The Odyssey System

DID System of 50+ || Body is 20 || 18+ only please

[neuroperson-deactivated20221210]

i hope all the systems, all the ticcers, the autistics, the disabled, my ppl with personality disorders, the ones with psychotic disorders, to my bipolar and bpd pals, the adhders, to my anxious and depressive ones, my neurodivergents and neuroatypicals, a really good day or night

[vatorelilith-archive]

my calendar said it was on the 28th but chabad.org said it was today so

[systemlyf]

The feeling when your family doesn't know you go nonverbal.

I don't spend a lot of time with my family and because my family is so large, they usually don't notice one person being quiet the whole time. And to be fair, most of the time I am verbal, I'm hyperverbal.

[systemlyf]

The feeling when your AAC dies.

[systemlyf]

Get ready for my oddly specific "tweets" where I talk about things that feel like they only apply to me.

[fuckedupandsleepy]

Petition to change the phrase “selective mutism” to something else so people don’t think I’m actively choosing not to speak.

[disabilityuserboxes]

this user has selective mutism 

[babyseraphim]

WHAT TO DO IF YOUR FRIEND OFTEN GOES NONVERBAL

So, as someone who is selectively mute/prone to shutdowns, people don’t often know what to do when I go nonverbal, and it’s not like they can ask, so I’ll give some tips!

Ask them what you should do while they’re nonverbal before they go nonverbal.

Keep in mind that for some people, nonverbal means they simply can’t talk but can still communicate through writing, texting, nodding, etc. But, for some, it means they cannot communicate at all (and this can change based on the type of episode as well). If this happens, just be patient, and be somewhat still. If you talk, try to talk softly.

Some people like to listen to others talk when they’re nonverbal, and some don’t. Talk to you’re friend when they’re verbal so you can find out which is best for them.

If you’re out and about, make sure that you make it obvious that if you have to talk for them (i.e. order food for them, thank the bus driver, tell someone they can’t speak, etc.), that it really isn’t a bother.

DO NOT RIDICULE THEM. Do not make fun of them, do not get visibly frustrated, do not get angry, do not try to force them to talk. This will only make things worse.

Being nonverbal is different for everyone; if you know your friend is known to go nonverbal, ask them what you should do in that situation. For some people it’s not a big deal, but for some people it is. Ironically, you have to communicate with them (while they can, of course) to find out what is best.

[transpoettryinghisbest]

This is for the selectively mute people who are never seen or believed.

The ones who feel bad about calling themselves selectively mute when they only can't talk SOME of the time

The ones who feel silly calling themselves selectively mute because they're usually so talkative

The ones who can't explain why they've gone selectively mute to someone because it's the first time it's happened in front of them and you don't want it to look like you've just made it up

The ones who are constantly told "but you were talking just fine last time I saw you!"

The ones who only shut down in times of panic, and are or feel dismissed because of it.

You're not "less" selectively mute or less worthy of the name than those who are mute all or more of the time. You're not faking it. You're valid. However you feel comfortable is valid.

[systemlyf]

So sorry I don’t post a lot on here, we have a main blog that we use more often but we can’t link it because our irls managed to get our main blog info and most of them don’t know we’re a system.

[fridablooming]

[crayfishcoffee]

“I love my monsterbait wife.”

[systemlyf]

Which is stronger? My desire to leave my hometown and go somewhere I can start new or my anxiety disorder?

[sunforgrace]

it’s like I DO want to be feminine in the way a man is feminine. if I’m performing feminity I don’t want it to be read as an inherent reflection of my gender and who I am. I don’t want someone to call me ma’am or be called a girl. like. it’s drag. only it can’t be drag for me, because it’s not actually subverting anything, is it? so I’m in this spot where I either cannot allow myself any femininity or I do and accept the consequences of perception. my wearing eyeliner isn’t a subversion, a quiet rebellion, it’s perceived as fulfilling an expectation. somehow I can never be masc enough to be percieved as I want to be, so any introduction of femininity feels like a defeat. and yet sometimes I want to wear the pretty things that are still in my closet! or play around with makeup. but it isn’t a young boy getting into his mother’s vanity and heels, it’s growing up into the fulfillment of the wants of the mother and the rest of society as a blank whole.

[definitely-not-lordenglish]

[thelovers-thedreamers-and-me]

gender goals: a boyfriend who looks like a girlfriend that you had in february of last year

[imsureitsaltru]

[reverie-system-deactivated20230]

DID/OSDD Things ™ (With Less Amnesia)

I have no idea who I am

??????????????

I am 80% sure that we did that thing we were supposed to do

“Sorry, I’m really forgetful”

Is this another headmate or am I just really dissociated?

I’m not entirely sure if I’m in control of my body or not

*Spends years thinking I have an overactive imagination*

Why am I talking like that?

“Oh! I know the answer!” *mouth says a different answer*

It has been three days and I still don’t know who I am

Was that a headmate or just a weird dream?

*astral projects*

?

“Hey! I’m (host)!” (is, in fact, not host)

*Stares at a wall for 6 hours*

Head empty, only confusion

No amnesia? Sounds fake but okay

[visibilityofcolor]

Shout out to black gay men. Too many times black gay men are portrayed negatively in media and just written off as jokes or harmful stereotypes. But nah, black gay men are smart, kind, handsome, strong, determined, etc…etc…and they deserve more than people give them.

[treetopview]

You know what I'm just learning, and I don't know who else needs to hear this but

it's not cheating to make things manageable for yourself

I'm very dyslexic but I love baking, and packet mixes have become my best friend, it's less reading, and less measuring ingredients and I know the end result will taste good.

I know the instructions for my favourite from memory and it makes it so much less stressful for me to enjoy something I love to do!

It's not cheating to wear slip on shoes if you can't manage laces, it's not cheating to try out a bus route before you have to go somewhere new for the first time, it's not cheating to look up the menu for a restaurant before you go out to eat.

make things easier for yourself, you deserve to be able to live your life and do whatever you need to, to make it manageable

[ps-im-blind]

I needed to hear this today.