#illusian

we’re besties now!!

you need a shrimp!!!

this is the friendship shrimp (friendshrimp)! ->🦐<- his name is Jeeves and he brings good tidings/vibes to the function! He also wards off haters with our army of shrimp brethren >:)

I LOVE YOU (platonically) AND THANK YOU FOR COINING A TERM FOR THE THING

You would not believe the rollercoaster of STRESS, anxiety, and dysphoria that has been me trying to figure out if there’s a name or community for whatever it is that’s up with me. Every time I thought I found one, I’d do research and be like “okay yeah no that sounds like a disorder I don’t have/oh dang that's endogenic/that sounds like a pyramid scheme or cult???”

the way I do it is a sort of mix between Selfshipping and immersive daydreaming I think. It’s become so subconscious a coping mechanism for me to just imagine Angel Dust (my beloved :3) comforting me, that when. Have an anxiety attack, my brain kickstarts that automatically in the background, to where it’s almost a surprise to have such a loud upsetting mind, only for it to feel like I’m being hugged and shushed as he (I) push through the noisy static to get myself someplace quiet to calm down~

I also like that I the name makes us sound like magicians :3c waving my special lil sparkly wand and summoning forth my army of fictional characters to hype me up when I don’t want to do selfcare~

ppl should be nice and leave you alone :( Ur so valid and I’m so sorry they’re giving you a hard time friendo

ur always welcome on my blobgs :3c this is my main, but I mostly imaginary-fam post over on my Selfshipping sideblog, “cheetos-family-dump”

Squishes you!!! Gets snacks and puts you n your f/os in blanket burrito and watches ur favorite shows w you in a lil blanket fort MWAH (get kissied on the head you beautiful creature :3c)

ur doin the Lord’s work 🫡 I salute thee soldier!!!

Thank you!!!

I mainly named the community Illusian because of the magician vibe, you know? I also mused on Illusionmaster.

It is extremely, extremely amazing for me to see at least some people really connecting with the term. And that was my goal! To give people who don’t want to identify as plural a term that still can fit them, to give people who wanted to find likeminded people a term to find them from.

Thank you! If the Illusian community takes off I can’t wait to post most stuff about her. Cute Cee :3.

I think she’s a very good example on what you can do with imaginary friends. Obviously there’s not actually someone else reminding you, but getting into the habit of thinking “if I get upset or start spiraling, make this character try to help” could possibly be super great! Trick your mind into associating feeling upset with having that character remind you to ground yourself.

I’ve been told it sounds like that (and other ideas I’ve had like Illusionmaker or Illusionmaster do as well because of the term “illusion”). Also, I’ve been told making a community like that is like, very clearly screaming someone who’s “plural in denial”? I’ve had multiple people and systems say it’s completely fine beforehand, so now I’m confused.

heeeey here’s my IF she is very silly and I soak her in milk.

very based off of croissant cookie!! I made her some lore but it never really shows in my roleplays with her. hehe.

ILLUSIAN!