#disordered system

your system literally can look like anything. it can have only introjects, it can have no introjects, it can have only non human members, it can have only members that look exactly like the body, it can have only littles, it can have only ageless members, it can have a full system of members that all have only one type of role, it can have a million members, it can have only two members. there is no set way systems have to look! they can present however your brain deems necessary for you!

shout out to plurals who dont suffer from intense memory gaps but do suffer from a strong disconnect from these memories. you can remember things generally well, you know what happened before you switched in, you know youre supposed to feel a certain way about it, but you just dont feel anything. maybe you remember it like you really were there, or only vaguely, like someone told you about it second hand, but either way it just feels so different from you. you know that “you” are supposed to have some sort of feelings connected to this memory, you know it happened to “you” but it just doesn’t feel right. this experience is very normal, its okay to feel this way, and even though it’s incredibly disorienting, you arent any less plural for being able to technically remember.

Treating your headmates like separate people isn't worsening your condition by default by the way. Treating them with respect isn't making you dissociate more. Final fusion is a fine thing to try and achieve, but people need to understand that functional multiplicity is a thing you can work to achieve in therapy too. Please stop pushing the idea that you need to treat your headmates like a disorder or curse in order to heal. You can be happily multiple if you want that.