#plurality things

[v01dg0th]

high and watching sharkboy and lavagirl with my partner and I said “what if the main character is plural and this is his headspace”

[the-capeside-system]

me, still awake at midnight, investigating myself & plurality

[cambriancrew]

I really like this new set of terms from Emmengard and @trashcancollective-plural over on Twitter. Adaptive, Spontaneous, Created, Mixed, and Mystery. They sound really nice. And inclusive, not divisive.

We'd be a Spontaneous/Created Plural. I just really like how that sounds. What do you all think?

[the-capeside-system]

- scrolling through tumblr

- finds post that reminds me of Alex

- goes to send it to him

- remembers that HE IS IN MY HEAD WITH ME

no seriously I keep forgetting that my headmates are indeed. not living in separate outer world bodies please send help

[cambriancrew]

@ traumagenic systems and systems with dissociative disorders

Just want to make sure we're clear about something.

For us Crew personally, it's most healthy if we DON'T view each other as just parts. We are so much healthier when we treat each other as equal persons.

We don't think that's how it has to be for everyone, regardless of origin or disorderedness.

If that makes your dissociative symptoms worse? Do what makes them better.

What's healthy for us personally isn't necessarily the same for you. Nor is what's healthy for you the same for us.

You do what's right for you, and we'll do what's right for us. And we'll support you no matter what.

[cambriancrew]

Dealing with messy, mixed emotions about an issue of serious concern in a friend/community group. How "I" feel is making a lot more sense now that we-Shea are writing it out and sorting through how each of us feels about it. Altogether it's one big confusing mess of Upset. Separated out, it's neater and much more sensible and easier to deal with.

And it makes me wonder how much mixed emotions from singlet people could be better handled if they treated them the way we plurals do. Part of me feels like this and this because it's this sort of person who sees things this way. But this other part of me feels this, this, and the other because they're more worried about this thing and that. And then work through it like you would anything else among different people - by communicating and working together.

... Or do normal people just instinctively do that without realizing it? Am I just late to figuring out stuff that's common sense to everyone else?

Idk. Anyways. It's helpful.

Also I'm pretty sure that trying to shove all this to the back of my mind because I'M AT WORK, I'M TOO BUSY FOR THIS, DAMMIT is why depression snuck back up on me on am otherwise going decently day.

[0th3rw0rldl1n3ss]

Meeting new people in the headspace is always weird. It feels like when you’re trying to get a good glimpse of someone in public cuz you think you might recognize them but then the more glimpses you get the more you’re like damn idk who that guy is I don’t think I’ve ever seen him in my life.

[the-shade-system]

Y'know, I'm slightly upset the system didn't get me out sooner.

We are in a position where I am the perfect person to handle things. Low-energy, high demand. My presence requires little to no energy (as opposed to someone like Spark, or Kana), and I can provide a similar amount of support to them.

Sure, my personality isn't the most... forthcoming, and I am quite reserved in most circumstances, but this is exactly the situation I am specialized in.

Bleh. We need a godsdamn document with who does what well, so this kind of thing doesn't happen as regularly as it does.

A lot of this system seems to reject the notion of roles, which is... understandable, to a degree, but when we are in a situation such as this, they are undeniable. Certainly, when we have more energy, and when we're not as needed as we are, they can be overlooked, but right now?

We need to remember that the majority of us exist for a reason, and that it is fine to want to fulfill the purpose you were split for.