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Hi. We're the Silverthorn Council, an OSDD-1 system that recently (within the past few months of writing this) became realized. We're very new to this space, so many terms might be confusing. Please be kind.
Council Information and Alters
Part of the purpose of this blog is resourcing. We're learning as much as we can about ourselves, and trying to find more things that can help us.
We have our askbox open but have anonymous off for safety reasons. Please refer to the link below before sending an ask:
Alternating between "I'm switching so much I dont feel real" and "I'm fronting so long is this all in my head" is starting to get to me. Just a lil bit.
And I feel bad when I try to give someone a chance to come forward and we just get stuck.
" We are roses and teeth. We are wrought iron scales hewn in silver and brass. We are wings and tails, claws and nails, tethered by roots and tempered in fire. Blues and whites. Blacks and Silvers, Golds and Ivory. We are beautiful. And we are whole. "
We are not a therapist, psychologist, or expert on DID/OSDD/Dissociative syndromes in any form. We cannot tell you if you have DID or something similar.
Please understand that, while we are very logical and introspective and might analyze things, we're not someone who would diagnose someone. Please seek a therapist if you want a proper diagnosis or advice on how to handle these things.
If you want more information on DID, OSDD, or Dissociative syndromes, please read up on some of the articles here: https://did-research.org/
Ask Rules
Please do not ask any questions regarding our thoughts on syscourse, validity of systems, validity of fictives, or any controversial DID/OSDD items. We do not feel comfortable responding or dissecting the experiences of others.
Keep asks PG-13. While our body age is 21+, we don't want NSFW asks.
We do not want to discuss the manner in which we fractured. Please do not ask how we became realized.
We believe we are a traumagenic system, rooting from long-term unresolved CPTSD and other issues. We’re uncertain if we’ve just been unrealized for a long time, but the more we look into it, the more likely that it is the case.
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Our system might work slightly differently than others. For the most part, when we all unravelled we thought we were all parts of the same person. Different cards in a deck, so to speak, just with certain individuals ‘face up’. This was largely equated to our splits being heavily emotion based, with certain parts taking on certain emotions that others would not. Even with new splits, we assert that we are all part of the same body at the end of the day, and need to work towards the same goals when possible. At the moment, we’re all in agreement on that.
Internally, our system identifies as dragonkin through and through. We all slip between forms varying from draconic to human, and will be largely represented as draconic in this blog. We understand that our body is human. Our soul is very much not.
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For the sake of safety, we will be abbreviating the individuals names to a single initial. This may change as our system develops.
Active Individuals:
R (Void/Black) - The System Host. An anxious protector, and also gatekeeper. She’s the origin point of us, and tends to worry a lot. But she means the best.
W (Wintergreen) - The heart of our system. W is our… Little? We’re uncertain of age (as it tends to vary?), but she is the youngest part, and holds a lot of our joy, energy, and lifelust. She also holds a lot of our childhood trauma unfortunately.
I (Ivory / Gold) - Our wisdom. She serves the role of Caretaker, but also tends to be a large internal self helper. We believe she’s been a part of us for many years before we realized, but never sought to step forward in such an overt manner.
V (Violet) - Our voice, our charm, our confidence. She holds a lot more of sass, and loves to hear about drama (so long as we aren’t part of it). Recently she has absorbed some depressive aspects, which we are actively trying to help her with.
E (Cobalt) - Our newest piece. He is an aspect of our strength, and genuinely spooked us when he first arrived. He operates mainly as a protector and secondary gatekeeper. We believe E is an integration of O and T.
Dormant Individuals:
O (Orange) - Our logic and intellect. One of the most emotionally disconnected pieces, and the gatekeeper who formerly threw the switch to turn our emotions off. After having him understand some of the weight of the various emotional pieces (and the importance of not shutting everyone out), he went dormant.
T (Crimson) - Our body, our pride. T was a very primal aspect and our most heavily draconic to this day, without any shifts into humanoid forms. She helped us learn to love ourselves, and is sorely missed.
E (N/A) - One of our original Caretakers, which began to turn into a more neglectful sort as we began to explore ourselves. She stepped back swiftly, and sought to very quickly push herself to dormancy.
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