Been thinking like we do, every once in a while aka near always whether or not we're handling things right, this is so many introjects is this really a good idea to "acknowledge" or whatever, are we making things worse by "identifying" them and letting them be seen as individuals.... bullshit like that.
But like. It's such a flawed concept. We've been doing this for as long as any of us can remember, back when we were a little kid and the idea of mental health just wasn't even a Thing. The fictional character parade in our head of late? They didn't just get here, they've been here* - and some of them are ones we weren't even consciously Aware were in our head.
*(and even if they DID that doesn't change the fact they can just fucking be here, ftr)
Like a good example is atm we're not "printing naruto fictives bc we're on a naruto kick", we're on a naruto kick in the first place Because the 'characters' who live rent free in our head woke up and are roaming about the place. We got some guy from Black Butler popping up when we honestly have not paid that series any mind in literal Years. Sure, we can try to turn a blind eye to them all like we have been - we've already been doing it for like a decade and a half, what's the rest of our lives?? - but like. Why bother? It doesn't actually make it Stop Happening. It just means being ignorant assholes who never make any effort to check under the hood and see what or who all's up in here.
And also too like.... Someone wrote a post, or a few people wrote posts, or whatever, on this blog where thankfully the sentiment didn't get lost in the weeds of shit memory and dissociation - we always, consistently, find that we have more energy and mental stamina.... when we aren't fussing over how "cringe" we're being or how "what if letting alters be individuals Makes The Dissociation Worse" (which frankly, the opposite seems true if anything - GotS and everything surrounding them coming back recently's pretty indicative of that).
Like. We let ourselves be these cartoon characters or pokemon or manga dorks or whatever.... and we find it so much easier to navigate daily life. Hell, we've observed in practice at our dancing lessons, that Not paying attention to who's in front doesn't magically stop the dissociation or the confusion that comes with it - all it does is make it Harder to understand what's going on. Still gotta pinpoint the fucker who lives life in mirror directions that keeps coming up during those classes bc of it
This is way more than I meant to write but whatever. It's something some of us have been bouncing around as counterarguments to the sadsacks who worry we're just making our condition worse by focusing on letting alters be themselves, whoever that is. And like. We're finding there's a definite balance we need to strike - we can run the risk of living life as The Character distracting or taking priority over irl so we gotta watch that... but honestly? I think if people felt Assured that they can do what they want in their own time sometimes, that they CAN front and be themselves again and again... They won't be so quick to prioritize whatever they want over irl.
They can finish cooking that meal bc they Know they'll be able to hop online and chat after, or they can set that art aside bc they Will be back another time to finish it. Shit like that. And we can't learn that level of security if we don't shut our anxious yaps and just Let This Happen. Period.
So yeah. Just some thoughts we needed to get out there.
Surge ⚡️(song stuck in my head: That Lava Mountain track from Sonic Adventure or whatever. That shit slaps)