#fictling

My inbox literally won’t allow me (the button is completely missing!) to answer this ONE ask 😭😭 it’s been trying to do that but it will not stop me from answering!!! we stay strong!!!

📺 - Do you have any fictlings? Where are they sourced from?

okay i’m gonna be so real right now. yes. and a common argument within the daisy chain is that i (azure) feel embarrassed about that—which is hypocritical considering I am very supportive of my friends’ introjects, others’ fictlings, the very cool fictionkin and copinglink people I’ve seen in the community, etc!! It just feels Cringe when it’s me, which is totally irrational and also cringe culture is dead. so it’s good & helpful for me to finally talk about it, thank you!

Navy is a (loose) fictling of the main character Simon Jones from the game Blue Prince. I tooootally recommend playing or watching playthroughs of Blue Prince (Wade’s is my favorite!), it’s a masterpiece of a semi-narrative puzzle game and I recommend you go in blind. At a time where my own disability had me laying in bed for days and those puzzles were my only mental stimulation, I saw something in Simon (who I personally hc as a POTS and OCD king, iykyk)—the will to explore and discover despite the crushing powerlessness of disability. He’s also technically an ageling for us (14-18ish), but he helps manage feelings around perceived intelligence (a sore spot for younger us), disability management, and creative problem solving/perseverance.

…he’s also been extremely inactive for the past several months, and is the most inactive mind. I try not to ever force a mind to be more active, but given how relevant that role is to our immediate situation… hm. yikes

❣️ - What’s something you wish people knew about polyminds/polymindence?

There’s a LOT of stuff I could say here, but an important thing I see a lot & want to touch on: Some people seem to think that polymindence inherently entails forcefully separating your identity, and in the process, harmfully inducing dissociation. Polymindence isn’t forcing yourself to split into a new person.

For one, the separation of subpersonalities is usually already there before finding the label, but even if it wasn’t, it’s not breaking yourself apart. It’s just recognizing states of yourself—which make up one whole person. It’s not trying to be someone new, it’s embracing every part of you that was already there.

This might be just a Me Thing and not a universal polymind thing, but I find that my minds usually contain feelings, opinions, and traits that I was scared of, repressing, or didn’t think I could be/had the capability to be. By exploring my polymindence, I am not willing myself to dissociate, I am understanding myself better through the lens of labeling my subpersonalities—and it also forces me to use kinder self-talk in the process!

Also, just a general PSA, yes, polyminds can experience dissociation. It’s not their fault or something they brought on themselves. Lots of people can experience dissociation for a variety of reasons. Be nice to them.

-form templates, from left to right, top to bottom; ageling, conceptling, factling, fictling, fixling / spinling, multiling, OCling, and zooling flags

hour glass, thought bubble, pictures, book, telescope, multiple, pen, and world symbols

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This is for two fictlings in a polymind who are conjoined twins! Redhalt and greenmile

Greenmile will sign off with 🟢

Redhalt will sign off with 🔴

Both of us use he/they

Greenmile is partially an agre, so please me mindful of that

Our shared blog with the other minds in our polymind: @thepolymindedsilly

Our other mind's blogs!

@scizzithepolymind @coriander-the-serpopard