#osdid did

[bernadettethebear]

Man as a member of a system with mostly fictives I am here to say, for all fictives, despite not being one myself:

You are not "faking" because you are a fictive host, alter, ECT

You are valid and supported

There is nothing wrong with not wanting to be known for your source

There is nothing wrong with wanting to be known cor your source

Just because your someone's "favorite character" doesn't mean you have to like them

-Kaleb

[thefluxsystem]

You know what the worst part of having a dissociative disorder is, for me personally?

The emotional amnesia.

Your entire life feels like something that you watched on TV, rather than something that you actually lived through.

You know that some of the most horrific things imaginable have happened to you, and you feel nothing about it. Sure, the memories disgust you on principle, but you don’t feel anything.

It makes you question if anything that you remember is real. If that actually happened, shouldn’t it feel significant? Shouldn’t you be sad, angry, hurt, something?

And to top it all off, nobody understands. Not even yourself.

[veinsveinsveinsz]

the percentage of people with DID is pretty similar to the percentage of natural red heads, but you don’t see people going around fake claiming people with red hair

[necroticcadaver]

Do not claim to be a mental health advocate or a safe space for the mentally ill if you demonise systems, cluster B personality disorders and/or psychotic disorders.

[the-whistle-system]

If you know anyone with DID or OSDID, No you don’t!!

Keep that information private! These next four years are not going to be kind to people with mental illnesses

[13conk9s]

sigh. this is so sad. alexa play pk;m new

[delphientropy]

"the future is plural" "the future is singlet" the future is prioritizing healing. i hope the future is prioritizing healing, no matter what that healing looks like.

[ennieasys]

im doing the notes thing

I doubt it'll work but I have also witnessed the power of Tumblr so...

100 notes: I'll paint my nails the trans flag colors

200: I'll buy a nonbinary pride moth bracelet (skyebluez.com)

250: I'll also buy a classic pride bracelet (I know it's not a lot but it's kinda all I can afford)

500: I'll find a way to go out in public wearing all three

900: I'll talk to a friend that I suspect is a system about our DID

1000: I've been wanting to stream on twitch but am insanely anxious about it so if we hit this I'll do it at least once

1500: I'll have y'all recommend stuff and I'll make a poll

[stormyaxolotl]

System pfps and headers/banners

Shadow monster

art credits: not sure, got them off of pinterest

[ginganthropy]

okay so no one likes " the future is plural " right

buttt i think a slogan would be good to bring awareness of did/osdd!!

so what about:

" Not Your Horror Trope "

it attacks the stereotype that all systems are " dangerous " or " violent " aswell as the fact that our illness has been used for shock value in various films

it also doesnt specifically say " plural " or " system " in it, since ik some systems are uncomfortable with those terms ( we HATE being called plural )

lmk what you think!!

[total-eclipse-of-the-brain]

joining the war on pro vs anti endos on the side of anti endos. here is a screenshot of the DSM 5's dissociative identity disorder development and course section, aka how the disorder fucking forms. if you want you can look it up yourself! It's page 294.

also (page 291)

do you want to know why it says "In DSM-5, the dissociative disorders are placed next to, but are not part of, the trauma- and stressor-related disorders," instead of it being one? BECAUSE WE CANT FUCKING TEST TO SEE IF ITS SOULY A TRAUMA DISORDER BECAUSE IT'S UNETHICAL!! We know it's heavenly related to trauma but don't know the exact details because children's brains are so difficult. there could be a slight genetic chance that you become more likely to develop it but we do know you need to go through enough stressors that your brain uses dissociation to cope with to cause the block in the brain from your anp and ep's to not fully come together.

YOU CAN NOT BE PLURAL WITHOUT GOING THROUGH REPETITIVE TRAUMA IN YOUR CRUCIAL DEVELOPMENTAL PERIOD

[theorchardsys]

okay I've been seeing these posts talking about "don't let anybody tell you what is and isn't trauma :3" and I've got something I'd like to add.

Ready?

Promise?

Okay, you asked for it.

Trauma isn't the experience.

That's right. You read those words correctly. Trauma isn't the experience, but it is your reaction to it. The event is traumatic. Your reaction is trauma. And, I have to say, I agree. Don't let anybody tell you what is and isn't traumatic. Work that out with your therapist. Your trauma and what is traumatic to you is personal. Still, there is a difference between big T Trauma and little t trauma. This next section does get a touch triggering, so I'm gonna continue below the cut.

Big T Trauma (which I'll refer to as Trauma) is things like living through sexual assault, being in a natural disaster, being in a combat zone, or surviving a deadly car crash. Little t trauma (which I'll refer to as trauma) is things like getting fired, the death of a pet, a humiliating experience, or even just feeling unloved/unlikeable. These things can each be distressing in their own way. The easiest way to distinguish them is by whether or not there was a threat to your physical safety. However, though they are both still valid. They also normally end up having similar psychological damage. Though going through a natural disaster is arguably more likely to be a traumatic experience than, say, getting fired, both can have similar effects based on the person's mental and emotional reaction to the event. Anywho, I'll hop off my pedestal. If you would like sources, feel free to reply. Do not DM me. Thank you. :)

[the-whistle-system]

I hate the weird spiritual argument endos use to validate their existence

Endos talk about their plurality with such vagueness. It’s always about how there’s other forms of plurality that we don’t know of yet and it’s all so spiritual or whatever the fuck

Meanwhile people with DID, OSDID, CDD (etc) talk about the cause of their disorders with actual medical proof followed with rants about how it’s ruining their lives

It’s almost like it’s a disorder that ruins you life

It goes like this…

“So why do you have multiple people living inside your brain?”

DID systems: We have an identity disorder that effects our perception of reality because we were constantly traumatized as children

Endos: idk life is a mystery :)

[thefluxsystem]

something i don’t see talked about in the system community enough are the dissociative shutdowns.

when you’re in a system, you know what it feels like to not have control over your body because somebody else does. so, when you’re supposed to be controlling the body and, when life hits the fan, suddenly it won’t do anything you want it to do, it’s terrifying.

the world feels crushing yet far away at the same time. your eyes are looking around, but they’re not truly seeing. you can hear someone talking, and you can’t respond— and if you are, the words falling off your lips are foreign and feel numb on your tongue.

when you’re in that state you feel nothing. you don’t notice your own actions (if you can even muster any), you don’t register touch or pain, you don’t feel cold, you don’t feel heat.

hours pass. maybe it’s only minutes? it’s impossible to tell. you’re frozen in time and space but everything is still moving on around you.

then all the sudden it’s over. at least it seems over. something still feels… wrong. but there’s no time to address that.

as time goes on, it turns out that you never really circle back to why that happened. until it happens again. then you ignore it. the cycle continues.

[delphientropy]

(may edit/revise in the future)

you say the future is plural,

that there will be thousands nested in yours,

but i hope that your future is not true.

if it were,

every day, the news would be horrid.

every parent to hold a belt like a whip

every parent dismissive and neglectful

every friend hostile and hissing

every doctor cruel and unwelcome

every priest holding you down, you are devilish

every human to hold you as a freak

every water prepared to sink you.

your future sounds like a nightmare.

i hope the future is unity.

i hope the future is single.

i hope the future is one.

[rebcalytkin]

“osdd/did is so rare!!” “you’d have to go through 3 world wars worth of trauma for that to ACTUALLY develop” “ur not one of those cringelords with anime characters in their head, right?” SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT THE FUCK UPPPPPPPPPPUUHHH!!