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Colony like clonal plant colonies. Plural blog, we're still new and figuring stuff out. The name and theme will keep changing depending on who's fronting until we agree on something :)

[mossyforrest-colony]

Hello, welcome!

We are the MossyForest colony. We're a pretty newly discovered, credit to the dear @im-an-anthusiast for our plurealisation ^_○. We support all types of plurality. Do not bring discourse here, kindly. More info under the cut.

General Info:

We regularly use both I/me and we/us

Collective names: Moss and Forest

Collective pronouns: they/them (plural)

Member count: 7-ish

Roster to come when we finally draw it ^_^

Tags:

#ourarchive for text posts we've made

#Forest art for eventual comics we make (none posted so far)

#how are the trees? is our ask tag

Extra Things:

>Both our profile picture and banner were photos taken by us

>Love, love, love asks, just be polite ^-^

>Singlets/non-systems very welcome to follow.

>Hello, beloved mutuals who know our main blog!

>We prefer plural terminology over system terminology.

[kingoftalkingbeasts]

we don't exactly get along

[unidentified-plural-is]

Unidentified plural is buying clothes, and the next day wondering why you'd ever buy something like that?

Listening to music, then suddenly hating what songs are playing. (And making a favorites playlist that you delete songs and readd then all the time because "I hate that song, oh why isn't this in the favs? That one gets on my nerves. Why did I ever delete this?!")

Buying a game and then feeling immensely guilty for wasting money on something you are relatively indifferent about. Then having a blast playing it.

Just, so many inconsistencies in our own likes and dislikes... Thought I was just one very fake person, with no real opinions to stand on.

We still have a problem with the games one, I don’t like playing video games, they’re just not my cup of tea. Dean (and Silhou) really likes them though, and he’s been wanting that tomadatchi life game since it came out. Of course I don’t want to get something that’s $60 usd if he won’t play it all the time, and it’s just a #situation. -Julian

[crabussy]

hai :3 you don't have to reply to this but is there any advice you'd give to someone going through syscovery?

EVERYTHING will change as time goes on so don't stress too much about nailing everything down straight away!! if it helps go for it, but trying to figure out Every Single Thing All At Once might not be as helpful as you think it is! I started out thinking I had five Versions Of Myself in here. turns out there are more like 20 and we're all VERY different people. things change! that's incredibly normal!

you will doubt yourself a LOT. like SO much. this is normal and means nothing about whether you're a system or not. I've known I was part of a system for SIX YEARS now and I still doubt it sometimes. let it wash over you! try not to fixate on it!

stay as far away as you can from reddit. every single community on there based around osdd/did is just horrible. they're all obsessed with "figuring out fakers" and if you don't fit an EXTREMELY NARROW set of "criteria" they'll just straight up harass you. not worth it ever

picrew is your best friend. it might seem cheesy but it's a gamechanger in terms of figuring out appearances!

take it so easy. there's no time limit on figuring things out. just let life happen and you'll have a better time with it [:

your friends will probably be more accepting than you think! I've told friends who had NO knowledge on did/osdd/systems in general and after some initial confusion they've been really supportive.

BUT give yourself a few months before you tell anyone with certainty! some time to let things settle internally is always a good idea

ignore anyone who tries to tell you that you're wrong about the way your system works. every brain is different and every system experience will be different too. strangers cannot dictate your experiences!

if you're ever stressed out or miserable or worried about the future, I want you to think about me! 7 years since discovery and I'm thriving. love my life, love the others in my system, communication is good, wouldn't want a world without them. being part of a system can be a beautiful way to live life [: anyone who insists you have to be miserable about it is dead wrong. remember this

[leathersys]

emotional amnesia

[weird-plurality-is]

weird plurality is not technically being a system, but not technically being a singlet either.

we do have multiple people with distinct names and personalities who swap out fronting, but no symptoms like dissociation or amnesia. Most of we time we don't even know who's in charge unless we sit down and think about it. We forget there's multiple of us in here.

Amnesia and dissociation are not required to be a system, they're just required to be diagnosed with DID/OSDD/UDD. Not all systems have such disorders.

If you feel/are somewhere between being plural and a singlet, I'd suggest the term "median"

And if people are saying that you need to experience plurality a certain way, they probably aren't good people - There is no "right" or "wrong" way to be plural.

[wiingdings]

*(it's what they call "you".)

(please reblog instead of liking)

[spectralechoes]

Isn’t that just lovely?

[sparks-theastronaut]

are there any notable relationships between the system members? (i.e. familial/rivalries/whatever)

[chimerid]

things I didn't realize were signs of covert DID

a lot of "signs of plurality" lists focus heavily on introjection and alter communication, two things that we have very little of. we wanted to lay out some experiences we had prior to syscovery with a focus on memory loss, identity confusion, dissociation, and unconscious masking since these are what we experience most. we hope this helps someone.

this is not an exhaustive list and identifying with it does not guarantee anything nor does not identifying with it mean you are not plural. we are one system and these are our experiences, which have heavy overlap with our other comorbid conditions. you know yourself/ves best, use your own judgement when reading.

feeling as though i was never a child even when my body was, that i was always an "old soul"

feeling as though i never stopped being a child, that my body aged without me

feeling as though it is my first day on earth and nothing has existed before the present moment

experiencing all of the above so strongly at different times that i cannot imagine feeling any other way

"i don't hear voices, i just have multiple overlapping trains of thought all reacting to and arguing with one another. probably the ADHD"

feeling upset as a kid that my imaginary friends didn't act the way i wanted, or that they didn't like me

remembering my childhood in third person, as though watching a movie of my own life

feeling as though i am having lines fed to me when talking about myself

remembering times that i was upset, but with the inciting incident cut out. being unable to understand why i felt the way i did

feeling as though the "real" me died a long time ago and i took their place

being talented at acting and lying. feeling like i have spent my whole life acting, as though "i" am a character i put on for other people

being afraid of voicing opinions because i know they might change suddenly, being upset when someone tells me a supposed opinion of mine that i no longer remember or agree with

knowing when i am supposed to have an opinion on something but not knowing what it is, having to make up my own opinions based on what i think "i" would most likely say

"what did you do today" i don't know "how do you feel" i don't know "what do you want" i don't know "did you have work yesterday" ...probably?

feeling like my body sometimes says things that my mind does not remember/agree with, or that i'm surprised to hear the things i'm saying

reflexively lying about things i didn't do because i assume i must have forgotten about it

being freaked out when someone touches my stuff without telling me, because i assume i moved it and forgot entirely. being afraid of how quick i can forget things

having excellent memory as a young child and terrible memory as an adult

"face blindness" where i can tell that people look familiar but feel like i have never met them, being unable to put faces in context

feeling like i have never actually met my own friends and loved ones

"i don't have amnesia, i can objectively tell you what happened. even when i do forget, i can usually put it together through context clues."

"it can't have been that bad, i barely remember it and don't feel upset when i think about it"

"i can't have DID, nothing bad has ever happened to me"

no name ever feels right longterm

creating alt accounts due to a desire to "pretend" to be someone else

lacking a solid sense of identity, feeling like a hollow husk of a person who occasionally experiences moments of clarity and wants to be treated as someone other than the "me" i present to the world

"i've never had a switch, i just have an inconsistent sense of identity"

"i've never had a switch, i have always felt exactly the way i do right now"

feeling like my mind is being pulled in several different directions, especially when i'm upset. being unable to act because different "parts" of me want different things

feeling jealousy when seeing other systems be open about their plurality. feeling like it's something you're not supposed to talk about

feeling guilty for being happiest when i'm "faking" plurality

feeling drawn to stories about possession, secret identities, or doppelgangers

all of the above being such routine experiences that i never even thought to question them

[unidentified-plural-is]

This is unidentified plurality!! -Ry

[severalcomic]

WHY DO YOU NEED FOUR PEOPLE IN ONE MONTH NOTHING IS THAT HARD. CALM DOWN!!!! CALM DOWN

[medleyofmind]

to be heard without words

Pain can be found in the absence

Unplaceable, impossible to organise let alone put into words

The confusion and mounting frustration turned to dismissal

And thus the inward understanding that pain

Is to be felt alone in a dark room

A private conversation between yourself

And the carpet that you beg to notice you

To find you like this

And to find the way out

You're starving.

Let's get something to eat.

[therottingbones-sys]

I think all systems deserve to be a little cringey in the way that makes the ppl on r/systemcringe angry

as a treat :3c

[fruitorchardsystem]

Pine has been coming out a lot more frequently and I think it’s interesting… but they also come out only near the nighttime.. this is my version of turning into a werewolf when the moon is out except the werewolf is a little version of me who draws FNAF ocs all night

[leathersys]

emotional amnesia

[teheggsys]

comfort

[leathersys]

eventually you learn to live with it