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#plural #plurality #actually plural #syscourse

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ouaaauuugghgh!!!

I don’t need a vacation when I have this view

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if you are against fakeclaiming and also don't "believe" systems of non traumagenic origins, we hope you heal soon.

#plural #actually plural #plurality

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regretting choosing to exist on tumblr with the amount of hate in the plurality tags and just thinking about where else we can go to just brain dump

we could not care. but not caring is hard and alienating.

it's hard to find community anymore

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reposting a self-servicing little zine i wrote about 4 years ago originally posted on my now suspended twitter that now resides in my non-corpoate-owned blog

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imagining what would happen if the tags were instead "traumas dni" "traumagenics dni" "traumagenos dni" "traumagenics fuck off"

#plural #plurality #actually plural #just a stray thought

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"dear plural systems please get weirder" you cannot even cope with systems with origins different than yours.

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we're stuck behind a mask and it hurts so much.

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we're shy because we fear ridicule

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warning lights and sirens flashing but nobody can do anything about it

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the yearning. the yearning. the yearning

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Listen to me. Shows aimed at kids will always have a lower bar than ones aimed at adults and especially ones aimed at adults who are already invested in the franchise. Prodigy didn't have to be as good as any other modern trek show. And yet, it's better. I do still love LD more but Prodigy is objectively the best new trek show. It's miles above the bar it had to reach while others (definitely Pic, arguably SNW) fail to reach even the bar set for Prodigy, let alone their own bars. Prodigy is a very good show, it both values its predecessors and looks into the future, it treats both existing and new characters fairly, it's the one new trek that truly doesn't shy away from worldbuilding, it preserves the spirit of star trek and even if none of this were true, it's the only show with the intention of bringing in new fans. It truly is the legacy series. Plus it is simply enjoyable to watch.

Watch Prodigy.

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we don't enjoy that we need to say this, but if you look down and exclude any system or form of plurality for what you perceive is their "origin", then you need not interact with our blog

#plural #plurality #systems #actually plural #plural community #plural system #sysblr

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Getting functional with DID can feel like...

- I probably have a subsystem, but I'm applying for jobs so I don't really care about that right now

- Some of us have never experienced a long-term psychotic episode before because they were inactive before our symptoms started manifesting. It's alright, we'll give them the spark notes now and the full rundown when we feel better.

- "THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD."

- I'm not quite sure who I am, but we're *all* [name] and that's enough to pick up our prescriptions

- Someone's co-conscious and IDK who, but let's go get coffee together because we're *going* to get along, god damn it

- All of the scariest parts look like adults (or monsters), but they're kids. We have to talk to them like they're scared children, and they scream a little quieter.

- "THE WORST THINGS THAT COULD'VE HAPPENED TO US HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED. WE CAN DO THIS."

- I don't need to know how everything works. We're all strong and smart: we can figure it out as we go and be ok.

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we're still learning so much about ourselves. it's a lovely tingly feeling

#plurality #plural

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Here’s my metaphor for systemhood that I tell my singlet friends.

Imagine you’re playing a first person video game. You have the controller, you control your character. It’s a normal first person game. You are an alter, the character is the body. This is fronting.

Other people live with you. Sometimes, they come into the room and sit and watch while you play. They sometimes try to guide you, give you advice on what to do next. They don’t always agree, and they can argue with each other. Other times they scream at you that you’re doing everything wrong and you suck at this game. This is co-consciousness.

Imagine how distracting it would be for people around you to tell you what to do, or to scream at each other or at you, even if they have good intentions. It wouldn’t be easy to focus on your game, would it?

Then sometimes, something happens in the game that prompts you to hand off the controller to someone else so they can play and you get a break. This is (some types of) switching. This can be good.

Other times, someone rips the controller out of your hand or fights you for it. This is (other types of) switching. And sometimes, six other players hook up their controllers, but there’s only one character to play as. So all of you have your controllers, but you’re all trying to play the same character. This is cofronting.

Imagine how difficult that would be. Imagine how hard it would be to try and play a game while someone is trying to take the controller from you, or while six other people are trying to play too.

There are also times that nobody is playing, or you can’t decide who should play. What’s happening to the character in the game? What are they doing if no one is playing? This is dissociation. The character is doing nothing. They’re stuck.

This is the best metaphor I have come up with for being a system. It’s something a lot of people get because they’ve played games before.

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we're feeling a tad dissociative today. but maybe it's a sign of good things to come

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