love your local endos NOWWWWW

You're not faking even if you're neutral about it

You're not faking even if it's all you talk about

You're not faking even if you don't have amnesia

You're not faking even if you can or can't talk to your headmates

You're not faking even if you have a high or low headcount

You're not faking even if talking about it makes you sad

You're not faking even if you have aphantasia

You're not faking even if you don't have a headspace

You're not faking even if you make headmates

You're not faking even if you and or your system weren't formed because of trauma

You're not faking even if you form a new headmate everytime something happens

You're not faking even if all your headmates are similar and or agree on the same things

You're not faking even if you like being called a system

You're not faking even if you don't like being called a system

you're valid if you're plural bc of imaginary friends btw

you're valid if you're plural bc of IFS therapy btw

you're valid if you're plural bc of simply feeling like multiple people btw

you're valid if you're plural bc of identifying subpersonalities btw

you're valid if you're plural bc of disorders that arent CDDs btw

quick positivity refresher from my last syscourse post ..

anti endos block and move on . love everyone 5ever

i love traumagenic systems !

i love endogenic systems !

i love willogenic systems !

more origins under the cut

Shoutout to the systems made up of fragments and the fragmentian systems!

Shoutout to the plurals whose headmates are fluid in elaboration!

Shoutout to the plurals who never fully switch!

Shoutout to the systems with only one or no elaborated headmates!

Shoutout to the collectives who “are functionally” or “can pass” as an inconsistent/fluid one!

Shoutout to the disordered systems who have neither amnesia nor elaborated/distinct headmates! 

Shoutout to the plurals who call themselves plural due to doing IFS therapy or using a parts model to describe themselves!

Shoutout to the those who feel they’re on the fence between plural and singlet!

Shoutout to the median systems!

Shoutout to the plurallets!

Shoutout to those who are perpetually questioning!

Shoutout to all those who are too plural to fit in with the singlets, but not enough to fit in with multiple systems!

We have a CDD.

But guess what? We don't hate systems that formed without one!

Systems can form for many reasons other than trauma. They aren't hurting people with CDDs by existing. And if you had a bad experience with some endogenic systems that doesn't mean ALL of them are bad.

it's march 5th, which is dissociative identity awareness day!! i seldom talk about being plural on here, but i am, and i've had this comic idea for quite a while now... i have P-DID, which is a label under the OSDD umbrella that not many people know about! i think these little infographics can be helpful to anyone who might be questioning or newly-realizing/diagnosed as plural, i know talking to other systems was one of the things that helped me out the most when i was learning all this stuff about myself. hopefully it might help you, too- or maybe you'll just get to learn something new!

the colors here are from this flag, just with a few adjustments to make it work better for something like a comic. i'll also link my sources under the cut, for anyone interested in reading more!

reblogs are appreciated!

a reminder that it's okay if your alters aren't formed from something directly traumatic ! no matter if they've been created by someone , or if they have their own way they ended up in your system ; just because they aren't traumagenic or split off from someone else does not make you any less valid . the way your alters come around , intentionally or not , does not dictate your validity !

Similarly, you don't have to be everyones friend. You don't have to bend over backwards for everyone you meet, and you absolutely do not have to reciprocate if/when someone is trying ( maybe too hard ) to befriend you.

Youre not cruel or mean for setting boundaries, or for simply not wanting to be friends.