#Because god forbid we try to make the semi-conscious state we're in while Not Fronting a good time

[cozza-frenzy]

When does it stop being systems georg and start becoming a whole different problem?

I'm assuming you're talking about the fact there's a lot about us that's not typical of systems? Unfortunately we've had a number of anons approach us with the intent of like... armchair-psych-just-trust-me-bro "diagnosing" us with Maladaptive Daydreaming, Schizophrenia, or even outright accusing us of faking or being endogenic in some respect.

But if this ask is genuine - it depends. Sometimes systems do have Maladaptive Daydreaming, and it makes it difficult to tell the difference between the false world created for escapism full of imaginary friends, and the actual visualisation-based inner world full of dissociated parts. Sometimes systems are schizophrenic, and it makes it hard to tell which voices and tactile sensations are hallucinations, and which are alters and IW-related things. We hang around other systems with a host of co-morbidities - but while we try to help them when they're in crisis, we don't look at any of their experiences and think "this sounds like what happens with us". We have an active imagination; we're a system of creatives, and have dabbled in everything from art to writing to poetry our entire shared life. We wrote our first story with illustrations when we were just six. So it didn't surprise us when what started out as an extremely basic IW (just a mostly-featureless grey room with a screen where the front was) became far more complex over time. Our IW is heavy on metaphors, and we're under no delusions as to what it is; we see it as our brain telling us a story about itself, giving us information in the only way it knows how. By telling stories back at it - by taking actions in the IW that are meant to achieve a specific goal - we can help heal ourselves. We can put a stop to things that are hurting us, like intrusive thoughts and harmful impulses. So, given our Inner World is ultimately a semi-controlled visualization tool? It makes sense from our perspective that our subconscious interpreted a real-life trauma that caused a massive disruption to our system's structure, as absolutely everything going to shit. And Yggdrasil rose from the ashes when the 11 of us that remained from an original count of 39 pulled ourselves together and refused to give up. Our brain tries to pull the plug, reset the system and start again? No, fuck you. United we stand, our head in the clouds and our roots sunk deep in hope. If this ask is just someone trolling again... Let me be frank; this is us. You can take it or leave it. If you think we're annoying or cringe, the unfollow and block buttons are right there. I, personally, am more focused on important things like getting laundry and cleaning done, balancing the grocery budget, making three home-made meals a day, and preparing nutritionally appropriate food from scratch for a sick, elderly cat with multiple food allergies than making shit up about ourselves to get attention and sympathy online. We're well past the point of giving a fuck what people think.