For this post: introject can mean factive, fictive, fucktive (faitive/fcktive) and anything else in that umbrella. "You" is "general you".
A lot of plurals are far too comfortable saying "we don't want an introject", "we're trying so hard not to get introjects", "ugh, splitting/forming introjects again", "man, we have too many (insert source here) introjects!"... and it gets even more intense when the sources are real people, villains or abusers, have doubles, divine/mythological figures, personifications (of songs, buildings, countries, institutions, mental illness, etc.), canon-divergent, special interest, or the sources are "problematic" in whatever way is trendy to bully plurals on the internet right now...
I think that's disrespectful at best. Imagine people keep saying, "oh I don't want to be like you" and "I don't want to have you as my roommate" not for your actions, but for your existence. To current/past and future introjects, they may hear, "damn, my headmates hate me and people like me so much."
And at worst, I feel like it may wire your brain to be more unwelcoming of introjects. If you keep walking the same path in the grass, it'll become un-grassed. Shame will more easily spring up at their formation, splitting, and/or walking in... And while feeling shame is valid and thought crimes aren't real, shame can often be a precursor to suppression and other forms of intrasystem mistreatment.
The thing is, introjects are also your headmates. They will join you in this life and body. They're not "invaders" or "last resorts" or "forming/splitting/walking in to embarrass you for having a crush/special interest/etc.". They're not tools who only exist to comfort you. They're not "making your system look bad". They're not a receptacle for your internalized shame.
They're members of your system. Whether they have a role/purpose or not, they'll most likely be with you for the rest of your life. So, please, try to at least respect them as a person and find a way to be okay with their existence. And after that? You can find that they're like everyone else. They can be kind, or cruel. They can be friends, partners, co-workers, family. They're not a bogeyman to be feared.
~Mod Reaper [Plain text: Mod Reaper]