quick question, im trying to figure out if im a subsys how were u able to tell from subsys and outside headmates? /genq /nf
Ah! Ok so we have a few subsystems and it’s been slightly different for each so I’ll just say them all and hope they help
Tl;dr: a group of alters with lower barriers with eachother compared to alters outside
1: it started with 1 alter who was dubbed the “subsystem host” and went through consistent trauma with frequent amnesiac blackouts. It was very hard for him to notice since nobody else wanted to be known. Their experience I’d describe as the same as your average system realization and they act similarly to the way a system does while being unable to communicate with anyone outside the subsystem and extremely high amnesia barriers. They are mostly similar in source and trauma due to this.
2. A group of alters who had a very hard time telling the difference inbetween eachother because amnesiac barriers were low enough to blend alters well despite having distinct different emotions and preferences. They have no similarities outside of lower barriers, theyre more akin to a friend group than anything
3. A group of fragmented alters who have such small roles they don’t really function outside of being a subsystem. They all hold a specific emotion to one facet of trauma. Despite having average amnesiac barriers, they all serve the same purpose, and prefer being referred to as facets of one identity.
There’s a lot of ways subsystems form and act, and it definitely isn’t just the stereotype of “one alter who is a system themself” lol. I’d say if you can communicate with the alters you think might be in your subsystem, or let them find their own identities in time.
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