"There's no scientific backing for endogenic systems and tulpas" says the Lemur Therian
I'm sorry, I didn't realize Mr. Lemur that you needed scientific evidence to support people's identities and experiences.
So um, just for the rest of the class, @that-lemur, can you show us the proof that you are, in fact, a lemur internally?
Because without scientific backing, I just don't know why anyone should believe you, by your standards... 🤷♀️
Oh wait.
When it's your identity, your position is...
Got it!
Anyway, reminder that the Alterhuman community is inclusive. It has always been inclusive since the term was coined, including plural and walk-in identities. (Walk-ins generally referring to a type of spiritual headmate who walk in to a system.)
So yeah, if you're routinely posting in inclusive spaces, people will probably assume you're inclusive and safe to interact with.
Now, I find it pretty ridiculous that someone in the alterhuman community is using a lack of scientific basis to argue someone's identity is invalid.
But I also need to say that this factually incorrect!
Practically every source, including dissociative experts, have confirmed that endogenic and non-disordered plurality exists or at least may be possible. Anti-endos have yet to produce even a single doctor who has said otherwise.
And more recently, there was an AMA with psychiatrists researching tulpas in an fMRI study for Stanford University. One of their big findings was changes in the brains of tulpa systems during possession of limbs.
This is actual, neurological data.
Beyond that, here's a big document of other research and studies related to endogenic systems.
Endogenic & Non-Traumagenic Plurality Resources Guardians System, a diagnosed traumagenic DID system with PTSD and CPTSD A .EDU site explain
I could go all day with pro-endo sources. But here's the bigger thing you need to understand.
Bigotry like this has no place in the alterhuman community. Because if you decide that someone's identity isn't valid because they don't have "scientific backing," others will see that as permission to say the same about you.
The system medicalist ideology of requiring scientific validation is harmful to all alterhumans, not just endogenic systems.
Did research, talked to people who know their stuff, and did a lot of self reflection. It turns out I've been repressing being a Nina fictive for about three years
But!!! I (we?) figured it out!!! :]] today has been spent nurturing Nina's identity and doing what makes her feel at peace and it's been really nice
I'm remembering when I was in one of my "I am literally Nina in real life" episodes . I bought two different kinds of purple sweater + red stripey leggings so I could look as close as possible. It is fun and awesome but I'm not sure what causes it bc sometimes I feel like her and sometimes I don't
Pondering.. I know exactly what my mermaid body looks like and sometimes I can FEEL it. And it's so coooll I am so shiny and pretty and my tail is big and awesome
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