Uhm hello. I am here bc attah-the-carer told me to maybe ask you guys since you are more in this specific topic so. . . I wanted to ask if maybe you could help me figure out if I am actually a system little. . . I really dislike to just label or say yes to things without knowing for sure so I tend to be conflicted about most things. . . But the bigger part is I always felt like there was more than just me. To be specific I could determine there are 5 and they all are different and aware of it.
Ah, yes, hello! I’ve read parts of your conversation on their blog! From what I have gathered, it’s entirely possible that you could be a system, though I don’t think it would be DID, since you don’t seem to experience dissociative amnesia. I would look into OSDD 1 A and B, if you want to look into systems more. That being said, I cannot diagnose you either, but I can educate you on how most systems work and provide anecdotal evidence from our system for examples!
Now, the thing about system littles, is that they are somewhat different than age regressor “littles”. I (Kirby), for instance, am an age regressor in a system, while my big brother and sibling (Mercury and Garnet, respectively) when I’m regressed, are system littles.
System littles are...pretty much permanently little. They think and act like a child, though the exact amount of information they know compared to an actual child of that age may differ, depending on what type of system you have. But the point is, system littles are always children.
However, you say you regress, which implies that you aren’t always in a child state of mind. This doesn’t mean that your regression is invalid or that you are not a system, though! This only means that you wouldn’t be a system little! There are two other options for people in systems (at least) that you could be looking at: you could be an age slider or you could just regress.
Age sliders change their age mentally (and sometimes physically in headspace). Think about it in the way of sometimes they would what might be considered a system little, and other times they are a teenager, or even a big (adult). Rocket, for instance, is an age slider. He is usually at fifteen years of age, but can slide from there to ten years old. In our headspace he looks younger and is a bit shorter, but he also feels and thinks younger as well. He isn’t a ten-year-old in a fifteen-year-old’s body, he is a ten-year-old.
Then age regressors are what most littles you will see in cglre on Tumblr are. They don’t change their age mentally or physically in headspace like age sliders do if they are part of a system, and they aren’t permanently children like system littles either. They acknowledge that they have an adult body, even if when they are regressed they have the mind of a child. To me, in headspace this means I still have an adult body, my voice is still an adult male voice and nothing changes with my outward physical appearance, but I behave as if I am two years old, because in that moment, I am mentally a toddler.
Age regressors are similar to age sliders in systems and the lines can be blurred, so you may be an age slider and you regress in that manner, or you could be an alter who just happens to mentally regress, like me. That label is ultimately up to you.
But TL;DR: if you are not always in a child state of mind then I would say no; even if you are in a system you aren’t a system little.
All of us are more than happy to continue talking to you about systems and talking about whether or not you may have one, although, again, we cannot professionally diagnose you. And if anything in our answer needs to be cleared up please let us know! We’d love to be able to help you!
Much love and luck on your self-descovery,
