#endogenic friendly

[ribbon-system]

reblog if you're ok with your singlet friends asking you questions about plurality and/or your system

[psychotic-tbh]

Stop saying…

“Psychotic/Schizophrenic” when you mean: unpredictable, unrestrained, unreal, etc.

“Bipolar” when you mean: polarized, scattered, fickle, unstable, etc.

“Delusional” when you mean: unrealistic, unreasonable, close-minded, stubborn, etc.

“[insert “R” slur in relation to intellectual disabilities]” when you mean: unreasonable, ridiculous, scatterbrained, immature, etc.

“OCD” when you mean: particular, neat, overbearing, etc.

“Narcissistic” when you mean selfish, abusive, manipulative, etc.

Note: I’m NOT saying that these are synonymous. This is also not an exhaustive list.

[depressedquetzal]

The being a "singlet very interested in systems" to finding out you ARE a system pipeline is real

[believeinthe-enemy]

I surround myself with so many plural people I forget how genuinely uneducated people are on plurality. I’m scared what the fuck

[emo-orerats]

Singlets have ZERO right to say endos DNI btw. It doesn't involve you, stop alienating groups you know nothing about

[mindwrms]

your system literally can look like anything. it can have only introjects, it can have no introjects, it can have only non human members, it can have only members that look exactly like the body, it can have only littles, it can have only ageless members, it can have a full system of members that all have only one type of role, it can have a million members, it can have only two members. there is no set way systems have to look! they can present however your brain deems necessary for you!

[sh4r1ng-my-kn0wl3dg3]

There’s proof that some people genuinely experience plurality or multiple identities without identifying with trauma-based disorders like DID. Researchers have documented these experiences in interviews and studies, and many plural people describe their systems as real, stable, and not caused by trauma.

But there is not solid scientific proof yet that “endogenic plurality” is a fully proven medical condition or separate diagnosis. Most current evidence is based on self-reports and community research, not brain scans or large clinical studies.

So basically: people’s experiences are real, but science still doesn’t fully understand why they happen.

[foggity]

Is it a headmate? Is it a fragment? Is it a facet? Is it a persona? Am I subconsciously masking? Am I subconsciously/involuntarily otherlinking/copinglinking? Is it a kinshift? Is it a ’flicker? Is it age regression? Is it a mood? Is it impulsivity? Is it an intrusive thought that I’m reacting to? Is it genderfluidity? Is it pronoun/namefluidity?

Who knows! Who cares! I don’t need to stress about this, it doesn’t matter! It’s a mode that the “I” is in, the way I feel in that moment! And I will make a pluralkit/tupperbox/simplyplural for it so I can express myself and decide the rest later! Or never! These labels are a construct! Personhood itself is a construct! I don’t need to box myselves! I can just live!