me but also there's more

did system, they/them collectively

[mebutalsotheresmore]

Welcome to our blog!

did + autistic

collective pronouns are they/them

bodily 21

we speak both spanish and english

Some thing to keep in mind byf:

we block easily, dont take it personally!!

we are anti-endo

the info on this intro post is subject to change!

some userboxes under the cut!!

[anti-endo-pdid-positivity]

This is your reminder that it’s ok to not know everything about your system and how it works.

It’s ok to go “I don’t know why that happened” and “I don’t know who is influencing me right now”. It’s completely normal and part of the disorder’s design - to keep stuff hidden from you.

[ghost-jester-sys]

SYSTEMSSSSS BINGBINGBINGBING

i have a link for yall to some worksheets

while these should primarily be worked through with a trauma-informed therapist or DID specialist, we use some of them in our daily life.

they include steps to calm flashbacks and trauma memories, journalling tools (be cautious with these in a prev post i talk abt how going blindly into dissociated journalling can be detrimental. post linked at end) as well as useful tools for understanding yout parts

Worksheets

DID/OSDD Symptom Management CPTSD/DID Symptom Checklist Dissociation Log:  A log to help the host identify throughout the day what level of

here is the post about my experience doing dissociated journalling whilst uninformed and should serve as a warning to newer or unstable systems

💬 7  🔁 1  ❤️ 28 · yo if ppl in ur life r also systems and theyve only just rlly found that out and r working on therapy methods DO NOT and

[syscultureis]

FOR ANYONE WHO USES SIMPLY PLURAL

not a culture is post, but for us Simply plural is like the only thing we have to help us manage this disorder

From what we've heard Simply Plural will be shutting down on June 1st. Idk if that means completely shutting down and the app being un-openable or if it just means no longer being available on the play store

But regardless, it's extremely disheartening. Systems already have so few options for things to help us and things that recognize us as more than some sort of roleplay

BUT THIS POST IS FOR ALTERNATIVES!!

We have used both Octocon and Ampersand, and personally we very much prefer Amper but it's also only available on Android right now

Several systems are just switching to Tupperware or PluralKit in discord, and again personally we hate that for our system

We have not found a lot of great alternatives, Ampersand has been the best so far, but if you are worried about losing alter data we highly recommend putting down your information in a notes app, Simply note, Notion, or Google docs file so you can still keep that information

Comments of this post will be completely open, if you have better options pls comment them, and if you want to pls send an ask or with a link to this post and we can add other alternatives into the post directly

We still hope that it's going to turn out like the tiktok bans did, but we also want to be sure systems with larger system counts have time to start moving things around if needed, especially since we only heard this from a tiktok when we first heard it

[crypt1d-collective]

AFAWK, writelighthouse is not accepting new members but if you have an account already its great! not very much like simplyplural though

system connect is the most like SP from what we've heard, with front logs and chatting features, and is accepting new members currently

[attiplayz]

I saw Octocon shut down so I made a fork of it: Fishbowl!

It's pretty much a full copy and we have discord working with the Google Play app open to test.

If you wanna use it head to https://fishbowl.systems

The official discord community/support server for the Fishbowl bot and mobile app. | 23 members

[syscultureis]

System culture is pretending you don’t have DID for a whole year just because you don’t want it

It did not make my diagnosis go away, unfortunately

.

[mebutalsotheresmore]

this is so upsetting, not only do i struggle a lot w sudden change but also the 'status' feature was the most helpful to me and the alternatives dont seem to have a feature like that.... man :(

[mebutalsotheresmore]

is simplyplural shutting down? i was just abt to start using it again :/

[mebutalsotheresmore]

january 1st me wouldnt believe the year i had so far

[thehybridsystem]

[mebutalsotheresmore]

our energy has been an at all time low but we have classes to attend, i keep dragging myself out of bed but god im so exhausted

[themiichannelsystem]

Headspace but its just:

[hazedxg0]

I feel like I'm progressively losing my mind logging on to Tumblr and seeing people say things like "wow, I wish we knew how splitting and switching worked, too bad DID is so under researched :("

My friend. Respectfully. We know both of those things.

We know way more about DID than the internet would lead you to believe. We know how DID forms initially, how alters split afterwards, what happens on a psychological and neurobiological level when switching, we know what kinds of trauma will cause DID and what kind of trauma cause specific alter types, we know what leads to specific presentations of DID, we know how DID presents across the lifespan, so on and so forth.

Basically all of this stuff is covered in the theory of structural dissociation. You know, that scientific theory everyone loves to name drop but no-one actually reads? You should read it. Find a PDF of The Haunted Self or Coping With Trauma-Related Dissociation. You will find basically everything you want to know.

DID was first added to the DSM-III in 1980 (although under a different name). But we've been studying dissociative personality systems since the early 1900s, and even that was based on earlier work in related areas. The theory of structural dissociation is essentially a compilation of all the research on trauma and dissociation from the past century, and it has been continuously expanded upon and validated by modern day research involving things like neuroimaging techniques. The references section of The Haunted Self alone is 48 pages long.

There is so much research out there. There is so much information publicly shared by credible professionals that can educate you on this disorder. Don't just assume we don't know the answers to your questions if you haven't even checked if the answers are out there.

Of course we don't know everything. But DID is certainly not this completely mystical disorder that no-one understands.

[ttechniic]

i do not "queue". i do not use "peak posting times". i do not "stagger" my art. i post it and then bury it myself. and if it doesnt get notes? i rb it again

[make-it-anti-endo]

I have two modes:

"It was like, yesterday" (it was two weeks ago)."

I think it was a couple days ago." (It was this morning).

[stretchedoutwings]

I HATTTTTE the expectation that fictives SHOULD have pseudo-memories. Every other fictive I meet is like “Oh memories blah blah blah!!!” And I’m just like. HELLO???? Am I the only one who has ZERO memories of anything I did in source???? It’s so weird. I feel kind of isolated as a fictive because I’m A) from a kinda niche source. B) No source memories. C) I focus on being more of an alter then anything ??? Like aw man I cause a bunch of disassociation. My bad!!! That’s why in this essay on why CDDs are treated like an alter disorder and not a dissociative disord-

[didcultureis]

questioning did culture is literally having no recollection of your life.

What’d did you do yesterday? No idea

what did you do last week? No idea

what did you do last month? No idea

what did you do last year? No idea

I am missing close to my entire life

where did it go

Yeah... This is way too relatable 😔