#atypical dysphoria

[alterpathy]

Alterpathy: The practice of identifying, categorizing, and identifying with fictional and imagined illnesses due to a disconnect between your external and internal understanding of yourself - while also not intending to appropriate, romanticize, or cause harm to a minority group.

this is going to be a really long post because i want to cover all the basics. future coinings will not be nearly as long.

identifying, categorizing, and identifying with: making flags, coining terms, and posting about your experience. alterpathic conditions can also be divided into a couple of categories, which are detailed later in the post.

disconnect between your external and internal understanding of yourself: for some reason, even though you're aware that this isn't how conditions that affect the body work, you experience a reoccurring condition that is serious to you. this can be because of atypical dysphoria, delusions, alternate beliefs, delusions, or anything else similar.

appropriation, romanticism, causing harm: this doesn't mean that actions you take are automatically excused of harm, but it's a silent agreement and nodding between yourself and others that you're not trying to come from a place of ableism/bigotry.

ignoring/excusing bigotry: examples of ignoring/excusing bigotry would be implying that someone can "coin" a real mental illness/other condition in the same way you can coin a gender, implying you can "transition" into a congenital condition with subliminal videos or otherwise, and anything else that goes against science's understanding of illness and neurodivergence. there's nuance to this, of course, because the psychology field isn't an absolutely perfect field that can do no wrong - it's up to the person coining/the person identifying to look at the situation and act accordingly.

examples of situations that might bring you to identify this way:

being a fictive/kin/introject/etc of a character who had a disease or type of injury that was invented for their media, like zombie diseases, cyberbrain cclerosis, the cutie pox, hanahaki disease, etc, and feeling affected by it in any way

experiencing something in your system's headspace that's like a reoccurring illness

having limbs like wings, tails, horns, etc in your headspace with some kind of damage to them that causes you phantom discomfort

feeling anxiety/frustration because you're experiencing something on a metaphysical level which you know your physical body isn't experiencing, but it's still very serious to you and possibly even hurting your quality of life

grammar:

alterpathy: 1) the practice of naming/making flags/categorizing these, "here's my mogai blog and here's my alterpathy blog"; 2) this kind of condition. "my depression and my alterpathy make it hard for me," "i might have an alterpathy but i'm not sure"

alterpathic: descriptor that describes these conditions. "it's alterpathic," "how to cope with alterpathic..."

inspiration and some context on why we're coining this

this was largely inspired by the r*dqueer term of x*nomalady, because after the system looked into it, we did see a lot of cases of people who were genuinely experiencing something serious, but didn't seem to think that there was any space other than the rqc that would be accepting of someone identifying with a disease that technically didn't exist. these cases were mixed in with genuinely ableist people who displayed the behaviors i listed above in "ignoring/excusing bigotry," which feels wrong to me, and i think that people who aren't intending to harm anyone deserve their own terminology and space.

crossover

there is some crossover with dissodic, desirdae, intusui, ethix +etc good faith terms related to feeling like you have, internally have, desire, or identify with something you technically don't, and i think that's fine. you can identify with an alterpathic term and the equivalent of it in another term umbrella, that's fine. do whatever fits best to describe your experiences.

so, is this just x*nomalady but Good?

not exactly, i don't want this to be thought of as a 1-to-1 anti rq equivalent, because again, some x*nomalady people are just coining """disorders""" for fun because they think you can do that in the same way you would a gender. this is both an identity/experience, and a silent agreement to be critical of what you're putting out into the world. this is also not focused on "coining" new conditions unless that's really necessary. (not necessary = making up a new illness for funsies. necessary = putting a name to a reoccuring condition you've been experiencing in headspace, etc.)

in the same way that terms like dissomei and intusui aren't 1-to-1 tr*nsid but Good and are separate term umbrellas that have their own nuances and notes, this is a good-faith alternative for people genuinely experiencing this kind of thing.

can i coin my own?

yes, this is open to everyone to coin! though, i will be posting a couple of flags for some alterpathic things in a couple of days, so you might want to wait until those come out so you can see how i format the post.

TDLR: considering yourself to have a condition that's not possible in reality because of some internal identity, but not in a fashion where you ignore/excuse bigotry.

can i post this term on…

wiki/term definition sites: yes, and you don't have to ask, but i would like to be informed.

pinterest/other social medias: no, never, i'm not comfortable with someone else posting my term for me.

subtypes:

when a different self began working on this, he set out two subtypes of alterpathic condition. unlike something like the age ratings in nichelink, these are absolutely optional, and you don't have to include these in your term definition if you don't want to/don't find it useful. but i think that if you're like me and like lots of details, these could be appealing, so i will include what he wrote:

Fiction-based. This is aimed at conditions that are established some way in a work of fiction/media, such as:Hanahaki Disease Slender Sickness Radiation Sickness (as seen in the Fallout series, not the IRL version) Environment-Based. Specific conditions that you can recognize are happening because of things already in your environment, like trauma, alterhuman labels, existing neurodivergent symptoms and so on. As an example, I'll mention the specific thing one of the alters in my system has that inspired me to make this subtype. He is a fictive of an angel character, but from my perspective it is vary obvious that his wings don't work and cause him muscle cramps in our headspace as a metaphor for an injury we had when were a child that gave us severe muscle cramps and required extremely painful and traumatizing physical therapy. That's something that was in our environment, so I'd call it environment-based. Subtypes are an optional category though, and you might not be able to decide/understand if yours fits into one or both, and that's fine. Also, I acknowledge that just two subtypes might not be enough to cover all the bases, and also there are probably tons of conditions that fall into both or inbetween, and that's fine. I want to "cross that bridge as we come to it", and let people who identify with this tell me their thoughts about what other words need to be coined.

flag inspiration rambles

this flag went through a lot of design phases. it was originally much more inspired by the general disability flag, because we imagined that most of the appeal would be to people who are actually disabled (mentally ill people, etc). the final flag became more inspired by existing terms for people who experience a disconnect between themself and their conditions. i saw many examples of shades of purple and pink, scalloped stripes/rounded shapes, and specifically these flags were the biggest inspirations:

dissocogni and dissophysi by @/acetrappolaswife (deactivated)

desirsick/desirill by @shrubmogai

other stuff

tags: @antiradqueerguy | @radiomogai | @archive-of-form | @everythingarchive | @mad-pride maybe? | @plurality-faq | @anti-rq-gumi | @doomsd8ydevice // ask to be untagged

"would (thing) fit this?" ask, there's tons of room for discussion and nuance.

this post was written mostly by nichie.

flag template:

hanahaki disease example:

nonfunctional angel wings example:

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atypical euphoria and dysphoria flags

flags for anyone who has atypical euphoria or dysphoria

atypical meaning outside of what's usually considered when talking about dysphoria (like age or species euphoria instead of gender dysphoria) but if you have your own definitions of these that works too ‼️‼️

[nichelink]

nichelink: a newly coined niche relationship/relationship dynamic that differs from social norms, but is consensual and aware of potential risks.

differ from the norm: this is flexible and vague on purpose. see the ‘examples’ section.

probably niche: niche, probably not many people will identify as this, it’s just now been invented and posted on tumblr dot com, but it’s still a valid want and identity label.

aware of potential risks: this is inspired by the kink phrase Risk-aware consensual kink or risk-accepted consensual kink (RACK), and it means that everyone in the relationship is silently nodding and acknowledging there might be risks. you don’t have to prove yourself to others on this, don’t feel expected to tell everyone your personal business on how you’re managing this risk, because it’s not their relationship…

consensual: this is inspired by the kink phrase Consensual non-consent. basically it means that everyone in the relationship agreed to have the relationship play out a certain way, and the relationship may play out (maybe in a sort of roleplay-like fashion) like it’s non consensual, but everyone in the relationship is both expecting this to happen and still has the ultimate say on if things need to 100% stop or if it’s time for them to leave the relationship.

newly coined: i want to make it clear that existing relationship dynamics shouldn’t be shoved into this label because that feels disrespectful to those existing words, so essentially this means that existing words for it didn’t 100% describe this dynamic, so you can’t just say xyz thing is actually this term. (however, if you find one of these describes something you've already been doing for years, it's perfectly fine to start identifying with this of course.)

examples:

relationship where one person is treated as if they are an object owned by the other/s in the relationship

relationship where one person is treated as if they are a deity, and the other/s in the relationship are their followers

relationship where one person is treated as if they are a pet owned by the other/s in the relationship

relationship where one person is treated as if they are a child adopted by the other/s in the relationship

relationship where one person is transforming the other/s in the relationship into something

labels under this umbrella have a Ratings System.

All-Ages: a label that is suitable for all ages.

16+: a label that would be best if it was only used by people 16 years or older (bodily). this doesn’t mean that it’s NSFW or something, but should be used when the term has something pretty intense or serious about it which probably shouldn’t be practiced with younger people. all terms under this umbrella that involve identity modification or training are inherently 16+.

18+: a label that is inherently not suitable for people under 18 years (bodily).

grammar:

nichelinking: the state of being in this kind of relationship with someone else. “we’re nichelinking,” “we might start nichelinking”

nichelink: 1) the specific terms themself. “i coined a nichelink,” “definition: an all-ages nichelink where you…” 2) the relationship itself. “our nichelink,” “his last nichelink”

nichelinker: someone who participates in nichelinking.

there is currently no word for having a nichelink-related crush on someone, suggestions welcome.

inspirations

neurowiry

relationship anarchy

roleplay

found family tropes

desirdae

dissomei

my own personal experience of becoming someone’s “dad” - i made a friend in high school who i came out as transgender too, and then as a joke based on how people in the undertale fandom called toriel “mom,” we began referring to me as my friend’s “dad.” this joke stuck and then started genuinely being a serious part of our friendship. reflecting on this made me realize that there’s actually lots of relationships in life that’re similar, where you refer to each other as something unusual and it feels like it changes the entire status of your friendship. i liked the idea of making a word someone can use for this kind of friendship/relationship if they wanted.

i did a lot of writing about what this term means and can be used for and it ended up being long so you can read it on this page. (updated 1/10) here are some of the faq questions (but not all, so please read that page):

is this a k*nk thing?

no, it’s not intended to be. there are plenty of nichelink terms usable by anyone at any age. however if you’re an adult and you find a term appealing and start to use it because of k*nk things, more power to you, go right ahead.

is this anti r*dqueer?

i don’t find it makes sense to say that something that isn’t a stance term/blankqueer term is anti this or pro that. but this term was inspired by r*dqueer “consensual abuse” relationships, and i did start working on this because i saw that there were a lot of people who craved a specific relationship dynamic or way of being treated who felt like they couldn’t get that outside of the r*dqueer community, so i wanted to make a risk-aware and safer alternative that is not attached to a harmful community known for abuse, transphobia, racism, etc.

if you crave being treated a certain way, yes even in a “harmed” way, this term is welcome to you.

can i coin my own?

not yet. i’m still working out the kinks (🥁✨) on definitions and guidelines. i also have a big list of terms i’d like to coin for it. you can send me a request at least.

can i post this term on…

wiki/term definition sites: yes, and you don't have to ask, but i would like to be informed.

pinterest/other social medias: no, never, i'm not comfortable with someone else posting my term for me.

tags: @antiradqueerguy | @radiomogai | @the-silent-fellowship | @harmlesspersonalidentityarchive | @beyond-mogai-pride-flags | @desirdae-archive | @dissodic-archive | @kiruliom | @anti-rq-gumi | @antiradqueerguy | @neopronouns // ask to be untagged

general flag for all All-Ages nichelinks:

general flag for all 16+ rated nichelinks:

[kiruliom]

ID in alt text

dissomei/dissodic

a term to describe an involuntary disconnect one has have between their physical self and inner self, it is against transitioning if its unsafe or can harm other people. its symbol is 🧠🚫🫀

this can be because of (but isnt limited to):

atypical dysphoria

delusions, psychosis

systemhood, headmates/facets differing from physical body

alterhumanity, nonhumanity

BIID, facticious disorders

there is no set flag template to encourage creativity, but there is community-made ones if you prefer them.

originally coined by acetrappolaswife, now deactivated. both flag and descriptions have been simplified with as much integrity to the original as possible.

this term is NOT rad//queer friendly and was made as a safer version of trans//ids for those who want to leave the community. it is, however, not exclusive to them. if youre a proud, active rad//queer and want to use this, you literally have your equivelant of the term, go away. shoo.

original coining post and flags for archival and options:

link

ID in alt text

tagging: @dissodic-archive @radiomogai

[cleftanon]

ways i cope with plurality dysphoria ☆

making a private simplyplural and/or pluralkit and jotting down stuff about your "alters," i call mine personas

choosing personalities for each "alter" and giving them likes and dislikes (like OCs but private!)

thinking to myself in voices i assign to them (you can use voiceclaims for this, which you can find on youtube & tiktok)

assigning them roles and letting them help you cope with your issues!! bonus points if you go into your persona to help yourself get better !! ☆

making picrews of them & deciding on their looks & styles !! :D

come up with a system name , aesthetic , and other things to help you feel like part of a collective !!

talk and respond to yourself ... yeah

that's all i could think of off the top of my head !! :D feel free to add on!! ☆

OP is radqueer neutral, pro transid, & has no dni !!

[atypical-dysphoria-culture-is]

Atypical Dysphoria Emoji Codes

[PT: Atypical Dysphoria Emoji Codes]

Note! I plan to update this over time but for now these are the basic ones! If you have any I don’t have listed, please inform me! For more infomation check this out!

Term Codes

Dissomei : 🧠🚫🫀

Desirdae : 💫☁️ or 🌟🫙

Intusui : 👤💠

Atypical Dysphoria Codes

Atypical Dysphoria : 🧠🌀

Coping Atypical Dysphoria : 🧠🌀💚

Xenic Dysphoria : 🧠⭐️

BIID / Disability Dysphoria : 🧠🦽

Neurodiverse Dysphoria : 🧠🎭

Species Dysphoria : 🧠🐾

Age Dysphoria : 🧠🍼 or 🧠🥤or 🧠🍾

Time/Era Dysphoria : 🧠🕰️

Race Dysphoria : 🧠🖐️

Nationality Dysphoria : 🧠🏳️

Addiction Dysphoria : 🧠💊

Moral Dysphoria : 🧠⚖️

@atypical-dysphoria , @desirdae-archive , @dissodic-archive , @intusui

[shrubmogai]

atypical euphoria - a term for those who have body/species/mind/etc euphoria, outside of gender euphoria. for example, one might get euphoria from wearing animal ears or daydreaming or anything else. this is intended for those who have little/no atypical dysphoria but do get body/species/mind/etc euphoria, however those with atypical dysphoria are free to use it of course. i noticed a lot of focus on just dysphoria and, as someone who doesn't experience atypical dysphoria but does experience atypical euphoria, i wanted to coin a term that makes me more comfortable.

color meanings:

light green - all types of atypical euphoria (body, species, mind, etc)

yellow - euphoria and happiness via non-harmful transitioning

white - unity between everyone who experiences atypical euphoria

lavender - acceptance of oneself and one's internal identity

light blue - those who experience some amount of atypical dysphoria

dark blue - those who experience no atypical dysphoria

disclaimer: i am anti-radqueer and anti-transid, however, i can't stop those who are radqueer or transid from using this term/flag as long as they agree with the meanings. i would prefer if radqueer/transid folks not interact with this post as well. "harmful transitioning" includes things such as "race transitioning" and faking disorders, as those harm others.

[chronicallyqueerillegally]

Xenability

(Z-nah-bility)

A term for people who internally have abilities that human bodies cannot.

This term is aimed mainly at people who are plural, non-human, maladaptive daydreamer ect… this term could be used to help relieve dysphoria

This term differs from dissomei and such, as this person has said ability(ies) just not in their ‘physical form’.

This term is anti-radqueer and isn’t to be used for disabilities. It was originally meant for in-human abilities in general but I suppose some exceptions can be made if the user seems fit.

One can be partially or fluctuate with a Xenability.

Some examples could be:

Magibility- A cenability relating to magic

Flibility- A xenability relating to flight

Fangbility- a xenability relating to fangs

The second and third flag are for those who are Demi-Xenability, partially having said ability.

This was made for one of our headmates in particular.

The emoji code could be:

🌈✨✅

If you wanna get fancy with it

[redacted-coiner]

Siblings in Arms

A Handshake for those who may be both Dissomei(link) and Desirdae(link), Someone who is Desirdae and supports Dissomei folks, someone who is Dissomei and supports Desirdae folks, etc.

@dissodic-archive & @desirdae-archive

[questioning-ex-rq]

Pandissomei / Pandissodic

Pandissomei or Pandissodic (could also be called Dissoeverything) is a dissodic term that describes someone who feels involuntarily disconnected from the entirety of their physical / current self, believing that every aspect of them should be or is something else

This could refer to feeling disconnected from each individual part of yourself, being dissoage, dissobody, dissospecies, and so on, or just feeling disconnected from yourself as a whole. You don't have to identify under each dissodic umbrella individually to be pandissomei

This term is against transitioning if its unsafe or could harm others

@dissodic-archive, flag template by @kiruliom

[serra-coining]

Interexter

A term describing ones relation with ones outer self being disconnected in some way to ones inner self, with any multitude of aspects not matching up due to atypical dysphoria of some kind.

A person who feels their body's skin details do not match their inner self image, say for scars, would be scarintexter or interexscar. -intexter or -interexter being the suffix, or interex- being a prefix.

Inclusive to system alters, alterhumanity, and any and all things that may cause one atypical dysphoria.

Not a transid term. Radqueers and transx cannot touch this.

This post doesn't support any harmful transitions, only identity affirmation and a term to help describe ones dysphoria.

Etymology:

Inter -> interiore is Latin for inner

Exter -> exterius is Latin for outer

Latin is also the root of both French and Spanish which both have words starting in inter/exter for inner and outer (and are also the languages my partner and I speak <3)

Pronunciation: in-ter-ex-ter

Symbol:

Tagging:

@sanguinaryfreaks / @kennedy-coining

[nichelink]

Deity+Worshiper: a 16+ nichelink relationship dynamic where one person is the "deity" and the other/s are the "worshiper/s."

("deity" can be replaced with "god" "goddess" "goddex" or whatever term that person prefers, and "worshiper" can be replaced with "follower" "believer" or whatever that person prefers/sees accurate.)

this may include, but is not limited to:

the worshiper showing reverence and adoration for the deity

the deity being an introject/alterhuman/etc of a deity and wanting to recreate the feeling of having followers

the deity being desirgod/goddess, desirdeity, dissodeity, or other dissodic or desirdae terms

the deity being desirharmfulgod/godess and the worshiper giving them an outlet to express those feelings in a lighthearted/roleplaying way, or otherwise

the worshiper being a recovering r*dqueer and/or f*lt member and the deity giving them a safer outlet to express their desire to 'worship' someone

neomythic or creartheist terms/practices, or a community of people who use one of them choosing a person to become the deity to 'worship'

colors were inspired by Pit from Kid Icarus Uprising.

nichelink coining

tagging: @radiomogai | @beyond-mogai-pride-flags | @ficto-religious-archive | @desirdae-archive | @dissodic-archive | @kiruliom | @dreaming-of-mogai | @accessmogai // ask to be untagged or to be tagged in similar terms

i mention that some nichelink relationships shouldn't be started with just Implied Consent or Advance Consent in the page linked above. i think this is an example of one of those. please make sure to read the faq and be responsible with your influence on your nichelinking partner. it's your responsibility to do that.

[mantra-repeated]

Dissoprisblade

pt: Dissoprisblade :End pt

A dissopossessions subterm in which someone is disconnected to their external possessions, believing they own the pristine blade (from slay the princess) instead; it is for transition and/or dysphoria relief.

Mentions / Tags: @dissodic-archive, @radiomogai, @kiruliom, @smilepilled, @n-tcat

Banner transcript: This term was made by an Endogenic. Anyone can use it however (So don't repost or recoin, ask before adding to wikis) :End Transcript

Written flag ids under the cut, same as alt text

Main flag id: a horizontal flag with 9 spikey horizontal stripes. From top to bottom, the colors of the lines form a dark blackish brown to white gradient with the center being dark blackish brown, and the edges being white. Each stripe has a zigzag pattern along its edges. In the center is a dissomei symbol, a stylized brain, colored bark blackish brown. It is outlined first in light grey, and then again is a dark grey. On the symbol is the pristine blade from Slay the Princess. :End id

Alt flag id: a horizontal flag with 9 spikey horizontal stripes. From top to bottom, the colors of the lines form a dark blackish brown to white gradient with the center being dark blackish brown, and the edges being white. Each stripe has a zigzag pattern along its edges. In the center is a dissomei symbol, a stylized brain, colored bark blackish brown. It is outlined first in light grey, and then again is a dark grey. :End id

Plain flag id: a horizontal flag with 9 spikey horizontal stripes. From top to bottom, the colors of the lines form a dark blackish brown to white gradient with the center being dark blackish brown, and the edges being white. Each stripe has a zigzag pattern along its edges. :End id

[sage-thee-herbmaster]

Desirdae self

A multiself term for a fictional character or persona that either represents your desirdae identity or is a self that possesses some or all your desirdaes (This term is similar to desire self due them both representing selves who embodies traits which one desires for themself but are not the same!)

[the-silent-fellowship]

Identiora Holder

[PT: Identiora Holder]

Identiora Holder, a alter in a system whos job is to hold/hoards Identiora(link) terms. This can be mixed with other roles that may correlate with the terms they'd use. This can be a subtype of Atypical Dysphoria Holder(link) but can also just be a overall term holder.

Subterms are welcomed! If you make one please tag me! | Hoarder Holder Subterm(link)

[ID: in Alt text]

[Tags] @system-term-archive, @pluralitywords, @pluralterms, @radiomogai, @plurchive

[Extra] @dissodic-archive & @intusui