Hi, an βendogenicβ refresher course, right here!
1. We introduced the term βendogenicβ into the community August 2014, along with some other terms! It was in response to exclusionists (wrongly) complaining about βsystems without DIDβ using βtheir wordsβ. It was an attempt at creating nonmedicalized terms that any plural system could use.Β
2. It was also a way to do away with terms that had fallen into disfavorβ specifically βnatural systemsβ, a term that had been in use possibly as early as 1994. It was disliked because people felt it implied that trauma-caused systems were unnatural. βEndogenicβ fixed that.Β
3. The word βendogenicβ was lovingly created to help systems put their experience into words. All it means is βa system not formed by traumaβ; it doesnβt imply any other cause, set of beliefs, or experiences. It doesnβt imply the system is nondisordered or doesnβt have trauma. It doesnβt mean any other systemβs origins in trauma or dx status is βinvalidβ or whatever.
4. Though the terms were eventually posted to tumblr, the idea didnβt start there. Tumblr was created in 2007; the concept of systems not caused by trauma has, again, been online since the 90s. Nor was the term created by singlets! Weβre a trauma-caused system with DID.Β
5. βEndogenicβ wasnβt created as an insult or to exclude anyone. We have loved ones who are endogenic. Many of the terms in use now were created by endogenics. They have helped preserve plural history, and defended the community. They are good people, and real systems. The hate they get is completely senseless.
Thanks for coming to our talk. Please stop insulting endogenic systems, and educate yourselves instead, thanks. (Unless itβs just pure malice at this point in which case, fuck off I guess.)
https://endogenichub.weebly.com/ is a decent site to learn more.
