We’re the dirty endo sys they warned you about!

Jackalope

A role for headmates who hold distrust or are more distrustful of people outside of their own collective. They may be more skeptical, paranoid, or simply just don't trust others as much. Also could be known as "Skeptic" for those who do not want an animal-related name.

⸺   made by @medikiss for @baishegu

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⸺   do not associate this term with syscourse

we wish for a plural future.

and not in the way of wanting more people to have a dissociative disorder, but in the way of plurality being more accepted and known about.

and not just traumagenic plurality; all types of plurality.

everyone deserves a safe place to be themselves, which includes plurals of all kinds, no matter the origin.

"our lecturers are some of the best in the country-" do they know how to accommodate different learning styles? are they normal when a student has significant access needs?

"our historic campus buildings-" do they have working lifts? can they fit a powerchair?

"our research led curriculum-" is it accessible to mentally disabled people?

"our exceptional scientific equipment-" can people with limb differences use it? will you help them use it?

"our state-of-the-art sports facilities-" do you have a single sports club for disabled people? one sports wheelchair?

"we have over 400 societies" are a single one of them made by, for, and about disabled people?

"our student accommodation (housing) is cheap and modern and-" do you have wheelchair accessible rooms that aren't a million miles away from campus and/or really far away from any social events on campus? do you even have them at all?

"here's our prospectus and website and leaflet!" does it have a single mention of disability in it? outside of 'oh yeah we can accommodate you :)'

"here's how to access our support services!" do they involve having to communicate clearly to be taken even a bit seriously?

"here's how we can accommodate you!" okay but are disabled students an active and important part of your student life? are we anywhere to be found at social events, clubs and societies, (inter)national events, fucking *open days*?

how it feels sometimes

imo way too many people are going through life thinking they're just going to be sensitive to rejection for life because of how some people (not OP, but definitely plenty of ADHD influencers) talk about this "symptom." I don't think it's terribly productive that it gets constantly cordoned off as its own thing. like a lot of ADHD, while it sucks to have it shape your life up to the point you realize what it is, it is indeed possible to exposure therapy & DBT your way out of it.

What conceptualizing RSD as a category of trauma response to social triggers does is allow us to treat it like any other trauma response. It pulls RSD out of the bioessentialist framework and into the realm of injuries that can be treated, learned associations that can be unlearned. It turns out that the same techniques that help with PTSD triggers, including the same damn meds (hi, clonidine), are effective for helping reduce RSD. (It also explains why RSD is also common in autistic people, who often have a similar history of social error and narratives of self blame, without requiring inherent neurological differences.)

2) Many vapes contain diacetyl, which, when inhaled causes popcorn lung, or scarring of the lung

3) Ultrafine particles, when being inhaled, can be lodged in the trachea (not good!)

4) Ultrafine particles can also constrict the arteries in the lungs potentially causing A HEART ATTACK

people look at wheelchair users and think "well you're sitting down all the time that doesn't take effort" no actually it does. pushing a manual chair takes a lot of fucking effort, especially without a power assist. repetitive stress injuries are a huge problem manual chair users encounter all the time. going up hills and ramps is so deeply fatiguing.

this doesn't just apply to manual chair users btw. power chair usage can also be really exhausting, especially for people with complex seating needs. going over bumps and cracks can trigger many symptoms such as spasticity, pressure sores are common, even just sitting upright can be exhausting for many people.

Any of your friends or family members could be part of a system. Any of your classmates or coworkers could, too. Even your partner could be a system.

Plural systems usually do not announce our plurality. Because of the massive stigma around plurality, we try to pass as singlets. My system does this every day. My headmates have friends they've known for a decade who don't know we're plural.

It's said that dissociative disorders are very rare, but they're not. Trauma can and does happen to anyone. And many systems don't have dissociative disorders at all.