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i am genuinely open to info about tulpas and willos, but those are the only group of endos (setting aside spiritual systems) I could find myself actually believing, funnily enough.

like if you self conceptualize as a thing, please dont try to pass it off as its own special thing that has its own separate mechanism. whatever i dont care. but if you're like, someone who says they ID as plural from birth but have no actual proof of that being possible don't go up to someone and say, "yeah its 100% possible to be born plural trust". <- my primary issue with endos

so if there is an actual mechanism and it becomes proven, then yeah sure i'll acknowledge them. caveat is if you're proving tulpamancy then i'll believe in that but not like, again being born plural unless there's something that proves that too.

My stance kinda just boils down to “I don’t know if it’s possible but I’ll treat people with respect and understanding anyway.” For me, it’s just a decision to be more open to new ideas and be more caring and understanding towards people. I want to stay curious and put positivity out into the world (tho, I don’t always meet that goal, I’ll admit), and I just wasn’t doing that when I was anti-endo. I personally don’t see harm in people living in a way that’s authentic to themselves, but I do see harm in denying people’s lived reality because you don’t understand how it works or you think it’s too close to a disordered experience.

I still do respect the opinions of anti-endos and the framework does make sense to me, I just don’t think things are that clear cut, yk? People are very complicated, brains are very complicated, I don’t think any one thing about this is very cut and dry.

in one study, 582 French psychiatrists completed a questionnaire. 60.8% had never received ANY training on dissociative disorders. only 19.5% stated that they confidently believed that DID exists. 50% believed that DID was created by Hollywood and/or social media. (2025)

in another study, 83 U.S. professionals completed a survey. 26.5% claimed that they did not consider DID to be a valid disorder; 61.6% claimed that they were unlikely to believe a new patient who reports having DID. (2018)

this study found that, out of 301 American psychiatrists, only "about one-third" believed that DID should be included in the DSM. only "about one-quarter" believed that DID was supported by strong evidence and scientifically valid. (1999)

this study found that, out of 250 Australian clinicians, only 55% considered dissociative disorders to be valid diagnoses. (2005)

All kinds of pseudoscientific bullshit is "common sense". Just because it sounds or feels right doesn't make it scientific truth.

Moral of the story, “common sense” is a bad argument because 1) what is common sense is different for everyone and 2) common sense can definitely be wrong. What you think you know about a given topic without any research into it is pretty pointless. Unless you can actually back up your claims with evidence, you’re shit outta luck my friend. Get a better argument

I don’t think everyone quite fits inside it tho. Obviously, you’re going to have outliers that just- Do not meet what is expected, and the same is true of the TOSD. Not everyone can fit inside it.

The post also brings up that different types of switches are skills and I certainly agree with that. Which you have is going to be specific to your situation. Which you are better at is also specific to you and your situation. You can learn how to do the other type if you really want, you aren’t confined to one type of switching.

saying a bunch of “controversial” shit to get attention lmao here we go

paraphiles are not predators, no it isn’t racist to be transrace, transage isn’t just for people trying to prey on little kids, radqueer has always been pro-consent, yes consensual harm exists, no it is not ableist to be transabled, yes you can transition to be plural/a system, endogenic systems exist and always have, endogenic systems are recognized by science, proship is not a bad thing, fiction is not reality, there is no “harmful” identity, there are only harmful actions, your discourse stances don’t make you a good or bad person, transgender IS a transid, transnazis are not the same as cisnazis

okay so here’s the thing. being trans of something doesn’t inherently mean BEING that thing right at this very instant. like, for this example, someone who is a transnazi may believe they should’ve been one during wwii or experience atypical dysphoria / euphoria regarding nazi aesthetics for example. this does NOT MEAN they identify with the ideology!!! in many instances, they may not even identify with the aesthetic or the group itself. atypical dysphoria / euphoria is weird and can’t really be controlled.

you can be a transnazi without having nazi ideologies. thats what the “trans” is there for; it implies not being a nazi entirely at this point in time. combine that with the fact not every “trans” = transitioning. being a CISnazi is where you have the ideologies and beliefs. TRANSnazis do not. (usually. there’s always gonna be outliers who are genuinely just gross people perpetuating nazism. those people are not who i’m talking about and are not the majority)

so yes, being a nazi IS a bad thing! yes, nazism IS bad! good job! …but transnazis do not align with the ideology. they do not support hitler or promote nazism. it’d be a good idea to ask a transnazi what their identity means to them since.. i’m not one and can’t answer that entirely. i am however a cisjewish person with personal experience with nazism. transnazis are not a danger inherently. an identity is not indicative of someone’s actions, especially in the case of transids.

If someone feels they should’ve been a nazi during WWII, I’m afraid that does make them a nazi. What’s stopping them from being a nazi now vs if they were in WWII? The only thing I can think of is societal pressure. Hell, I might’ve been a nazi during WWII because I have german ancestry, that doesn’t make it okay in the present day.

Or experience atypical dysphoria / euphoria regarding nazi aesthetics

So, if someone is having atypical dysphoria over not being a nazi, or gets euphoric over being a nazi, I think that’s something they need to get checked out because if you lean into that, you end up becoming a nazi. I’d rather someone figure out how to address the atypical dysphoria without becoming a nazi, because nazis hurt people!! And I’m sure there are ways to manage that dysphoria *without* calling yourself a nazi or becoming one.

That’s what the “trans” is there for; it implies not being a nazi entirely at this point in time

They still want to become a nazi? They still identify with being a nazi? They just are dressing it up as “transnazi” to get away with it. Wanting to become a nazi makes you a nazi. Identifying in any way as a nazi, makes you a nazi. If you are “not entirely a nazi,” you are still a nazi. (Also, implying that trans people aren’t the thing they say they are is transphobic)

Why on earth would anyone call themselves a nazi unless they were just a nazi? I don’t care that they’re “not entirely nazis,” they are still nazis at the end of the day. They are still saying they are nazis which isn’t okay. I’m not going to feel safe with a “transnazi” person, because they are idealizing an ideology that wants me dead. And if they’re confident enough to call themselves a nazi, they are probably confident enough to act on the urges that come with being a nazi. Straight up, I do not feel safe around someone who so casually identifies that way.

saying a bunch of “controversial” shit to get attention lmao here we go

paraphiles are not predators, no it isn’t racist to be transrace, transage isn’t just for people trying to prey on little kids, radqueer has always been pro-consent, yes consensual harm exists, no it is not ableist to be transabled, yes you can transition to be plural/a system, endogenic systems exist and always have, endogenic systems are recognized by science, proship is not a bad thing, fiction is not reality, there is no “harmful” identity, there are only harmful actions, your discourse stances don’t make you a good or bad person, transgender IS a transid, transnazis are not the same as cisnazis

— and not just here on Tumblr. Not just here online. But everyone: people you see on TV and in the news, the stupid person who cuts you off in traffic, everyone you cross paths with, or cross verbal swords with—

They are PEOPLE. They think, and feel. Hope, and fear. They have biases, conscious and unconscious. They have histories and pasts that lead them towards their current choices.Some good. Some harmful.

Just like you.

Treat them with the same kindness and respect you'd want to be treated with. Even when you're frustrated. Even when they're harmful. Even when you have to block them for your own wellbeing.

Because they're people. And dehumanizing your fellow human beings, no matter how justified it feels, no matter how good it feels in the moment, is never a path that leads to making the world a better place.

You can hold boundaries without becoming cruel.

You can oppose harm without mirroring it.

You can fight fiercely for what’s right without forgetting that the person in front of you is still a person.

If we lose that, if we forget that, if we willfully ignore that? We don't just lose sight of what matters.