꩜ ˚ 𝕀𝕟𝕜𝕊𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕞 ˚ ꩜

⋆𖦹⋆ˎˊ˗ HELLOOO

• We are a traumagenic, heavily suspecting system (we’ve done months and months and months of research I promise) on here simply to have fun and be apart of the community !

• We use They/He collectively

• We also are AroAce-Spec and Transmasc collectively

• We are bodily a minor but have alters of a variety of ages

• We are a larger system as well as an introject heavy one

• We are also AuDHD/SPD/fifty william other disorders 🥹

⋆𖦹⋆ˎˊ˗ POSTING

• We’ll probably make plenty general throw-away posts that are simply about being a system in general—good or bad. Like many have said before but I will say again, it REALLY needs some destigmatization.

• We may post tips as well! An example may be things we do as a system to make life easier or just things we do to help calm ourselves down.

• Been thinking about every now and again talking about symptoms people don’t talk about very often, defining a few lesser known aspects or terms, or other similar stuff that has to do with the disorder.

• If we’re in that kind of mood, we may post rants as well. Could be hot takes or just about our day if we feel like it.

• We also could talk about simply plural things! This may range from what we do in our fields/descriptions to how we sort tags.

• We’ll reblog stuff semi-regularly; it’ll likely only be system related things.

⋆𖦹⋆ˎˊ˗ DNI I SWEAR TO GOD IF I CATCH YOU LIKING/REBLOGING/FOLLOWING OUR SHIT YOU’RE DONE

• Endogenics/Willogenics/Basically any non-traumagenic OSDDID “systems” and supporters of those systems

• Homophobes

• Basic DNI chat just don’t be weird

⋆𖦹⋆ˎˊ˗ TAG GUIDE

• #inkrefills — General posts

• #pen+ink — Comics/other art pieces

• #inkingtips — Advice/tips

• #spiltink — Discussing information/facts

• #pouringink — Ranting

• #simplyink — Anything Simply Plural related

• #inkreturn — Answering asks

Me. NOW RUNNNN.

I have rights. The constitution says I do

So I coined a gender for myself because I couldn’t find one that fit what I was looking for.

The only reason I’m posting this on our system blog is because this doesn’t apply to our host and I don’t want our friends that don’t know we’re a system to think

“Oh…….this is their gender now….?”

Bcs I’m not that mean ig

Uhh…TW under the cut for like…gore mention and other stuff like that ig?? Cuz I have a moot who doesn’t like that stuff. Hi gang. Get called out

(Pspspspsp, if you don’t want to read all of this which I entirely understand, I summarized it at the end in a few sentences)

I’m not making this post for any particular reason, other than the fact that recently I saw someone mention how they barely see Alexithymia talked about when it comes to DID, and I agree strongly. So, I figured, why not make a post about it?

For anyone unaware, Alexithymia is when a person has difficulty experiencing, understanding, differentiating/identifying, and expressing their emotions. It is also known as Emotional Blindness. Several factors can cause it, ranging from past experiences, to genetics, to certain medical conditions; “About 10 to 13 percent of the population has this trait” (Psychology Today). Due to not being able to process one’s own emotions properly, it affects the ways in which those people react to other people’s emotions. This can lead to accidental miscommunication, relationships suffering, etc. Alexithymia has shown itself to be common in those with childhood trauma, PTSD, Eating Disorders, Depressive Disorders, Anxiety, and Autism (Psychology Today).

Furthermore, it has been shown that coexistence between dissociation and Alexithymia is rather high, despite them being two entirely separate phenomena. Multiple studies have been done to see the correlation between the two, and a one in particular shows that out of 173 subjects, 20 were found to be Alexithymic, 15 reported a history of physical abuse, and scores of dissociation, depression, and anxiety were shown to be significantly higher in the Alexithymic group. The study concluded that the scores for anxiety and Alexithymia and the histories of physical abuse all predicted dissociation, showing high correlation with one another. (Alexithymia and dissociative tendencies in an adolescent sample from Eastern Turkey)

The fact that Alexithymia and physical abuse was shown to coexist strongly with dissociation shows how common it likely is in disorders like DID, or even BPD (which i also saw multiple studies for, but am not going to get into in turn of it not being my initial intention). DID, being a trauma based disorder and form of C-PTSD, usually stems from histories of abuse, physical abuse being common amongst survivors. So in a disorder based around trauma and dissociation, it’s extremely likely for someone with said disorder to also have Alexithymia. I’d actually go as far as to say it could be part of the cause of it.

I couldn’t find any sources to back me up on this particular theory, so I’m relying strictly on logic. Since Alexithymia was shown to be a key pointer to dissociation and not the other way around, I find it easy to believe that predisposed Alexithymia—possibly through genetics or other factors unrelated to trauma—could be a factor in why the trauma leading to DID was happening in the first place. As I stated earlier, Alexithymia is shown to have an effect on many forms of relationships. As someone who has had my parents become upset with me due to me not being emotional enough or showing the “right emotion at the time”, as well as parents who have overreacted greatly to said “wrongdoing” on my part (I won’t go into detail but I’m sure you can have a vague idea), I think it just adds to why Alexithymia can go hand in hand with DID, whether it was present before or after trauma.