I'm curious about natural multiplicity, and I wondered if anyone, who is part of a natural/non-trauma-formed system could answer some questions for me.
(If you are a Tulpa system and feel the need to answer these questions, please state that you are Tulpa system... and please note that we are not necessarily looking for answers from Tulpas (we may approach this later in the blog) as your systems are built with deliberate focus and intent)
You are welcome to reblog or send us an ask on anon if you don't want to answer on your blog.
Do system members in natural systems experience a dissociative barrier (anywhere from... do you experience mild dissociation when there's a switch or during co-fronting --- and does this dissociative barrier hinder the skills and actions of others (like they don't sound the same inside as they do outside - are they missing skills that they had before (that are still possible in a human body (aka, not flying, ect)).
For that matter - do you and yours experience lost time or serious dissociative symptoms while fronting that impact your memory?
If you experience dissociative symptoms that are disruptive or unsettling, have you or yours done anything to try and improve memory or functioning (like writing letters to each other, or assigning a "memory-keeper")?
Have you noticed (or are aware of) any triggers to switching in your system (example: someone hears a song an comes out / is pulled to front).
Do natural systems have non-humanoids (like animals --- anything that doesn't walk on two legs (so excluding vampires, or other human-like creatures), including people who are not fully sentient) --- I assume this is a yes but it's a curiosity I had to ask.
If your system does not have trauma from the life in this body (or PTSD) - do you still experience memory flashes (like flashbacks, but non-traumatic).
What's the earliest age you remember having symptoms of multiplicity or dissociation (if you and yours experience it), are these symptoms something you would consider disruptive to your life? (If it's from when you were young, do you remember feeling that they were separate from you somehow?)
Do you and yours ever have power-struggles over fronting? Can people lock others from front or in front?
Does your system contain any persecutors or interject-like others (if you don't know, an interject is someone who essentially mirrors someone outside of your body, whether they be an factual person, or a person from fictional works).
How do you communicate? Can you communicate internally? Do you communicate through words or feelings or pictures, ect?
Have you sought mental health services for symptoms that relate to your multiplicity, or dissociative symptoms? Furthermore, have you ever had a therapist either diagnose you with a dissociative disorder (severe or not) or stated that you have dissociative symptoms?
And last, but not least: Do you have any family members who, to your knowledge, experience dissociation on diagnosable level (as in do they accidentally zone out sometimes, on a level that's disruptive to their functioning - all the way to severe dissociative symptoms (amnesia, fugue, DID-like symptoms, ect))?
This is all for science, so if you're willing, please answer any of the questions above that you want to (if you're going to send them through an ask, please state which number you're answering).
Note: If you want to answer all of these questions on anon in one post, you can log off of tumblr and send a submit with a dummy email. Feel free to do this - I know Tumblr isn't the nicest place to multiples, and likely especially natural systems. So feel free to take advantage of this feature.
