Harbors On The Sea

(Pt: Alirealm)

Alirealm is a term to describe beings who consider themselves to be singlets instead of plural (or systems instead of subsystems if individuals in an alirealm are plural) because they view themselves as from another universe/realm/planet/etc and not inside one body/mind/etc. Individuals in an alirealm may control one body, but they are not parts of a system and their "innerworld" or "headspace" is just as much of a real world as the one you're in right now. An alirealm's world may be an exact copy of this world, or it may be completely different, any kinds of worlds are equally real. Any experiences or trauma that happen in an alirealm's world are just as real as this world's. Individuals in an alirealm are just as much real people as people in this world.

The term "alirealm" comes from "alius" (Latin for "another") and "realm".

The stripe meanings are:

Gray-brown for feeling disconnected from the typical concept of "systems" being "multiple people in one brain/body"

Light brown for individuals in alirealms who are also plural

White for feeling a connection with others in your alirealm due to using the same body to access this world

The blue, purple, and pink represent all the different experiences individuals may go through in their alirealm's world

The above is a video shared by smrchildsadness on Twitter, showing a person participating in a pride parade exchanging a pride flag with a person standing on his (am using his pronoun based on the TikToks/Tweets of what happened) doorway who had a Portuguese flag. There are sounds of cheers and crying and the two people hug each other as they exchange the flags. The man at the doorway then waved kisses to the crowd within the pride parade.

The Tweet says: "NO YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HE WAS WAVING THE PORTUGUESE FLAG BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE A PRIDE FLAG AND THEY TRADED FLAGS AND HE'S SO EMOTIONAL TO GET HIS OWN PRIDE FLAG I'M EMOTIONALLY RUINED"

For context, apparently they were worried that maybe he's a nationalist because he was waving the Portuguese flag and some nationalists opposing the pride march were waving that flag. But upon interacting with him, it turns out he didn't have have a pride flag and he wanted to wave *a* flag in support of the pride march. So they had an exchange and now he has his own pride flag 😭🥹.

The image above is a Tweet by kunwara_ladkaa that says "I'm crying so much right now (Image taken by Manuel Fernando Araújo/Lusa)". The image shows the same man from the pride parade crying as he hugs his new pride flag.

The above image is a Tweet by dudz_zZzz that says "ainda não parei de pensar nele," which according to Google translate from Portuguese to English is "I still haven't stopped thinking about him." The image is a drawing of the person from the pride parade, crying as he hugs his new pride flag.

But there is not solid scientific proof yet that “endogenic plurality” is a fully proven medical condition or separate diagnosis. Most current evidence is based on self-reports and community research, not brain scans or large clinical studies.

Like, no this character isn't using a pacifier or gripping onto a plushie or padded or wearing childing clothing, but they are hiding behind their most trusted person in the friend group, either a parental figure or close friend, when things feel too big and new.

They aren't crying out for mommy or daddy, or throwing a tantrum, but they're sobbing to themselves in the middle of the night, clutching their pillow like a person, because everything feels too big and too much

They aren't burying themselves in pacifiers, teethers, or plushies, but they're chewing on their shirt or hand when they get anxious and hugging their pillow to their chest like a lifeline