#polyfrag

[strangerconnection]

You'll get it eventually.

[starryk1sses]

I hate delayed amnesia so much. I’ll go through a whole day thinking I’m “fine” and fully present, and then hours later it hits me like—wait… I don’t remember anything from today. It feels like my whole day just slips through my fingers.

I’d like to think I’m staying relatively co-conscious with our other alters/fragments, but then once they leave, I lose nearly—if not all—of the memory afterward. It’s so disorienting.

[thevoillohiarchive]

a hastily made comic because I’ve been Having A Time. mostly for people who already know what systems are/what polyfragmented means (cuz I didn’t explain it) but feel free to show anyone who you think needs it

[id: on the top is a large box with text reading: "HOW TO TREAT POLYFRAGMENTED SYSTEMS"

a drawn being is shown in 4 panel boxes with text reading:

"being back in plural spaces has shown me some people... do not know etiquette! Which is fine, we all have gaps in knowledge. That's why I'm here to teach you!"

"1. Don't react with disgust/fear/dread/etc."

"How do you live LIVE like that?"

"That's TERRIFYING!"

"I'd kms if I were like that."

"These are real responses we've gotten. Just. Don't. Especially the kys one. Don't say that to anyone. Don't say any of these to anyone Not just polyfragmented systems, but anyone who is unlike you. It betrays a belief that their life is not worth living, that [thing] is so horrible nothing good could impact you outside it."

"2. Don't fetishize it. Fetishize here is used in a non-sexual way, but definitely don't do in the sexual way either."

"Let me study you!"

"How did you get that big? I wanna do that!"

"You have so many friends :33"

"People sometimes presume high headcounts are willogenic. Willogenic high headcount systems exist, but don't assume! For us in particular, it's just... how we are."

"Plurality isn't always sunshine and rainbows. Headmates are a bunch of people shoved in one body, often we have fights or arguments with each other. It isn't some utopia."

"We're just people. Treat us like a normal person."

"3. Don't expect simplicity."

"The whole POINT of the label 'polyfragmented' is that we're COMPLEX. The things going on inside tend to be very complicated and difficult to explain. You don't get it? Great, the system themselves probably doesn't either. That's just how it goes."

"You want a list of all the headmates? It'll take hours. The relationships between them? Don't get me started. Okay, maybe just frequent fronters? There's 20 of them at the minimum. Who's fronting right now? Hell if I know."

"Polyfragmented systems are often expected to 'boil themselves down'. Become palatable, become understandable. But that usually just... isn't possible. Like at all. Or maybe they try and it's STILL really complex, because that's just how they are."

"the point is: we're people, just like anyone else! treat us that way!"

"This guide is mostly for first interactions/acquaintaces. When getting closer to a polyfrag sys (in whatever relationship you wish), it is important to talk out boundaries and how they wish to be treated. Everyone is different, after all. But if you approach most conversations using this guide, I think the chances of it going well with significantly increase!" end id.]

thank you @godofwish for the id!

[system32sys-hub]

I see the occasional bit of positivity for large systems, but the numbers never even get close to what we experience. I get it, but it makes me a touch sad. So, here's to my fellow enormous systems!!

Shoutout to systems with 10,000+ members

Shoutout to systems with 100,000+ members

Shoutout to systems with 1,000,000+ members

Shoutout to systems with 1,000,000,000+ members

Shoutout to systems with infinite members

Shoutout to systems with an uncountable amount of members

Shoutout to systems who are constantly splitting

Shoutout to systems who don't or can't keep track of who's who

Shoutout to systems who are so large they function as one person

Shoutout to systems who are constantly blurry

Shoutout to systems who are so large they can't ever function as one person

Shoutout to systems who are large due to polyfragmentation

Shoutout to systems who are large due to willomancy

Shoutout to systems who are large due to walk ins

I'd like to give a shoutout to very large systems in general :] I'm glad there's such huge diversity in the plural communities. Feel free to share your experiences in the comments! I'd love to hear from more folks like us!!

[banditosys]

i loooove lookin’ at peoples stuff. yes i will look through your entire simply plural account. yes i will click every link on your rentry and your carrd and your straw page. yes i will read every set of pronouns and every name from your hoard. i love your websites and i want to see them all.

[plurapony]

can we shed some light on the amnesia in DID that literally doesn't matter? the amnesia that isn't about anything important or anything it's just really fucking annoying to forget! examples:

"oh that reminds me of my favorite movie! ...which now, i conveniently cannot remember the name to"

[introducing yourself to someone] "oh shit what are my hobbies? what do i like to do?? fuck i can't remember!!"

"oh my god im literally obsessed with this thing!! its always on my mind... AND I HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA WHAT IT'S CALLED RN!!!!"

like it's the type of amnesia that doesn't necessarily negatively impact every daily life but you know it's really fucking bothersome to not be able to remember! i literally forgot that i liked movies, or the fact that i liked movies so much i went to film school I FORGOT I WENT TO FILM SCHOOL???

[polyfrag-culture-is]

Polyfrag culture is watching non-polyfrag system panic over headmates going silent for more than a week while you're just over here with countless headmates who you've not seen in a year and not a worry in sight about it because that's very normal

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[battle-for-dyke-island]

being a polyfragmented system is basically just being someone’s fucked up tomodachi life save. except you can have as many “miis” (members) as you want . and you can be gay