hey, if youre a system and you meet someone with a complex dissociative disorder who's moreso in the later stages of recovery, please remember to treat them as a person, yeah?
and by that i mean, please don't treat them like they somehow can't have problems. that they always know all the answers. that they're inherently better than you, and that they are inherently the standard you judge yourself to.
you may not realize it, but that is idolization. and idolization is still dehumanizing, even when you do it with the best of intentions and really don't mean any harm.
so like, please remember that they're still people who can struggle. idolization isn't allyship. thank you for reading.
On the topic of “trauma theories” or everyone “having trauma,” yes everyone goes through negative experiences in their lives. However, everyone’s definitions of “trauma” and being “traumatised” is different. If someone doesn’t believe themselves to be traumatised / does see themselves as such, then just leave them be.
neiviele again, has a nice post talking about how the term “System” when it comes to multiplicity/plurality is for everyone who sees themselves as multiple/plural and not just those with DID or OSDD.
Along with that, “System is a DID/OSDD term,” huh wow. We’d hate to break it to yall about the Solar System, Nervous System, Immune System, Computer Systems....
Webster Dictionary:
1: a regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming a unified wholea number system: such as a(1): a group of interacting bodies under the influence of related forcesa gravitational system (2): an assemblage of substances that is in or tends to equilibriuma thermodynamic system b(1): a group of body organs that together perform one or more vital functionsthe digestive system
(2): the body considered as a functional unit c: a group of related natural objects or forcesa river system d: a group of devices or artificial objects or an organization forming a network especially for distributing something or serving a common purposea telephone systema heating systema highway systema computer system e: a major division of rocks usually larger than a series and including all formed during a period or era f: a form of social, economic, or political organization or practicethe capitalist system 2: an organized set of doctrines, ideas, or principles usually intended to explain the arrangement or working of a systematic wholethe Newtonian system of mechanics
3a: an organized or established procedurethe touch system of typing b: a manner of classifying, symbolizing, or schematizinga taxonomic systemthe decimal system
4: harmonious arrangement or pattern : ORDERbring system out of confusion— Ellen Glasgow
5: an organized society or social situation regarded as stultifying or oppressive
Cambridge Dictionary:
B1 [ C ] a set of connected things or devicesthat operate together: a central heating system
B1 [ C ] a set of computer equipment and programs used together for a particularpurpose: The system keeps crashing and no one is able to figure out why.
C2 [ C ] a set of organs or structures in the body that have a particular purpose: the immune system, the nervous system
Wikipedia:
"A system is a group of interacting or interrelated entities that form a unified whole."
"Most systems are open systems, exchanging matter and energy with its surroundings; like a car, a coffeemaker, or Earth."
The term “System(s)” means many things and is no way exclusive to DID or OSDD in any stretch. When it comes to multiplicity/plurality, this term (System) just really means many consciousnesses together, forming one unit; sharing one body and “brain” (physical).
Surgery went super well, and I'm home and beginning the healing process! I feel so overwhelmed with excitement and relief, and km so grateful for everyone's kind comments and messages!
My chest is a little sore, but that's to be expected lol It really only feels minorly bruised, if I can equate it to that. I'm still a bit disoriented from the anesthesia however lol
