GIRLBOYFAILURE!!

fictive introjects aren't literally blorbo from your show and expecting them to act exactly the same as blorbo is weird

introjects who arent fictives exist also

u cant just demand someone else fronts it's rude and weird. also talking to a system isn't really a choose your own adventure type of thing

no there isn't an "evil alter"

persecutor alters do exist and are common but they arent evil alters and should be treated with the same respect youd treat anyone else

some systems have like 2 or 3 members and others have hundreds. its generally not ur business why a system has the amount of alters they do

u arent entitled to know whos fronting 24/7. a lot of systems dont even always know whos fronting let alone want to share

switching is often not obvious or dramatic at all. it can be but generally it's not.though it does depend if someone has a more overt or covert presentation

did isnt actually that rare. around 1.5% of people are diagnosed with did and it goes undiagnosed a lot. and 1.5% is around the same amount of people who have red hair or ocd or green eyes

you have absolutely no way of knowing if someone is "faking" or lying about being a system. "what about-" nope not even if they do that. almost everything that people claim make it obvious someones lying (nonhuman alters, bigger systems, overt presentation etc) are just... ways that systems exist. ur not in their head, u dont get to decide what theyre experiencing

no we arent possessed

i realized i didnt define system in this post. WHOOPS. basically the most simple definition is "multiple people/selves who share one body".

theres a LOT of different terms that people prefer . ive been using system and alter bc i see those the most but some prefer other terms, like collective. plural and multiple are words i see a lot to describe the experience of multiple people in one body,, and headmate/system member/part/alter/etc are all terms that exist that mean similar things. generally its best to ask what terms a system prefers. from my experience, system and alter/headmate are most common, but it depends system to system and sometimes between system members

the 1.5% is like. a minimum tbh. bc i'd guess a lot of systems arent diagnosed with anything, even if they do fit the criteria (some systems dont!), and especially bc being a system isnt usually something people can tell from looking at u and most psychiatrists/other mental health professionals dont have much if any experience with working with systems

if youre not a system but want to give ur hot take on intracommunity system discourse. Please dont. 🙏

on that note. without getting too into the aforementioned discourse fakeclaiming (saying someone isnt really a system) someone because they identify as endogenic or nondisordered or whatever else is a dick move. again youre not in their head and dont know their experiences. also it literally does not affect u either way

also if u ARE a system and don't want to give ur hot take on intracommunity system discourse, or if u dont have one, u dont have to. frankly i dont know enough about a lot of it to have an opinion and discourse stresses me out so i avoid it

some systems like to be referred to with plural terms (you all, you&, yous, etc). some don't. it varies by system

a lot of stuff varies by system, and generally asking isnt a bad thing to do. as a general rule tho if ur question has to do with trauma maybe don't ask it.

when in doubt it can be helpful to think if youd say the same thing to a singlet (person whos not a system). like, "what terms are u ok with being used for u/are u ok with [word]/is it ok if i ask about [thing]" is probably fine. "what trauma have u been thru please explain in detail so i can decide if youre really a system" is definitely not.

if someone tells you theyre a system absolutely don't tell anyone else unless they give u explicit permission

i lost the tag but someone in the tags mentioned thinking of it like several people sharing a social media account but instead of an account it's a body which is a really good way of thinking of it imo. like several people could be online/fronting at once, they dont have to say whos posting/fronting, they dont need a public list of members, and the people in the account/system can have different relationships with each other

once again a lot of this varies btwn systems and i absolutely havent represented Every Single System Experience here, these are just some of the first things to come to mind

also for learning more theres a lot of youtubers who talk abt their experiences!! the rings system and multiplicityandme are two i remember watching a lot when i first started learning about system stuff. anthony padilla also has a video with systems. also theres scientific articles and stuff if ur like me and like to read those for fun. but they definitely tend to be very clinical/scientific and might not be a great representation of what its actually like to be a system