#actuallymdd

An original culture for your paracosm.

the names meaning: culture + para

So im gonna start this off by saying, maladaptive daydreamers dont have an innerworld, persay. We have a paracosm. Some paracosms can be small sandbox worlds that we have scenario’s play out in, but other paracosms are carefully crafted world with details picked out down to the smallest pebble placement. Along with this, we dont have headmates. Instead, we have our para’s. Our community has built up quite a hefty amount of words to help explain ourselves. One of these words is a ‘veritbond’.  a veritbond is a special kind of para. Veritbond has a very loose definition and includes: a para you have a deep emotional connection too, a para that is aware to some degree they are “not real”, a para that has some degree of autonomy. A para only has to meet one of these to be a verit, and experiences vary.

Now i’m going to start speaking from personal experience here and say, i’ve got multiple para’s who are unaware. But my veritbond? She’s aware. She has her own personality, her own thoughts, her own feelings. When i’m stressed or upset, i either talk TO her, or through her to the characters. Its not the best explanation but for me its like the avatar movie where all the other Na'vi people are apart of their own community and their own world thats away from where Jake stays. But he’s able to just…teleport there. Sometimes i just teleport to my daydreams. Other day’s im the narrator. And others, i’m just an observer as things play out. 

the definition of plurality is  “the state of having multiple headmates collectively sharing a single body. Plural experiences are extremely diverse. Headmates are generally assumed to have their own unique personality. They often have their own names, pronouns, goals, and preferences.”