The circus collective

Collectively we use he/him System main fronters/posters: Art, Starscream, Megatron DNI: Nontraumagenic "systems"

[ballerarttie]

"Youre actually hypocritical if you're a system and hate endos" No im not dawg I just hate ppl who use a disability as a way to fulfill their fuckass fantasies or whatever endos do like I hate endos bc they know for a fact they don't have trauma and still want to be "plural" if you want to be a system and you aren't one you're weird like it's not all fun and games dawg sometimes (a lot of times for us actually) it's funny bc head mates can be stupid as fuck but it's not fun just now one of our alters Star (aka sb Starscream love that little guy) his bf who is from a different system got murdered in their headspace and it's still not fun btw bc we're still getting updates about him like he's not permanently dead but obvi it's still a worry ANYWAYS endos suck and if you support them suck my tiny nonexistent dick

-Art

[ballerarttie]

I keep seeing posts with endos saying "*sigh*.... I want to be plural..." DAWG NO TF YOU DON'T it's a disorder made from TRAUMA... Woah... You don't want to have it and you don't have if bc ur an endo and you know you dont I fucking hate endos so much it pisses me off BLOCK ME IF YOU AN ENDO

-Art

[feversys]

alter i hardly know her WHAT who said that

[sotiredofendos]

A system is a collection of alters. Alters are chronically dissociated self states, with different neurological pathways that often are accompanied by a varying degree of amnesia. Dissociation is caused by stress/trauma. Alters are a byproduct of dissociating from trauma. You can’t dissociate from trauma you do not have. You cannot dissociate without trauma. You cannot have alters without trauma. You cannot have a system without alters.

You cannot be a system without trauma.

Do you have to know about the trauma ? No. Does it have to be a certain type of trauma ? No. Does it need to be a certain severity ? No. It just needs to have occurred during critical developmental period of the brain. Before the ego states have stitched together, it must be chronic, and beyond the child’s stress threshold, otherwise it will not disrupt the developmental growth. This is different for everyone. The reason trauma cannot be listed as a diagnostic criteria, is because there is no “xyz trauma that causes dissociative disorders”. It’s completely unique to each person suffering from the disorder. And in often cases, the person suffering from the disorder isn’t aware of their trauma. That’s the point of the disorder. This does not mean you don’t need trauma to suffer from a dissociative disorder. Systems are byproducts of dissociative disorders, you cannot be a byproduct of a disorder you do not have.

Endos are not systems. What do I mean by this? I mean that, by definition, that term is not suited for them, and is not meant to describe them. Just like kinning doesn’t mean you’re a system, just like roleplaying doesn’t mean you’re a system, just like religious practises such as tulpamancy isn’t a system. You are perfectly free to do whatever you please, truly. But do not compare it to being a system. You do not share our experiences. You are a different community entirely, and that’s ok.

But please, for the love of god, stop invading our community, and stop spreading misinformation about an already stigmatised and misunderstood disorder.

I understand if you didn’t know better. But please, educate yourself, and stop spreading this misinformation. Being a system isn’t an identity. It’s not a label. And please, stop comparing it to being queer. This is a mental illness. Being queer is not a mental illness.

[unearthlycollective]

you are valid.

you are valid if you dont switch often.

you are valid if you switch extremely often.

you are valid if you are fictive heavy.

you are valid if you are introject heavy.

you are valid if you arent open about your system.

you are valid if you are very open about your system.

you are valid if your headmates date inside your system.

you are valid if your headmates date outside your system.

you are valid if you have no partner systems.

you are valid if you have a ton of partner systems.

you are valid if you are constantly blurry.

you are valid if you always know whom is fronting.

you are valid. ღ

[fleshfictive]

NOT supportive to your system friends:

- "can you make [alter] front?"

- always asking who's fronting

- getting upset when they can't remember something

VERY supportive to your system friends:

- giving them money

- "here's $50 for you"

- relinquishing your money to them

- offering them money

[ballerarttie]

I'mma be so fr end is arent valid. No I don't mean ppl who don't know about trauma. I mean ppl who know their nontraumagenic. You can't be a system without trauma.

-Starscream