#New System

[reality-detective]

I've been saying this 👆 for years. The new Earth is coming. 🤔

[disk28]

[doin-just-fine]

hello! I’m not a system myself, but I’m doing some research for a friend of mine who’s questioning.

I was wondering if you could do a ‘the people wanna know’ about what different kinds of systems there are/how it can present, or something in that vein?

Thanks, love your stuff!

The People Wanna Know: System Types

Disclaimer: We are by no means experts in this at all. We are quite new to the whole being plural thing and there is A LOT to learn when it comes to plurality and systems, especially in types and "microlabels". These microlabels are VERY helpful when someone is trying to sort out if they are plural or not especially if they are an atypical system like us. They can make you feel validated and at home when previously there was fear and confusion. We also want to suggest that you continue your deep dive outside of this post! We hope you give you a launch pad into the complex world of plurality but do not let this be the end of the research! I will be using definitions mostly from Pluralpedia. Systemhood and plurality is very under researched so many of the labels you'll see are created by community members that are then adopted by the greater community. That all being said, as validating as these microlabels can be they can sometimes also have the opposite effect if they don't fit all the way. If you guys land on them being plural, we encourage you to leave the microlabels behind especially if those labels are close to their experiences but not quite accurate in all ways. 🛸I found when identifying specifically as a Median system, it lead to a few denial spirals because that label mostly fit our experience but not all the way or all the time which lead to us question our experiences making it harder to accept and understand ourselves. I personally find just calling myself plural or a system is enough and allows me the freedom to have my own unique experience as a human being with an atypical brain that science is only just starting to research and understand rather than trying to define my experiences filtered through a ill fitting label that doesn't change with me as we grow and learn. But, if you guys find a label that fits like a glove CONGRATS! Use it, love it, where it with pride!

ANYWAY, THE PEOPLE WANNA KNOW!

System Types

DIAGNOSABLE SYSTEMS (labels recognized by the DSM-V) DID OSDD 1 OSDD 1A OSDD 1B OSDD 2 OSDD 3 OSDD 4 UDD

None of those fit? Build Your Own System

I will be giving short definitions of each label. If you want more information each term will take you to a more in depth description.

ORIGINS (why the system formed) Traumagenic: Origins were trauma related. Endogenic: Umbrella term for origins that are related to something other than trauma, though trauma can still be a factor but not always. SUBCATEGORIES: (link to microlabels of the subcategories bellow) Created: Systems that were created intentionally for any reason. Adaptive: Origins that were related to trauma or other adversity. Spontaneous: For systems that seemed to just appear one day seemingly without cause. Unknown: A system who's origins are unknown, unclear, or still being sorted out. Mixed: Multiple origin labels can be applied to these systems.

CONSCIOUSNESS (how communication, conscious connection, and shared existence feels with in a system) Monoconscious: Shared consciousness between members where everyone thinks the same thing together as individuals. Polyconscious: Everyone in a system has their own thoughts and mind that are separate from each other. Hydraconscious: Everyone has their own thoughts and mind but in a collective consciousness. This may feel like everyone talking out loud about different things at the same time. Cephaconscious: When member are in or near the front together they have a shared monoconscious experience but when they are not in the front they have their own separate thoughts and mind. Mutoconscious: When member are in or near the front together they have a shared monoconscious experience but when they are not in the front they have a hydraconscious experience. SYSTEM SEPARATION (how individual are the individuals) Partitionary System: Individuals are very distinct. They do not share memories and often experience time loss. Median Systems: Individuals are less distinct and blend with each other more. These systems often don't experience typical amnesia. Blurian: Systems who share 100% of memories regardless of who's fronting. These system may also not experience Amnesia. (Edit: Here is some more resources for things that blur the line of plurality and systemhood ) Unrelated to the question but maybe to your situation here is a link to help questioning systems

I hope this was helpful let me know if you have any questions or need clarification!!

REMEMBER: You're gonna be ok. You're gonna figure it out. Be kind and gentle with yourself and others. Asks are open. Have a nice day.

[multiplicity-positivity]

so i just found out im a system as of two hours ago (got a dsm-5 pulled on me and everything), do you have any advice on meeting the alters or just any advice for new systems?

i know about four of them right now but not well

hey, so we have a resource post for questioning systems with a ton of links to guides and articles that could be useful for both questioning and newly discovered systems alike. it’s broken down into cdd (complex dissociative disorder) specific and non-cdd specific, so if you’ve recently been diagnosed with a dissociative disorder, maybe stick to the cdd section:

as for general advice… we’re going to point you towards our directory. we’ve written a lot over our years on this blog, and our directory compiles all of our posts into one place.

some specific posts that may help you are “establishing contact with headmates,” “understanding did,” “dissociative amnesia,” “get to know me! headmate form,” and “all about headspaces.”

please though, understand that system discovery can often be a lengthy process. don’t push yourself too hard to interact with your alters right away. just be gentle with yourself and take things slow. they’ll always be there, so there’s no big rush to force yourself to interact with everyone immediately. remember to take care of yourself as you go through this process and keep checking in with yourself to make sure your needs as an alter are being met. and good luck! getting to know alters can be a daunting challenge, but it can be fun and reassuring as well. we’re wishing your whole system the very best with this process.

[asqadia-banthen]

Yall, imma become a willogenic system (thanks to @flooferbutt for helping me with this) and I have almost a full idea of who I want to will into existence, but I have no idea what to name him, any ideas?

Here he is

(top image most accurate)

Name: ???

Pronouns: no pronouns preferred, but he/him is fine

Genders: transmasculine, boyflux

Sexuality: cupio-aroace, pansexual, hypersexual

Personality traits: flirty, kind, outgoing with friends, reserved/defensive with strangers, dark/stupid humor

Features: warm dark tan skin, black hair, red streak at front, black earrings, fluffy hair at front, red eyes

His name is Maxwell (Max for short)

[hazysystem]

We are 💫 The Hazy System! 💫

Thanks for visiting our blog. Call us Hazy if you like! Collectively we use he/they pronouns. Bodily 30+ and very new to the community, so please be kind if we ever use improper/incorrect terminology. If you follow us and you are a minor, you will be blocked.

We are a traumagenic system just discovering many of our alters. We are made up of 10+ alters at this point and still discovering new ones.

It's nothing personal if we block you, we promise. It's our dash and we decide what we want to see. Feel free to block us if you don't feel comfortable with us interacting for whatever reason.

DNI:

anyone under 18

bigots/racists/-phobics

radfems/terfs

trump supporters

I block liberally!

quick emoji intro:

💫 — hazy, collectively he/they (this blog for system stuff or @wormful for the memes)

📐 — zeek, he/him

🅱️ — belial or b, he/they

🫂 — aisha, she/her

🐺 — wolfie, any

🎀 — nims, she/her

🪐 — lyre, they/any

💨 — speed, she/they

[cb-writes-stuff]

I should probably redo my pinned post now that I’m a system or whatever, huh.

Y’know, I was a bit worried that I’d scare people away with all this stuff. But, honestly, given how many plural moots and moot-in-laws I have, I don’t think I needed to worry.

[dailydungeondelves]

Oooh new rules as a player? Sign me up!

[puppyboypillow]

does any system know where to start with communications?? my amnesia borders are so bad (DID) that its hard to hear anyone out besides small comments. help a new guy out!!!!

[the-cherry-collective]

˚₊‧ ·̩͙ pinned ·̩͙ ‧₊˚

This is a sideblog I made to help me figure out what's going on in my head. I've only recently figured out that I'm very likely plural, but I'm not sure how to go about finding out who my headmates or anything like that, so .. this blog!

˚₊·—̳͟͞͞♡ dni—̳͟͞͞♡ ·₊˚ anti endo, racist, sexist, ableist, fakeclaimers, bullies, bigots

read my about

[reality-detective]

Debanking, debank the bank.

The banking system IS going to change. 🤔

[rundowncomputersystemm]

new here!

hey! we're new to all this stuff, we're an osdd-1b traumagenic system and we are looking for system friends to add on simply plural and to talk to on here (: endos dni. - Elaina (Caretaker)

[doin-just-fine]

The People Wanna Know: Dissociation

Q: “How do you tell when you’re dissociating, and what kinds are there?”

A: 🛸 Great question! When figuring out my plurality we had a few questions about dissociating and how to tell the difference between that and being lost in thought and blah blah blah. SO! Here's what we've got for you!

🛸 Many people will describe dissociating as "checking out" which is super vague and leave a lot of questions as to what exactly that means. Not to mention that some people just kind of live in a state of dissociation and don't have a reference of "normal" so I will try to give you both. What does it mean, feel like, look like to dissociate? Meaning: Dissociating happens when there is too much stress for the mind to handle. Things like a traumatic event can cause dissociation or just everyday mundane situations that lead to dissociation like going on auto pilot when you're driving or reading a book. Immediately after a traumatic even it's that feeling where time slows and nothing feels real like you're watching the events around on a tv screen instead of being there in persons. I think what most people wonder about or need clarification on is random moments of dissociation due to an over active trauma response. Most systems experience long term trauma that puts them in a constant state of fight or flight. This causes them to have a very overactive stress response when they are finally in a safe environment. Sometime people feel as though they dissociate for no reason, others over things most would consider minor stressors, on top of the majors stressors that just come with life. Having an over active stress response like this can lead to dissociation disorders like derealization (feeling like the world around you isn't real) and depersonalization (feeling like you yourself are not real). These occur typically when someone lives in a state of dissociation more often than not but can also be used to describe the the sensation dissociation at any given time.

Feeling: This varies person to person/system to system. As previously stated you have the feeling of the world around you not feeling real and the feeling of you yourself not being real. You can also feel both of these at the same time which can be very disorienting. This can lead to struggling to follow conversations or can feel like you're half listening to someone but splitting with out actually splitting your attention externally. It can feel like playing a 1st person video game. It can also feel like not processing information in real time. Dissociation is basically a disconnect from your surrounding, mind, body, emotion, identity, and memories. Dissociation can look like any one of these things on it's own or in combination with another. For us it's typically an emotional dissociation rather than a personal or surrounding feeling. In moments of stress our emotions turn off and we don't really feel things as they happen. If we're lucky, only in hindsight can we break down what we were feeling if at all. This can look like no feelings period or being calm cool and collected only to breakdown later about the stress. For those of us who don't experience a constant state of depersonalization or derealization, dissociating can be easiest to identify after the fact. Dissociation can affect the memories of an event making them difficult to recall or align correctly, something you only notice after the event has passed and you try to recall it, or feeling your emotion switch turn back on and having everything hit you at once but only when you feel safe again, or tuning back into your surrounding and realizing you missed your bus stop. Dissociation can also feel inward. Like you are retreating into you mind. Things may feel far away or even sound far away. If you can hear your headmates talk in your headspace, dissociation can be retreating internally and being pulled into headmate thoughts or conversations. This is one we observe in our partner system. We'll be talking to them and we'll see their eyes glaze over or they don't response and when we grab their attention they'll say something along the lines of "people are being loud" or "people are having big feelings". This kind of dissociating is also what switching can feel like for some.

Look: Not all dissociation is visually identifiable but if it is it typically look like the person not moving, staring off into space, speaking but clearly internally preoccupied, confusion. They may look like they aren't listening or maybe they look a bit lost. They may have a slow response time or may lose track of their thoughts a lot. But for some, like us, they can just look "normal". Looking normal is a survival technique. Some people, like us, were brought up in an environment where fully checking out was not safe. Some people never disconnect from their surrounding because they had to be aware of everything around them all the time. This is valid. The brain is an amazing thing and is capable of multitasking even if that multitasking is being aware of your surroundings while also checking out from them. I do it all the time.

🛸Differences between Dissociating and: - Brain fog: Brain fog is just general confusion and slow thinking and processing. This typically come without feeling like the world or yourself isn't real or difficulty recalling the moments of brain fog or feeling disconnected from your emotions. If one prone to dissociation the feeling brain fog can lead to dissociating. - Being lost in thought: Being lost in thought can be a form of dissociation. However, there is planning your day and then theres dissociating about your day. Planning your day feels like your actively participating in it and dissociating about your day feels like your disconnected from it.

🛸I hope this was helpful! This is what we've gathered knowledge and experience wise on the topic of dissociation. If you have anything else to add pls reblog with your additions so people who need the recourse can see it! If you have any more questions about dissociation or if you need any clarification leave a comment or ask me directly!

REMEMBER: You're gonna be ok. You're gonna figure it out. Be kind and gentle with yourself and others. Asks are open. Have a nice day.

[multiplicity-positivity]

Do you have any advice for relatively new systems whose host is also their core, and has a very hard time letting go of front unless someone else is triggered?

Hey, we actually do have a post with switching tips, which I’d venture to say would be just as useful for new systems as it would be for other systems:

Our system does not have a core, and we aren’t sure how having a core may or may not affect the ability to switch, sorry.

The post we linked ^ has more info than we would like to repeat here, so we’d really recommend checking out that post and seeing if anything there helps. If not, feel free to reach out again and we can try to provide some more specific advice.

If anyone sees this who does have a core and is willing to share some advice for anon, that would be awesome 👍

[zolunriverteres]

Hi

Were The Wengine System. We have very few members, around 3 atm. We don't care for syscourse, but feel free to entertain us. We are traumagenic system with no amnesia.

Zolun Teres: I don't have a sign off, being I'm the host. Pronouns he/him, I do most fronting.

Elijah: his sign off will probably be -🧛‍♂️ since he's a vampire. Pronouns he/hrym.

Adia Azizi: we don't know much other than their appearance is Male, will update later.

[hazysystem]

i'm pretty sure one of us has different vision than the others? is that possible?