Mycelium and Co

Bodily 19, traumagenic system, pro endo Use they/them for us collectively

[mellifluous-sys]

I like having plural friends / mutuals who are older than me. It gives me a lot of hope. I often feel embarrassed of my plurality and want to hide it. But I feel a lot better when I see older folks who've made it for this long. It makes me think that I can do that too. So if you're in your 30s, 40s, 50s etc. and are plural... Just know that I appreciate you a lot. Please keep living.

[mycelium-and-co]

Always awesome to see older systems out there. I hope that I can be a inspiration to younger people when I'm that age. I hope I can be now as well.

[spontaneousmusicalnumber]

A frustrating part of the mainstream vegan “love all animals and protect the environment” mindset is the fact that things need to die in real-life ecology all the time but deer hunting season makes icky feelings and carp culls aren’t cottagecore

[spontaneousmusicalnumber]

The vegan “any animal death ever is morally wrong” mindset doesn’t hold up when:

We don’t have any of the large predators we used to (black bears, mountain lions, or gray wolves) but still retain large deer populations. If nothing is removing animals, they’ll quickly overload the carrying capacity of the environment and have massive losses to starvation and disease that can also pass on to livestock. Human hunters replace the large predators that our landscape can no longer support.

It’s kinder to euthanize an un-releasable hawk rather than try to find it a permanent home with humans. Wildlife rehabs have extremely limited space and resources and are usually run entirely on donated money and volunteer time. Only a few are large and stable enough to care for permanent residents long-term, and those spots are few and far between.

An invasive species poses a danger to threatened native wildlife. I will admit- Australian possums are adorable. But not in New Zealand, where they’re an invasive species that eats the eggs of ground-dwelling birds that previously had no such predators. The landowners I worked with replanting native bush, all native Maori, had no qualms about setting the dogs on them.

I don’t know how to end this except. Sometimes things just gotta die and acting otherwise just isn’t a realistic expectation.

[spontaneousmusicalnumber]

Highlights from the notes over the past 6 months include a lot of angry vegans saying “you’re blowing things out of proportion, no vegans actually think like this!” and a lot of people who work in conservation and education saying “Every day. I have to fight people who think like this.”

As a bonus this post was originally inspired by the vegan who called me racist for saying we should kill invasive species

[the-canvas-system]

I am very openly a system in my tumblr but I do wanna say something for systems out there: a lot of identity sureness is performance, I can't always confirm i'm a certain alter, a lot of times i'm blurry and unsure. It's performative but this performance is part of the mental health work, since we decided to start acting like ourselves (even when we are not sure) things have been starting to get a little bit less messy;

But i think a lot of systems don't realize that a lot of systemhood online is performance, and also many others see this performance as something inherently bad, which... No! It's part of acceptance, it's part of mental health work. If you feel your identity shifting into more childish and you recognized this is a behavior from [x], then leaning onto that childishness and allowing it to come free will help on understanding that part of your system better.

[unidentified-plural-is]

unidentified plural is when I was 8 hoping that I didn't accidentally say something out loud to my "imaginary friend" instead of in my head to her and hoping that she didn't accidentally say something out loud to me using my mouth as imaginary friends obviously can do

also yes my "imaginary friend" was a fictional character but thats normal right

Yyyyeeeeaaaahhhhh, imaginary friends can tooootally take over vocal cords and speak… yeah… (/sarc) -Dean

[mycelium-and-co]

When I was younger I thought I was doing 'imaginary friends' wrong because they were in my head and not projected outside the body like you would see in cartoons. So one lunch I pretended my 'imaginary friend' was sitting next to me but I couldnt really keep it up because. well they weren't imaginary friends. As much as some systems can do that, for us we can't really have external visualisations for ourselves and are only internal. But that really frustrated me! Is it obvious that we're autistic

[1234567865432345342343464-deact]

so, theres a severe lack of easy-to-access, helpful online resources for psychotic and schizospec disorders (google is literally useless wrt this for some reason), and i’m gonna attempt to remedy that. all of the resources below are resources i’ve personally found useful

firstly, i’ll tentatively drop a support group: i’ve personally been to hearing voices groups and have found them helpful with the particular empathy other psychotic people provide + the lack of pathologization, something i absolutely cannot get anywhere else. i suggest looking over their resource page, but i will note that for some psychotic people, especially people actively in a psychotic episode and experiencing significant delusions, this may not be helpful due to the inherent validation it provides! be careful in any case, and feel free to consume critical (1) perspectives on it as well.

also, forums can be nice. i suggest psych forums as well as schizophrenia forums (note: second is for both people with schizophrenia and caretakers/partners/families of people with schizophrenia, and the former has subcategories for every mental illness)

understanding psychosis: resources and recovery, very comprehensive but easy to read examination of psychotic symptoms and steps towards recovery. also has a helpful section on side effects of medication + considerations when deciding if medication is right for you

CBT for psychotic symptoms (consider going through this with a therapist, but it can be helpful alone too) + skip to appendix 2 (pg. 133) for worksheets

dealing with psychosis toolkit, self explanatory. consider looking at other things on earlypsychosis as well

what is schizoaffective disorder? (generally reliable information, i have a few issues with some of the wording though)

NAMI facts on schizophrenia and NIMH publications on psychosis

60 coping strategies for hallucinations

dealing with psychosis: full workbook, pretty self explanatory but very helpful and also relatively easy to read

now, for those without psychosis: how can you help people with schizospec/psychotic disorders?

the do’s and don’t’s of helping a family member (or friend!) in psychosis

helping someone with psychosis (tumblr post)

psychosis first aid guidelines for loved ones

dealing with unusual thoughts and behaviors factsheet

steps for working with delusions

if you’re a friend, family member, or at all close with someone with schizophrenia or psychosis i heavily encourage you to research as much as you can, and above all else listen to what schizophrenic and psychotic people say. if you ever find yourself in a situation where you don’t know what to do, it never hurts to ask the person in question how you can help them. 

book recommendations (with links):

understanding your schizophrenia illness

cbt for psychosis: a symptom based approach

psychosis, trauma and dissociation: emerging perspectives on severe psychopathology 

when the sun bursts: the enigma of schizophrenia (title sounds cheesy, is actually really good)

cognitive therapy for schizophrenia

living outside mental illness: qualitative studies of recovery in schizophrenia

trauma and psychosis: new directions for theory and therapy

schizoaffective disorders: international perspectives on understanding, intervention and rehabilitation

recovered, not cured: a journey through schizophrenia

note: the majority of these books aren’t very accessible as they’re meant for clinicians, but these are just books that i’ve found helpful in general

add anything else that’s been helpful for you accordingly! if you’re nonpsychotic feel free to reblog as well, as it could be helpful for any followers you might have that are psychotic 

[personality-disorder-archive]

^ Some of the links in this post do not work anymore! To avoid confusion, I will list the ones that do work below so you can click on the links knowing that they work!

Hearing Voices (USA) and their resources page

“i will note that for some psychotic people, especially people actively in a psychotic episode and experiencing significant delusions, this may not be helpful due to the inherent validation it provides! be careful in any case, and feel free to consume critical (1 [a link to an article called "Are ‘Hearing Voices Groups’ a Help or Harm?”]) perspectives on it as well.“

Psych forums and schizophrenia forums

Understanding psychosis: resources and recovery

CBT for psychotic symptoms

What is schizoaffective disorder?

NAMI facts on schizophrenia and NIMH publications on psychosis

60 coping strategies for hallucinations

Dealing with psychosis: full workbook

The DO’s and DON’T’s of helping a family member with psychosis

Psychosis first aid guidelines for loved ones

Steps for working with delusions

It was unfortunately not possible for me to open the links for the books - I suspect that may have something to do with my location, although I did try opening the links with a VPN on, to no avail. So, I cannot verify whether or not the books can still be found at the web address the original post says they can.

[mycelium-and-co]

There’s a lot about hosts being in denial but I rarely see anything about other headmates being in denial, not even Co-hosts.

This was originally not my post, but it’s about me so I might as well take over. I did think for a moment that we ought not to have transitioned and that it had been a weird mistake. I thought we may have been mistaken in being plural and were looking for a way to detransition and that our hosts more friendly personality was simply masking and pretending to be a man for other people. - 🗄️

But I am very much real!! And a man. Idk maybe sometimes im a woman but I’m not sure if I just feel that way cuz of 🗄️ and some of my other headmates who are women yk? - 🐰

[ribbon-system]

game of guess who but the answers to all the questions are "i don't knowwwww" and all the people are your headmates. you're blurry

[rabbitholesystem]

super secret aac emoji making blog in the works ;3 you guys get a sneak peak bc i love you all <333

1. “aac user emoji” - a yellow and orange smiley guy is waving at the viewer and holding a red aac tablet to their chest. they have one curly hair.

2. “aac emoji” - a red aac tablet with several accessories including a star key chain, a heart sticker, a sparkle sticker, and a big rainbow decal. it has several custom buttons shown on the screen including shapes, concepts, and pride flags. it has a message typed on the typing bar that reads “hiii !!”. there is a wordmoji above the tablet that reads “aac !!”.

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go follow the blog early if u want :P !! gonna post some alts of the aac one over there in a little while ;3 ~ !!!

@buppysaacblog

also emoji /aac emote requests are open over there ! ^_^ feel free to send a msg or ask to that blog :3 !!

[smiskimi]

"youre anti psychiatry? its such a privilege to be against medication!" before i was properly medicated i blew £2000, dropped out of uni, and became an alcoholic. now i am back at uni getting first class grades, have recovered financially, have a good relationship with alcohol, etc. i did not need to be gatekept from the right meds for me for YEARS & abused to hell and back in the process of trying to get them. i should've simply been heard and given them. i didnt need to be treated like i was a murderer for just existing. THIS is anti psychiatry, not "you shouldn't take meds"

[shapesys]

hater moment but i wish the plural tags had peoples actual experiences in them and weren't just flooded with discourse and people announcing what they ate for lunch

[mycelium-and-co]

I think this is partly why we like plural comics so much. It’s easier to find people’s lived experiences in that tag because that’s the whole point of plural comics

[under-the-universe]

sorry to be aromantic but i need more stories w characters who get absolutely no romantic interests, plots, or romantic ending ‼️ gimme ppl w complex interpersonal relationships put into emotional life situations ‼️ but they all get zero bitches ‼️

[yagamimi-aka-mimi-deactivated20]

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Something like this would be so colossally helpful. I'm sick and tired of trying to research specific clothing from any given culture and being met with either racist stereotypical costumes worn by yt people or ai generated garbage nonsense, and trying to be hyper specific with searches yields fuck all. Like I generally just cannot trust the legitimacy of most search results at this point. It's extremely frustrating. If there are good resources for this then they're buried deep under all the other bullshit, and idk where to start looking.

[ama-kitkat123]

>:)c

May I present to you, nationalclothing.org?

It doesn't have everything, but it's still my first source when researching traditional clothing from other cultures.

[penanatomy-studies]

There's also this resource on historical fashion: Claire’s Historical Fashion Reference & Resources

[zheida]

another addition as far as physical media goes there is the encyclopedia of national dress (that i still need to buy myself bc this kind of thing is super important to my sort of fantasy designing) but yes i do agree i wish there was EVEN MORE documentation on this

[iascus]

Reblogging to spread awareness

[my-art-tutorial-blog]

the goldmine folks

[artemis-the-catgrill]

reposting this so staff will have a harder time trying to make everyone forget it <3

[thankyoumoon]

(accomplishes the arduous task of looking at something someone else made) well aren't i a productive bunch :)

[positivitygenic]

having an anxiety disorder can be really hard. and i promise it is worth it to celebrate every win, even the small ones. your effort and your successes matter.

[mycelium-and-co]

THANK YOU. Recently I saw someone say smth along the lines of 'generalised anxiety disorder doesn't count as a real disability' and that shit pissed me off. The way people with anxiety disorders are dismissed is fucking awful man. No we're not just a little anxious sometimes in the way the average person is. It's a disorder because it severely impacts how I function in my daily life.

[mycelium-and-co]

I kind of wish IFS therapy didnt use parts language because I was curious looking into it to see if it would be in any way helpful but it just ends up making us uncomfortable. I know some other systems said it was good for them which is why we looked into it at all, but I just can’t get into it

[mycelium-and-co]

Ah. I am stupid. Well! Im not but I am too quick to be defensive. As much as I criticise the culture I am in for being too polite, not straight forward because they don’t directly criticise but state it how it is as if that is the criticism, even if it is said neutral you expect others to see the issue and target it as well. But not everyone has that mindset. And because I cannot get tone I just assume everyone on tumblr does that. And I think this is how a lot of tumblr misunderstandings happen. Of course not all, but im sure this isn’t that much of an uncommon experience.