Howdy critters and creatures! Welcome to my parts work sideblog! You can find an in-depth introduction here, but for the sake of brevity here’s the most basic info about me and the rats in my head:
⭐️ Star — she/her — Myself! Anchor, Blanket, Central, Mindkeeper (keeper of the rats /j)
The Rats
🆔 Name — pronouns — Is the personification of my…
🗒️ Piper — she/her — Self-love
🎙️ Hugo — he/him — Inner-peace
⚙️ Delta — he/bot — Logic
💣 July — she/her — Vitality
⚠️ Kyle — he/it — Intrusive thoughts
💐 Rams — ask — Passion
💢 Todd — he/him — Discomfort
☀️ Aster — she/they — Self-acceptance
🌧️ Rio — she/they — Anxiety
☔️ Dean — he/they — Self-preservation
[more general info below cut]
Why “The Rats”?
I call them “rats” rather than “minds” simply because it is the nickname term I got used to using before polymindence was coined. It’s an emordnilap of Star, since The Rats are aspects of myself personified. I might use the term “minds” to avoid confusion in general spaces.
Other Things of Note
It’s always safe to assume it’s me (Star) talking, as the rats only communicate internally.
I welcome all questions about polymindence asked in good faith! Obviously I cannot speak for every polymind, but I made this side-blog to share my own perspective and experiences :3
Organizational tags! (made for my own benefit)
#🏷rambles : posts/reblogs where I ramble a lot in the tags
#🐀posts : my original posts
#talking to the void : Untagged journal-like posts (often deleted later)
#cue the queue : Tumblr queue tag
I’m. known to disappear suddenly without explanation. Crossing fingers that won’t happen this time, but if it does do not be alarmed, it’s just the social anxiety iwi
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not a comic, but i thought i would share this here- a small excerpt from my personal journal.
we've found that being mindful of our surroundings comes hand in hand with developing our own unique identities. if your system (or anyone in it, or even if you're a singlet) struggles with identity, the best thing i can recommend is simply observing the world. do you like it? how does it make you feel?
for the longest time, i have struggled with anhedonia. this has allowed me to find much more joy- because now im learning WHAT i enjoy in the first place. im finding "favorite" things now! your quality of life improves vastly when you know what little things you can do to boost your mood, like making things certain colors or eating your favorite snack.
they don’t tell you this either, but as long as your younger self is in you, they’re safe now. and you can imagine them anywhere they want to be or you can carry them with you and feel them watch through your eyes and think wow I’m fuckoff cool in the future
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Being a calm, gentle, non-reactive person is really hard work, which is probably why many people are none of these things. Personally I think it’s worth it but sometimes one does want to just roll around on the floor wailing at the top of one’s lungs
People in my notes who think I’m repressed or dissociating: you will feel better when you learn emotions are not a binary of Not Feeling It vs Being Overwhelmed By It
So my FIRST piece of information if you’re still a teen is that genuinely as you get older it will get easier to regulate your emotions. During adolescence our brains are undergoing a lot of growth and change that genuinely does make it harder to do this, on a scientific level. However, practicing emotional regulation skills can still help a lot and if you can find something that works it will make life easier going forward
This page has more information and recommendations for some basic exercises:
Discover effective strategies for teens to manage intense emotions, develop emotional awareness, and improve overall well-being. Expert tips
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If anyone wants to request polls, feel free to do so. Ask inbox is always open.
Comment or reblog with nuances you'd like to specify. I like getting to know your experiences in detail. (My nuanced answer is under the cut!)
Do you have a mindspace?
Yes, many
Yes, one
No
Maybe / Nuance
See results
Remaining time: 1 day 4 hours
Definition: a visualization tool helping one picture where inactive minds "go".
Synonyms: headspace, innerworld.
Note: mindspace isn't exclusive to polyminds, therefore anyone can vote.
Make sure to check the #polymind polls tag every 4:00PM GMT. Have a nice day, everyone, and stay determined! ❤️
As a headmate in a system with hyperphantasic imagination, I live in many innerworlds. However, headmates don't have their own mini headspace, me included.
Many of them are aphantasic when not fronting, so they resort to playing with innerworld dolls, LARPing, running computer simulations, etc. (They also film it to convert their scenarios into dreams)
I'm the only headmate who can visualize on my own. This ability is strong enough to see recurring characters in my daydreams, including my minds' personas, but it's too weak for me to imagine locations. Would it count as mindspace if my inactive minds reside in an abyss? Probably not.
1. Yes and yes. It feels like talking to myself and sometimes takes a bit of reflection to figure out who's saying what. I often talk to them through text/written word so even if I don't catch who's who in the moment I can identify their voices/tones later on when I'm looking back on it.
2. It's like shifting into a different mindset (dictionary definition, not polymind term). Different minds being active mainly just change how I think, but the difference in attitude and mood may result in me acting differently as well.
3. My minds are all aspects of me. Although some of my minds are also closely interwoven with each other (eg 🌧️ ☔️ ) particularly when they're parts of me that relate to or interact with each other often (eg 🌧️shame & avoidance☔️)
4. The only time a mind being active might affect how I want to be perceived/referred to is when it's 🐱Fluffy because she often coincides a cat-kinshift, but even then it's not a dramatic change from my baseline cat-alterhumanity, just leaning into it a little more.
Something I love, love, love about polymind coining posts is that they arise from someone filling out a need. Polymindence is a coping mechanism largely about naming facets of one's self in order to realize it and make any issues or emotions easier to work through, so each coining post is someone recognizing how their mind works and taking a step forward.
Idk. I believe in us. I believe we can get better. I can't go on like this forever.
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hi! I don't wanna expose my identity because this might be a very embarrassing question, but id like to ask something.
I am alterhuman, more specifically fictionkin, otherlink and musickin. I have noticed recently that my personality tends to shift often, almost like my mind changes personalitys for certain things. I have also noticed said personalitys tend to line up with my kin/linktypes personalitys so I believe if I am polymind those would be the minds. Though I don't see them as minds really, or fictlings. I see them as my kin/linktypes still, just one is more prominent/active at the moment. If I am polyminded, is it valid for me to 1. Not be plural, 2. Not identify with the term fictling/minds etc. I just want a term that let's me understand myself a little better, if polymind isn't the term for me thank you for your help anyway. ^^
Hope this makes sense.
I'm not sure if I have the answer for you, but I'll try!
you can be polyminded and not identify as plural. I myself don't identify as plural even if I'm a polymind! and if you're a polymind, you don't have to use the terms either. you can make your own ^^
I do believe that your alterhuman identities can sometimes be stronger then the others, that's at least how it is for me, so it can also just be that?
I think it just depends what you're most comfortable with and/or how you "view" them. If you just want to identify as an alterhuman and not polymind, then that's 100% valid and does make sense! but if you want to identify as a polymind then that's also valid and makes sense.
with how you explained it here, I think its closer to alterhuman identities just becoming "stronger", but I could be wrong! you could also "test" using both alterhuman and polymind terms. when I'm unsure of things like that, then i like to "test it out" and see how I feel after some hours, days, weeks or even months (depending on different things of course)
sorry if this didn't answer much, but I hope you at least get what I tried to say here (´•ω•̥`)
