since we know a good 80% of my followers are plural/plural-adjacent in some way, here is your reminder that simplyplural is shutting down the servers soon, please make sure you've ported all/a good chunk of your information to an alternate site/app/etc!
I hate how misunderstood osdd-1a is. I made a post a while ago talking about systemhood with a lack of amnesia barriers like osdd-1b and alters like osdd-1a, and so many ppl were like "so you mean a singlet" no that's actually not what I fucking said. Osdd-1a does not mean "doesnt have alters" it means theyre less elaborated or differentiated, like theyre all fragments or just different "versions" of the same identity, or maybe they all appear the same in headspace but use different labels and names. The best analogy I have for it is all those 2016 sans undertale AU ensembles and comics people would draw, theyre all the same person just different "versions". It doesn't matter if alters aren't that different from one another, if you still hear them in ur head and they still front then they are not just "mood states" like bpd or cptsd.
Osdd-1a systems are still SYSTEMS. They're still PLURAL. If they didn't have alters but still had amnesia barriers then thats not what a fucking system is, that would be diagnosed as dissociative amnesia (which yes, is a separate dx despite being a symptom of osddid!)
Idk I just feel like there were multiple different avenues Amaryllis could have gone down instead of sunsetting and leaving the entire community -- a pretty big chunk of whom are autistic -- frantically scrambling to find alternatives.
Even if I am syscourse unaligned, I feel more drawn to pro endo spaces because I do not feel this systematic feeling of aggressiveness and miserably. "Endos die" and "endos kys" are common tags with anti endo people, as for now, I never saw an "anti-endo die/kys" tag.
And I do not want to generalise and say X always happens and Y never happens. But I find it hard to see positivity when looking at anti-endo tags versus pro endo or neutral tags.
I do not think we should say to people to die over harmless things.
I’m tagging this under all respective alliance tags solely because I don’t care what side you’re on for this. Pro-endo, anti-endo, endo-neutral, what-the-fuck-is-an-endo, I don’t care. This is a matter of safety for everyone involved. I won’t be cross-tagging again.
ALWAYS add CWS/TWS (content warnings/trigger warnings) when speaking about potentially distressing material. More under the cut.
I’ve been noticing an influx of people talking about explicit content that can cause others to be triggered and/or come under extreme distress. While not everyone in the communities regarding systemhood, plurality and/or multiplicity have trauma, I’d make a good bet that the majority of us do. And if we don’t, then we may be more vulnerable than the average person to sensitive or explicit content.
Considering this, I am reminding the community to be more mindful and add content warnings or trigger warnings (preferably both) when discussing certain topics.
This is a PSA detailing what they are, why they’re important and how to actually use these warnings. I’ll also include some common topics you can add a trigger warning for.
What is a trigger/content warning? How are they similar and different from one another?
A trigger warning, according to the Cambridge Dictionary, is a “statement at the beginning of a piece of writing, before the start of the film, etc., warning people that they may find the content very upsetting, especially if they experience something similar.
A content warning is very similar. However, it has less focus on an advance warning for trauma survivors. It’s a broader warning for content some may find “upsetting or offensive”.
Overall, the two are similar and, for the sake of this post, can be used interchangeably.
Why should I add content warnings and trigger warnings to my post?
Trigger warnings and content warnings are not just a courtesy. They also bring about informed consent to the material of your posts. Anyone can look over the warning and then know whether or not they are able to consume your content. After all, as mentioned previously, these topics can be distressing for some. Others may not find the content upsetting but just wouldn’t be interested in seeing it. Either way, they deserve to know the broad content of the post so they may curate their experience as much as possible online.
In addition, neglecting to add a trigger warning or using the proper tags can and does trigger people. Depending on the severity of the episode caused by the content they consumed without informed consent, it could lead to someone being hospitalized or harmed.
How do I add content warning and trigger warnings to my post?
The easiest way to do this is through Tumblr’s tagging feature. I’d recommend you use both “tw” and “cw” and then put the topic right after. So if the topic is abuse, then you can put “cw abuse” and “tw abuse” in the tags.
If you only briefly mention something, such as it being part of one paragraph in a long post as opposed to the main focus, you can add ‘mention at the end’. “Tw abuse mention” tells someone your post is not focused on abuse, but may mention it. This helps people make more informed decisions on whether or not they can read your post.
You can also put the respective warnings at the top of your post, and hide the actual content under the cut.
What are some common topics to add content and trigger warnings for?
I’ve listed some common topics here. This is not an exhaustive list.
• Abuse (specifying which type of abuse, such as physical abuse, is useful)
• Suicide/Self-harm
• Racism/Xenophobia/Antisemitism
• Homophobia/Transphobia/Intersexism/LGBT+ phobia
• Islamophobia
• Sexism
• Violent Crime
• Weapons (specifying the weapon, such as guns, is useful)
• Hate Crime, Police Brutality , Hate groups (KKK, Nazis, etc)
• Death (specifying what died, such as child or animal death, is useful)/Gore
• Genocide
• Slurs (specifying which type, such as racial slurs, is useful)
• Substance use
• Domestic violence
• Sexual content/Kinks
Thank you for reading. With this reminder I hope we can make our respective communities a safer place for everyone.
Disclaimer: This blog is completely neutral and does not claim a syscourse stance. We believe there's a lot to be gained from both sides of the community. Our posts are in-good-faith and meant to stir up honest conversation in all syscourse stances and beliefs.
I understand a LOT of anti-endo sentiment and honestly share a few of the beliefs; the endo community can be harmful and spread misinformation about CDDs, they have a tendency to talk over CDDs in certain spaces, some are pro-harassment, some believe in FMSF and Grey Faction rhetoric, etc. Such things are why we can't identify as pro-endo.
The one argument I cannot understand is "Endos are faking a serious traumatic disorder."
Let me explain: From a completely neutral standpoint, people who fake things don't use terminology away from what they're faking. People faking disorders just say they have those disorders, they don't make up new words. If someone was faking a CDD, they would simply just say they have a CDD. So combining that with the vehement insistence from the vast majority of endos that they do NOT have a CDD and are removed from most of that experience, how do you defend saying they're faking our disorder?
