Getting a blanket of a comfort character because I feel safe with them around and then promptly realizing there is a fictive I haven't met? Happened twice now. The blankets are still soft.

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Getting a blanket of a comfort character because I feel safe with them around and then promptly realizing there is a fictive I haven't met? Happened twice now. The blankets are still soft.
Polyfragmented gothic: I don’t know how many of you guys are in here and at this point I’m too afraid to ask.
I just wanted to share that I'm a moderator for a discord server for systems! It's 13+ and is super friendly! If anyone is interested in joining message me for an invite link!
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I tried to explain troll quadrents to the host's fiance but they didn't get it till I sent them a meme about it
At least now they don't have to listen to karkat infodump and be lost
-dave
Hello! If you are a blog that talks about:
Trauma
DID
Positivity
Schizophrenia
Mental Health
DID Littles in particular
Coping skills
Please like or reblog this so I can follow you and make new friends! I’m not looking for blogs that are anti-recovery, thanks!
DO NOT REPOST THIS COMIC. IF YOU WANT TO SHARE IT, PLEASE DO SO FROM THE SOURCE.
Here is my submission for @zakeno’s Mental Health Zine to help fight stigma in the professional field. My contribution is about my experiences with Dissociative Identity Disorder, which is sadly highly stigmatized and misunderstood, even within the mental health field (despite there being tons of concrete research to support it). Coming out about having DID is a thing that makes me very nervous, admittedly, but I want people to know that Dissociative Identity Disorder is very real and we deserve to be acknowledged and not feel like our existence has to be hidden or shameful.
I’m posting this comic in full is because DID deserves so much more recognition than it gets, but please go check out the kickstarter for the full zine and consider supporting it: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1056477701/the-animated-brain-mental-health-in-the-animation
Since I was limited to 5 pages for this specific project, this is only the very bare bones introduction to DID, and there is easily a million more things that can be talked about in how it presents and affects people individually, but hopefully this is a comprehensive introduction based on my personal experiences.
Even though this is only 5 pages, it was one of the most difficult projects we have done and took a few months because trying to get everyone as an alter to contribute when they were fronting to show our range in skills was a waiting game. Sadly, we were running out of time so sort of just had to have whoever was out at the end finish it (which was mostly Devyn).
Like briefly talked about in the comic, DID forms in response to repeated childhood trauma (generally by ages 6-9) when failing to integrate a singular sense of self is needed for survival. This failure to integrate experiences, memories, etc. leads to these self states being able to function independently from each other and control the body at different times with varying levels of amnesia between switches. As time goes on, the more each part experiences different aspects of day to day life, the more and more differentiated and developed they can become from each other. Even though alters can be highly distinct and can function as if they were individual people (and boy can it feel that way on top of a lot of us preferring to be acknowledged as separate from each other in our body), the reason it’s called Dissociative Identity Disorder and no longer goes by its outdated name, Multiple Personality Disorder, is because alters aren’t actual separate fully-fledged personalities, but instead a single individual’s life and experiences split up from each other in a bunch of dissociated self states.
If anyone is interested in knowing more about DID, I always recommend this website as a great source: http://did-research.org/
I’ll also throw in the Myths and Misconceptions page: http://did-research.org/did/myths.html
Spoilers: No people with DID don’t have secret killer alters and are no more dangerous than literally any other person. DID is a defense mechanism/way you develop to navigate your environment, and for us specifically, we continued to be victims of abuse and mistreatment even until recently due to our amnesia and lack of awareness hiding the knowledge when people were harming us.
Happy Mental Health Awareness Month, everyone!
So I'm kind of expecting to split again sooner or later bc of quarentine and tramaverseries in the next week and other things. Like I'm starting to get the split symptoms.
And ive recently read Homestuck and realised I kin Dave strider.
And I want to ignore it until things are ok again because I'm scared I'll get another fictive and I don't want that possible comfort to be taken from me before I can enjoy it.
I have no issue with having fictives but if I get a Homestuck fictive then it'll feel like Homestuck can't be my thing- like it's not mine to enjoy anymore.
It's real hard tho because it's the only thing bringing me comfort right now.
-dean
I was not incorrect. Dave and karkat have joined the system. But I can still enjoy Homestuck without feeling weird about it so that's good.
-dean
fake conversations in your head of you venting to someone
working through trauma by yelling at no one while driving alone
validating yourself by imagining situations where bad things happen to people and you save them
reinforcing trust in your loved ones by imagining situations where bad things happen to you and they save you
Explaining things to your therapist in an imaginary session
Projecting all your trauma onto an imaginary character and imagining others comforting them
Wanting fictional characters to have all the emotional support and physical affection you’ve always wanted
Writing a character that goes through the same troubles as you and give them loving family and friends to help them cope
these are actually healthy copong mechanisms
Oh, thank goodness.
Oh…
date a headmate who is polyamorous
Reblog this if you think DiD systems are valid.
Gonna show this shit to my dad and gonna punch him in the face with how many agree with us.
I felt cute today- look at this ~ rosie
So I'm kind of expecting to split again sooner or later bc of quarentine and tramaverseries in the next week and other things. Like I'm starting to get the split symptoms.
And ive recently read Homestuck and realised I kin Dave strider.
And I want to ignore it until things are ok again because I'm scared I'll get another fictive and I don't want that possible comfort to be taken from me before I can enjoy it.
I have no issue with having fictives but if I get a Homestuck fictive then it'll feel like Homestuck can't be my thing- like it's not mine to enjoy anymore.
It's real hard tho because it's the only thing bringing me comfort right now.
-dean
Me: "I'm faking it."
My alters: "You're not faking it."
Me: "But here're the reasons I'm faking it..."
DID/ OSDD communituy: Debunks the reasons I'm faking it.
Psychology literature: Debunks the reasons I'm faking it.
Literally the DSM itself: Debunks the reasons I'm faking it.
Me: "Looks like I'm faking it."