

[zeros-sys]

reminder that not all systems use the same pronouns, genders, or labels.

not all systems use they/them in a plural way. or even at all.

not all systems are polyamorous.

not all systems like being referred to with plural terms.

not all systems are genderfluid.

not all systems like being considered multiple people.

not all systems are abrosexual.

not all systems have alters of different genders.

not all systems have different or preferred names for seperate alters.

not all systems are sysfluid.

just don't assume things about systems just because they are systems

[zeros-sys]

Simply plural category / fields info inspo !

— fav colour

— (gif here)

— image (just an aesthetic header)

— full name

— nicknames

— age

— gender

— orientation

— pronouns

— gendered terms

— birthday

— species

— extra (any extra info)

— type

— source

— source id (how much you identify with source)

— system titles (what the system/other alters call you)

— innerworld / source location

— signs of fronting / proximity

— fronting triggers

— specific traits (what makes them stand out from the other alters)

— personality

— reviews (what the other alters think)

— appearance

— wants / goals

— mbti

— likes

— relationship status

— relationships

— fav foods and drinks

— fav season

— fav subjects

— fav animal

— other fav colours

— star sign

— music

— boundaries

— icon credit

— (gif here)

— (divider image here)

— other faceclaims (images of faceclaims)

— other claims (like innerworld outfit claims)

How to use markdown : x (how you put images / gifs in the sections, and put links on text)

Mine below, images in order, and the bottom two fields aren't here cause they're too large to screenshot ! (if you want me to explain more or have any questions feel free to ask)

edit : this is now pretty outdated for what our sp looks like

[zeros-sys]

I'm being so serious when I say that it's okay to say doubles dni or be uncomfortable interacting with people with the same source as you

there's a lot of reasons people might feel this way from having delusions, extreme dissociation, having npd, being schizospec, etc.

it's fine to be critical of the word double or be personally uncomfortable with being seen as someone's double, but I feel like a lot of systems are demonising a boundary I've seen very often used by schizophrenic/delusional systems

not to mention that no one is really being hurt by being told to not interact to make another system comfortable. it's genuinely not worth triggering a fellow disabled system just because you don't like their boundary.

by saying that having this boundary is bad or that systems should just "get over it" is essentially telling introjects to source seperate which is both weird and not possible for some systems, especially when they're delusional*

just move on.

*I know people may consider it "anti recovery" as well but another system's recovery is honestly not your business to judge or dictate when it doesn't hurt anyone and you don't know how that system works

(also this whole post only applies to personal accounts. saying doubles dni in syscord servers/community spaces is not okay because you're excluding systems when you're supposed to include them)

I've seen many delusional, schizophrenic, and/or paranoid systems talk about this but no one really seems to listen to you guys

[zeros-sys]

me when a person is talking to me in my head: wow can't believe I'm imagining voices

me when it's silent: wow I can't believe I lie about people being here

[zeros-sys]

alternatives to some system terms!

brainmade - headmade

fictive - fictroject, fictional introject

factive - factroject, non-fiction introject

octive - octroject, oc introject

mixtive - mixtroject, mixed introject, splitroject

headspace - brainspace, mindspace, innerworld

made cause ik some systems don't like using these terms, if you have any others that aren't endo coined please tell and I'll add them!