many cryptids in a trenchcoat

system sideblog. we follow from our main! general tw for trauma/abuse/csa mention

[leathersys]

on having a "collective consciousness"

[mysticalcats]

it's really gross how you can be self aware enough to know what's going on in your head but you can't actually stop it from happening. i need to grab it like a pigeon that got stuck in a house and throw it out the window. be free

[dambiex]

the problem with parents is that they are undiagnosed

[faesaint]

DID sucks because in the morning you think "maybe I'm actually normal and I should stop overanalyzing my experiences and just enjoy life" and in the evening you get possessed by the ghost of yourself from 2018

[one-voice-of-many]

Idk maybe that's why

[thenightsystem]

Most people only get 4 stress responses: Fight, Flight, Fawn, and Freeze.

people with DID unlock the secret fifth one: Forget

-host

[dissociation-memes-shoppe]

[manycryptids]

sometimes it's as simple as a character having your name that brings you to the front

[manycryptids]

why does the tumblr layout keep changing

[rigormortisangel-deactivated202]

[sinister-system6]

our brain when something stressful happens

[kadunud]

[sucked-into-abagel]

When ppl talk about alters being stuck in trauma time, they usually talk about those alters not knowing the body's friends, or recognizing where they live, or any number of physical reality changes. And we've definitely had that experience! But more often what "alters being stuck in trauma time" means for us is those alters know basic physical reality facts, but their emotional reality has not changed at all. So they might know our best friend, but they aren't connected to how that friend and I interact. They respond to everything like the trauma is still happening, so they expect any mistake to be met with punishment, they expect the ppl around them to suddenly hurt them without warning, they have no ability to use our modern coping methods, and they have no concept of anything being other than the abusive environment of our youth.

So yeah, our trauma-stuck alters typically know we live in a different house and our dad isn't coming home, and they know things like we graduated college and the names of our friends. What we struggle with a lot more is getting them to understand that this current time isn't just our childhood with new set dressings.

[scarybrained]

It’s Second-hand Soup #63, “Pizza Bites”! DID can be pretty stressful at times, good thing there’s pizza snacks. 🍕😋💖

[oursystemblog]

Well that's one way to do it

[traumasurvivors]

Your trauma is valid even if you weren't a perfect victim. Whether that means you screamed back, slammed doors, or got argumentative or something else. It still doesn't mean you deserved abuse, or asked for it.

[manycryptids]

i love how jingling keys are stILL a trigger like cmON BRAIN GET OVER YOURSELF

[manycryptids]

5 years after posting this and it is sTILL a trigger, though not as bad as it used to be