Plural and Proud

so... we may have made something.

have YOU ever thought like this?????? i know WE hate the current plural diagnostics!!!! so! WE MADE OUR OWN!!!!!!!

it's 44 questions long, you can receive a total of 50 points!

it's unfortunately hosted through google forms for now unless we find something better...

we are not doctors, do not take your result as medical advice.

feel free to reblog with your result!

the idea behind this quiz is pretty much exactly that. these are all fairly normal symptoms. on their own, none of these are a sign of plurality.

however, they start to become a sign of something more when there's a large percentage answered "yes"! all diagnoses are collections of symptoms, that was the core idea behind this :) we sent this to several singlets to make sure it worked, and every time, singlets got a significantly lower score than systems!

a lot of plural quizzes have confusing, vague questions that are really hard to answer when you have, y'know. a disorder that causes memory issues. so we wanted to help that by making the questions as simple and, like, normal as possible. that's why we say that systems(not all, but many) usually get a score of about 60% ^^

of course, there is overlap with other disorders that cause disassociation, we are 100% aware of that. like we said, this isn't a diagnosis!! 🫶🫶

In general, two things are true: People are a lot more oblivious, gullible, and uncaring than you think. And being a system is so far down on the list of reasons someone might be a little different from time to time, or even a lot different, that they're highly unlikely to suspect you're a system.

The other thing to remember is, you don't have to fully switch. If you have enough control over switching to prevent it, you can learn to co-front or at least include them in what you're doing - and if you can't get them to front on purpose with you, then direct part of your mental attention towards things you feel they'd be interested in. Maybe your little shouldn't be studying world wars and atrocities in history class, but in math class come up with word problems based on their interests to teach them the concepts you're learning. In science, break down the terms you're learning into language they understand or in terms that fit their interests. In literature classes, read together and ask your little or other headmates to give opinions on characters' choices and get a little debate going as you analyze the themes and character arcs. If you're taking a foreign language class, try and describe yourself and headmates with the vocabulary and grammar you're learning or come up with little stories together. If you have free time, let them decide what you'll do together to fill it.

Also remember. You don't have to shoulder everything yourself. It's okay for others to help, even if they do things differently from the way you would. I know that's a hard thing to really believe and understand, especially if your trauma made you fiercely independent and especially if headmates don't feel to you as if they'd be able to handle things. They can be more capable than you might think - especially if you all practice including each other and then if they need help handling something you can do it together or you can talk them through doing it.

Last thing. Learning this is most likely going to take a lot of time and effort, and trial and error. Mistakes will be made. That's part of life. You're no more immune to them than the rest of your system. Don't try and push perfection.

🐠 who has the strangest fictional crush?

🦀 who is the BRITISH one

🐬 most likely to be turned into a frog by an evil witch :(

🦑 which pillow pet are you (current fronter)

🐳 who says y’all unironically

🐙 who’s the best at fronting (interpret this how you will)

🪼 who has the most obscure source? who has the most well known?

🐡 who’s the most insect adjacent. either in the little guy way or the EEEAAAAGHHHTKGJF FNN KILL IT way

A Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) in the waters of Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA

Australian Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri), family Neoceratodontidae, order Ceratodontiformes, class Dipnoi, Australia

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