on a bit of a similar note to the last ask: stance on endo-systems (not trying to get you involved in system discourse btw)
Short answer: Endo-systems are not a thing! If itās not traumagenic, it just isnāt.
Long answer: I have a similar feeling about the endo system community that I have towards proshippers. (That sounds extreme but hear me out.)
They are VERY different, but one thing that Iāve observed from both communities are the adults that know better and know that itās a harmful thing to preach about, believe in, spread around and misinform on. And the children/teenagers that trust these adults and think people who are against their community just donāt get it, theyāre hateful, ignorant ETC.
And, another thing in common when it comes to the younger people in these communities: trauma. May not always be true for the endos, but in the case thatā and this HAS happenedā these endo kids actually do have trauma that they havenāt remembered yet. Itās harmful that theyāre misinterpreting themselves because a bunch of 30 year old larpers told them āYou donāt have trauma, you donāt NEED to have trauma or understand why you have a system. You just are.ā
Same thing with proshippers. āYouāre not indulging with us pedophiles because you were possibly abused as a kid, itās just fun and fiction after all.ā
I mean sometimes it isnāt that, sometimes they arenāt systems at all. They may have other mental shit going on, whether it be feeling the need to force themselves into a mental health community they donāt belong in or other mental things are happening and a trauma-less system is all they can come up with.
Iāve met all of the above. Especially friends that felt like they are 100% a system just because I was which made me uncomfortable. One or two saying they were ājealousā of it?
I can only hope the children and young teens involved learn better when they get older and drop that endo label when they know better. (Hopefullyā¦)
Probably wonāt talk much on this again because I donāt want to be super negative on my art accounts. That being said though, I still donāt personally wanna associate or have those people, young or old in my spaces.
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