#polyminds

[pyro-thoughts]

this is a genuine question… why are people hating on polyminds? I’ve only recently learned about them but it just seems like IFS without it being applied in therapy - and I see some intending to use their system (the medical term) in therapy when possible.

So far I haven’t seen any polyminds claiming to be plural, but moreso a collective of selfstates or subpersonalities that have been given roles to better understand the self. Not like… larping being a system.

This is a genuine question so please don’t be an ass if you reply 😭 both anti and pro (and neutral) opinions are very welcome as, again, this is a genuine question and I’m curious to see what other people think. Like I said, this is new to me, so I’m just seeking more clarity on the situation.

Thank you in advance !!!

[changeling-central]

I don't know how people have gotten things so backwards about polyminds but here's the sitch.

Polyminds can't be spreading misinformation about systems/dissociative disorders because they aren't systems and they aren't claiming to have CDDs.

Claiming polyminds are harming themselves by "purposefully dissociating their identity" is simultaneously perpetuating stigma against CDDs and ignoring the struggles the individual you're invalidating is going through that led them to this experience.

On that last note, ISF exists. And its OKAY that it is similar to how cdd systems present. Because cdd systems form. To help. You cope. Richard Schwartz noticed that verbally separating parts of someone's identity in to functional labels can not only help with emotional regulation and increase self empathy, but help identify past traumas and current struggles the individual might be overlooking due to high stress and emotional repression. The goal is the eventual collecting of these parts into one healed whole. Polyminds are using this framework to survive, cope, and heal where they have no other tools available. It's not the business of the system community to police their mental health and how they choose to verbalize their experiences.

Polyminds are not ripping off fictives by naming their parts after characters. Period. Everybody introjects. And if you can't see how someone, especially a traumatized or neurodivergent person, might feel comforted or empowered by representing a part of themselves by a character they love/relate to idk what to do with you. (This one really gets me going, y'all gotta stop being so gatekeepy puh-lease.)

If youre offended by the existence of polyminds its because youre approaching the situation in bad faith or with a chronic lack of information and a foolhardy attitude. You are the problem.

Rant over. If ur mad, get better opinions and please block me on your way out </3

Anybody is free to reblog and add to this, bad faith and disrespectful arguments will be deleted.

[bumbl3mind]

Can I PLLLEAASSE stop getting anti endo and anti polymind posts

[spectralmindset]

I feel like a lot of polymind hates stems from the fact people are just refusing to actually listen, they stubbornly decided they hate it and are too prideful to admit they may have been wrong

"They steal from systems!" polymindence is not and never was based off alters.

"They wanna be systems!" polyminds explicitly say they're not systems.

"They're endos!" trauma based polyminds exist and polyminds aren't systems, so they can't be endogenic in the first place.

"It's harmful!" distinguishing your parts is not necessarily harmful, this heavily depends on the circumstances. plus if we're gonna say that distinguishing your parts is always bad, then all systems are harmful.

[dogpack-polymind]

i frequently hear from anti-polyminds (and similarly anti-IFS) something along the lines of “it’s harmful to identify your subpersonalities without a therapist in front of you”. but there is no evidence of this; this is a rumour that anti-polyminds made up and continue to spread simply to bash on polyminds and IFS.

in fact, Dr. Richard Schwartz, the creator of IFS, has said himself that IFS is “something you can do on a daily, moment-to-moment basis—at any time, by yourself or with others”. IFS is fine to practice without a therapist, and not everyone has the means to get therapy in the first place.

[collectivelyfriends]

TWILIGHT SPARKLE IS PRO-POLYMIND !

I'd know. Don't worry.

Art by us :3c

[polymindpositivity]

I love being polyminded, it helps me deal with my emotions and trauma better. I've been so much kinder to myself once I realized what was happening.