how to form alters pllss
How Dissociative Identity Disorder creates alters is creating dissossive states which form conscious Invidiuals to function normally due to trauma. Over time, they may form more origins and not always form due to trauma.
However, theres is dissossive barriers between alters (such as a cisendogenic who is cisdid may have formed due to other causes and trauma created the barriers).
So, here's some starter tips to understand how to create alters:
— You are aiming to create dissossive barriers between you and the other alters
— Traumagenic alters normally have reasons why they are there. Are they there to protect? Care for the body? Etc! This doesn't apply to all but they always have a cause why they're here.
— Often alters are polyconscious and multiple. This isn't often the case but it is quite normal/common!
Now, how to actually form alters? Instead of being broad and just saying there is many ways to do this, we will being to an genuine tutorial.
Step One — Create the alter
One common tactic that we as a collective do is firstly, create the alter. BAHs can be quite helpful for this process!
What is their name(s)? Pronouns? Gender identities? Any xenogenders? What about transids, cisids, etc? Age? Species? Boundaries? Term preference? Clothing preference? How do they type? Personality? These are all questions to so consider when first creating them.
Now, create the plan. You can write this in a notes app or docs or send a bah in. Once you receive the bah pack or finish them, now is the next step.
Step Two — Creating the alter
Although, there is many ways to do this, we will stick with one tactic. So, you have created the plan, now you have to create the alter.
To do this, you firstly start an conversation with them. Think what would they respond with? How would they react?
Pretending is one of the key steps into creating alters in general, however, are helpful especially in transdid plurals.
Some conversation starters can be:
— Can you help me with this?
— What do you want to do?
— What do you want to eat?
— Want to find a movie with me to watch?
— What video do you want to watch?
Make sure to think of them as already formed and conscious. You can also think of them as separate and already have anmesia barriers. This includes talking for them and forming those barriers such as responding as if they do not know where they are, ask about people around them, etc!
This can extremely help out with creating amnesia barriers when creating them. The brain will trick itself into forming their consciousness and making them an consciousness and sentient alter.
How long this takes will differ! However, here's some tips to help out:
— Talk to them constantly
— Affirm amnesia barriers (you can also wait after creating them to do this as a collective!)
— Make them a blog! When people talk to them, it can help form them along the process as you can't control what others say, they will eventually respond on their own
— Ask them constant questions to affirm identity, sense of self, and personality!
Step Three — Creating anmesia
Not everytime, you will form anmesia when creating them. So, you will have to create it yourself. Anmesia barriers are barriers between alters dividing memories, skills, etc!
Anmesia barriers can be black out anmesia or grey out anmesia or both. Emotional anmesia is also common in DID and OSDD-1.
Now, how to create anmesia? Firstly, you can pretend. Pretending often causes genuine anmesia and is a common process when transitioning to DID.
If the other alter can front, even if you can remember what they did, pretend you know absolutely nothing. Be confused when people ask anything when they're front.
If they can't front, you can still do this but with random parts of the day! The drawing you drew? You look at it confusingly when you flip to that page, etc!
