#internal family systems

[uniquely-plural]

As a part of the new tumblr beta feature Communities, we've been approved for one of our very own - And I would love your help building this Fully Inclusive Plural Community with me! 💜

The infrastructure is still being developed, so there's some bugs and built in restrictions - We can only invite about 20 more people in right now, only main blogs, no sideblogs, sorry. This also means I'll be posting there from my main @afaintcloudyhaze :)

If you're interested in joining, please let me know in a reply to this post from your main blog. The only requirement is that you feel a connection to plurality and you want to contribute to the conversation about it.

#pluralgang #plural community #actually plural #Traumagenic system #endogenic system #endo safe #dissociative identity disorder #other specified dissociative disorder #tulpamancy #thoughtforms #soulbond #daemonism #internal family systems

[ari-leah-arts]

Innocence and Playfulness

“Vader said it’s safe to come out and play now.”

“It is. We have missed you.”

(IFS art. Little Theo is an exile who’s been recently reunited with his caretaker.)

Edit: forgot Norman’s scar.

#internal family systems #ifs #green goblin #norman osborn #ifs therapy #theodore haas #Theo #my art #ifs art #welcome home Theo. Norman has missed you dearly. try not to be mad at Vader. he was protecting you.

[aleatoryw]

I've been reading No Bad Parts, which is about internal family systems therapy, and immediately off the bat it is giving me better mental health advice than any other book, article, or healthcare worker ever has. highly recommend, especially if you currently or in the past dealt with self harm or overwhelming emotions

#internal family systems

[healingchildhoodtrauma]

#parts work #reparenting #inner child healing #structural dissociation #internal family systems #healing from abuse #trauma healing #cptsd

[selkra-souza]

One day I was sitting at my 6th grade class bored out of my mind, then I had the idea to play music in my head to pass the time. I haven't been able to turn it off since.

#selkra scribbles #my art #emotionsonas #inner world #paracosm #paraportal #paracosmonaut #worm #oc #oc character #oc ref sheet #oc reference #ref sheet #imaginary world #imaginary friend #creature design #creature #original character #character design #character reference #internal family systems

[probablyhuntersmom]

My remaining long metas - Retraumatization vs. Self-Soothing (Part 2), another called Holding the Space, and the one where I interpret stuff more loosely than usual to explore Belos's impact on Luz and Hunter's experiences with mental illness - they're taking a while to do up.

But here's a treat in the meantime: one of the two main modalities I use with my clients (called Internal Family Systems, or IFS), used as a framework to understand Hunter's inner world. Modalities help therapists to make sense of clients' issues.

The first pic shows the parts of Hunter that are wounded or pushed to extremes: organized into three categories called Managers, Firefighters and Exiles. Exiles are suppressed and pushed aside because they are viewed as threats to the whole system. Any emotion in the Manager category prepares for difficulties in life (often over-preparing), Firefighter emotions are quick and reactive, showing up to try and soothe Exiles to try and rebalance the whole system, but are at risk of causing harm.

The second pic shows his Self, which can be said to be any person's true self and is restorative and positive. In therapy, using this framework is to 1. get Manager and Firefighter parts to stop suppressing the Exiles, 2. encourage Exile parts of a person to feel safe and express themselves, and 3. draw out the person's naturally restorative Self to lead the wounded/extreme parts of them towards feeling peace.

A therapist doesn't necessarily have to help every wounded part unless the client wants them to. Sometimes it's a bit tricky to tell the various parts apart, e.g. the line between Hunter's caretaker side (a Manager) and his natural compassion (Self) is a fine one. What to look out for is if he is taking care of others to avoid feeling worthless (an Exile). Usually once the Self is engaged, positive transformation can happen fairly quickly.

Anyway, don't mind my

-ing. Something for your minds to chew on while I work on the other metas.

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Update, 31/12/2023:

Whoopsie, I'll only finish and upload "Holding the Space" for perhaps the Watching and Dreaming anniversary in 2024. I was working on it very slowly but it simply wasn't flowing.

#toh hunter #the owl house #internal family systems #all the qualities in the Self section were definitely shown in his arc. but I just chose some scenes that stood out

[aura-dragonfly]

I call my parts/facets, 'personas'. My therapist said that's actually normal. She is even okay with me saying 'we' sometimes, too. She is okay with me naming them, too. If it is normal, why don't people talk about it more? Why don't people explore different parts of themselves more? It's perfectly fine to be Median, folks. Encourage it. Embrace it. I know it's hard sometimes to let certain parts have a voice, but we all should. They're all us. She also mentioned Internal Family Systems.

#median system #median #median plurality #actually median #median systems #median culture #median culture is #internal family systems #personas #persona #plurality #facets #facet

[selkie-ifs]

Parts work is challenging when your loudest part is avoidance

#avoidance #parts work #internal family systems #umbra is so loud this month #i have an appointment tonight and i want to cancel it so bad hahaha

[sysmedsaresexist]

What is Internal Family Systems

And how is it different from DID?

#syscourse #ifs #internal family systems

[ari-leah-arts]

IFS!Piett. Logic and Reason. Probably the oldest member of the system. Loves saying “It is what it is”.

“It is easy to be logical. It is almost impossible to be logical to the bitter end.” - Albert Camus.

#firmus piett #admiral firmus piett #admiral piett #ifs system #ifs therapy #internal family systems #ifs!Piett #my art

[daughterofanarcissistwoman]

I find it hard when I see old pics/videos of me not because I think I was "cringe" but because I can see how vulnerable/trusting I was and see clearly now how the people around me were taking advantage of me and it infuriates my inner protector

#inner child healing #reparenting #structural dissociation #parts work #internal family systems #trauma #abuse

[arcane-sync]

I need someone who understands both Internal Family Systems therapy and DID.

I met another counselor who uses IFS to treat DID, and she has... strong opinions on the "true self." She describes it as a state of being at peace, a part that is totally self-loving and accepting. So her treatment is working with different alters until the true self emerges. This part became a thing at the time of the first trauma experienced, and the job at that point is aging that part up and healing it. And... that fixes the DID? Supposedly?

Is this an accurate picture of how IFS is used to treat DID?

Cause if so, my interest in both this counselor and modality has dropped off a cliff. The way she said it was like every alter is a fake, and if they would just... get out of the way, we'd be healed. But since they wont, the only option is to make them get along.

I'm sure all my self doubt and emotional hurt will come up and consume me at some inconvenient point later.

#actuallydid #dissociative identity disorder #internal family systems

[healingchildhoodtrauma]

#reparenting #inner child healing #trauma healing #parts work #structural dissociation #internal family systems

[huecollective]

The never-ending cycle of finally accepting that you’re a system only to question and think you are faking all within a few hours.

#median system #mediple system #osdd system #osddid #plural system #pluralism #plurality #internal family systems #osdd #questioning system

[sophieinwonderland]

can you do like. median tulpamancy? like creating facets

I believe so.

I talk about this a bit in my Foundations post.

I call this Splintering, where you take an existing part of yourself and through tulpamancy-like practices, talk to it and treat it like its own person until you've dissociated from it enough that it becomes its own entity.

It's not that different fron Internal Family Systems therapy.

The only issue is that once that part is fully independent and self-aware, you can't control them. So even if they start as a facet, they may deviate into a full headmate.

Deviation should be taken into account before beginning any sort of tulpamancy.

#plural #plurality #tulpamancy #tulpa #endogenic #internal family systems #ifs #multiplicity #systems #system #plural system #endogenic system #pro endo #pro endogenic #endo safe #median system #median #facets #actually plural

[selkie-ifs]

#internal family systems #infographic