The Astra System

We're a system of over 100 alters. We created this blog to hopefully be a friendly place for people to come talk to us and ask questions. If you're curious about who we are, here are our Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, Slytherin alters.

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🏅 When your host lacks confidence so her system brings you in. Hey, I'm Oikawa, from Haikyuu. I'm supposed to be a confidence booster for Vixen to help her stop doubting herself and her abilities so much

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🛡 Hello again! We have decided to add links in our bio. Each house will take you to the house list where you can click on each alter to learn more about them and see their pictures (littles will not have their pictures posted!). I'm in the process of uploading all of them but there's a lot of people in here so please be patient!

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heyy! uhm suggestion,,,youu could to the alter thing on Carrd! one of my mutuals do it and it looks easy to use

🛡 Thank you very much for your suggestion! We've decided to make links in our bio, but I'll probably use the Carrd suggestion for personal use!

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🛡 Hello everyone!! Small update, at some point tonight or tomorrow (hopefully tonight) I'll be updating the Meet the Alters lists! We've gotten a lot of new people lately and I'm sure a lot of people are confused by the new emojis popping up :p

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🛡 Heeeey so I know I said we were going to update our meet the alters but on both mobile and my laptop it’s proving to be a struggle for some reason :/ So I was thinking of other options. Would everyone prefer I just delete the posts and remake them? Or I could possibly create a side blog specifically to introduce the alters (I would put the blog name in my description). The other option I thought of was finding a free website maker and making a website for all of them? Again, I’d put the link in the description. With the second and third option, I’d be able to add pictures and more detailed information.

So let us know your thoughts on which you’d prefer please!

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🛡 Hello everyone!! Small update, at some point tonight or tomorrow (hopefully tonight) I'll be updating the Meet the Alters lists! We've gotten a lot of new people lately and I'm sure a lot of people are confused by the new emojis popping up :p

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is it normal for some systems to not be able to hear any voices and not know if they have / can't access the headspace,,,..-🧁

🎣 That's completely normal. Everyone does have a headspace because it's basically required when you have a system (so that alters have a place to go when not fronting) but it's normal for people to not have access to it. Same with being able to hear, Vixen has times where she can't hear us at all even if we're cofronting. Sometimes people just need more practice and whatnot before they're in tune with their system. If you think you might be one then just keep working at it and eventually you'll make progress!

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I just want to say thank you so much for answering my asks. Of course I’m anon so my identity is hidden but we really appreciate it! It’s so helpful and all of your answers make sense. Thank you to every single one of you!! <3

🛡 Aw thank you! I'm so glad we're able to help!! ❤

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Hey, i had a weird experience yesterday. Pretty much I had two people talking to me in my head that weren't me. They go by Jax and Navi. Navi seems to go by she/her and Jax goes by he/him. Could this be an indication that I might be a system?

☎️ Good evening 😊 It does sound like a good possibility. My suggestion is to try speaking to them again, learn what you can about them. Find out what they like and do/watch/etc that item to coax them out. Perhaps also think back and see if there's any points in time that are fuzzy or you can't remember at all. Dissociation and memory loss is a strong indicator of having a system.

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Okay first you’re so valid for having a ton of fictives! So getting to my question so is it okay to have fictives from popular media or that they are coincidentally the main character? Our system is made up of a few fictives and I’m just worried I might be faking or something so I just needed assurance :) I hope you have a wonderful day!

🛡 Aww thank you!!! Of course it's okay! A lot of people relate to main characters because they usually have the qualities we wish we had. For us, a lot of my fictives share a source because I attached to the source as a whole. Other people get mostly side characters, some people get all the "dad" figures, stuff like that. You're completely valid, don't worry. I hope you have a good night/day!! 🥰

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can a system only be 2 alters (a host and another)?

🛡 Hello! So paperwork says 2, but I'm not sure if it technically means a host and an alter or 2 alters PLUS the host. Either way though, everyone with DID will only have one alter for a bit until they split again. It's also possible that a person can have multiple alters but only be aware of one or two of them. I personally had 20 alters that were hiding in my system that I just found recently. I'm not really sure if any of that was helpful lol but there you go! I hope it helped!

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🛡 Hello everyone! We are so so sorry for not answering messages or anything lately. We were working over time at work until we finished our last day earlier this week and then we've been moving the past few days. But we're back now! Will be more active and hopefully even be making more Tiktoks!

Thank you for your patience.

Love from the Astra System ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

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If you don’t mind me asking, how does dissociating feels like? I’m not sure if my experience could be considered as dissociating but I don’t know. I mean of course everyone is different but yeah.

🛡 Like you said, everyone is different. I googled the common definition though, here it is!

"Dissociation is a break in how your mind handles information. You may feel disconnected from your thoughts, feelings, memories, and surroundings. It can affect your sense of identity and your perception of time. The symptoms often go away on their own. It may take hours, days, or weeks."

🛡 For myself personally, I experience all of those. I can read for what I think is ten minutes and then realize it's been 3 hours. My main "symptom" of dissociation is the identity and feeling disconnected. Usually (but not always) I don't like myself, I don't know what makes me 'me' and it's hard to look in a mirror and acknowledge that the person looking back is actually me. I struggle the most with staying in touch with reality though, everything feels very dreamlike and not real to me, and occasionally i lose touch with my emotions (I either stay sorta sad/panicky or I just go numb and don't feel anything). I hope this was helpful!! Sorry about the delay in replying but thank you for the ask!

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hello i have some question and i was wondering if i can dm if possible. I don't wanna be a bother, sorry if this is an awkward ask lol.

🛡 Of course you can!! We don't mind at all and you aren't a bother 😊

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So I been thinking for a while now that I may be apart of a system and I am looking for a diagnosis but due to these times I really can’t go right now so any advice for a undiagnosed system?

🎼 Hey! We're in a similar situation, our process got paused due to Covid. Some of the stuff Vixen has done in meantime (which has been a lot honestly, she's been hyperfocused on this and I'm super glad she can't smack me for calling her out right now 😜). Do as much research as you can about DID (be careful though there's a lot of sites that have bullshit information). You can also start writing out info about each alter that you're aware of and by doing that and trying to communicate with them it'll help your system work more effectively. Talk to other systems as well to see if you have similar experiences (again, be careful cause there are fakes out there. Also! Don't be worried or doubt yourself if you're slightly different then others because all systems vary a bit on how they work). Um... yeah that's all I got at the moment but try those out! I hope it helps!

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Do alters have birthdays or is it just when the body's birthday is

♟ It depends on the alter and the system. For us personally, most of the fictives go by their source birthday. A few non-fictives have a mix of sharing with Vixen, choosing a random day they like, or just not caring. The first split, Bambi, shares her birthday with Vixen. Pip I believe wants to celebrate on April 1st and a few are thinking of possibilities in the fall or spring. For our partner system, a few of their alters use the day they appeared as theirs.

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do you have any advice for someone who does not have DID but wants to write a character with DID

🏮 Hello! Research as much as you can about the disorder. Also try talking to different people who have D.I.D., since everyone is different. Oh and pleaseeee don't make the character or the alters out to be "evil"! I also recommend showing the harder parts of DID, don't make it seem fun or romantic, there's a lot of downsides to it.

If you ever want anyone to read over it for an opinion we can!

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ello have a nice day!! having a lot of fictives is so valid! -roxy lalonde fictive :3

🛡 Aw thank you Roxy!!! You're just as valid too! ❤❤