This isn’t really about specific alters but it’s a few terms I don’t understand. What are layers, subsystems, and sidesystems, and what’s the difference between them?
I’m sorry if this wasn’t the goal with your blog but every other place is either pro-endo or won’t answer. . ,
hi! so each of those can be defined similarly, but by our understanding, they generally mean the same thing.
a subsystem is another system within the main one, this could be a group of people who are similar or it could be specific and accessible to one person.
a side system, to my understanding, is almost exact? the way we categorize this, is a system that's not exactly exclusive to one person? they may prefer being called a side system because they feel as if they are separate from the "main" system in some way.
a layer is just a break in the system, so it could be breaks in communication, alter identity, fragments, or people who front frequently.
please remember that this is our interpretation of the terms, if anybody disagrees or wants to share their definition, please do so!










