#plural split

Since we are not neurotypical (most prominent thing that relates to this is autism) and physically disabled, we get very stressed, exhausted, burnt out, etc. just from daily life. As such, our brain requires us to split once enough stress builds up. This is usually about once every week or two.

We can also form people for other reasons like a single event being traumatic or very stressful, hyperfixating on something, yada yada you get it. But a good number of our splits/formations have come from this.

Oh yeah same, it's actually great for us to pull in new introjects since they tend to have more energy when they first appear. Especially right now in winter and with our current personal circumstances, it's really easy for us to get depressed for a few days, or no longer have energy to do even do the bare minimum for ourselves. It doesn't always occur or work though :')

So this isn't very unique, but not every plural functions like this either. It's much common more with specific plurals.

we love when it's usually one extreme that causes it, but instead it's a different extreme... it's nice to have something that isn't just like, kinda tied to a sad event.

We now have a designated Shepard, which is a headmate in our PPS that will explain what is going on and help the new split before they disapate. Often that means explaining what a system is and then trying to ID the new splits. Like getting their name. We are very fictive heavy so this isn't that hard. However, when new splits show up then don't remember their name. Sometimes but very rarely do they remember other people's names. So our Shepard has to work based on clues, like how old they are, where they lived before, what their family is like, what they were doing before showing up in a system etc etc.

Also, almost everyone in our system besides some of those that showed up before our syscovery have exo memories. And we are firm believers of the multi verse, so we believe all those memories are real and valid, but taht also means it is borderline impossible to source separate some of our Introjects because they very much in the most literal sense are their source. And not many people talk about that or believe that (that we've seen).

Hmm, occasionally a few alters of mine have held off splitting or they try to pull the fragment split off from them inwards as an attempt to fuse again. Splitting doesn't occur that often with us unless the alter has developed a relatively complex identity in which could be chipped off by stress, trauma, some other factor... As a blurian type of system, our shared memory and low amnesia barriers is enough to reorient a new headmate. I feel as if that's a key difference between us since this means we don't need a guide for new members. And as for exo-memories... I'll be honest, I'm not so sure if my own fictive sysmates can vividly connect to such memories (exo-memories often come out as blurry in our head), but since our source can still influence our personalities then we can definitely relate to being unable to source separate. The multiverse is a shared belief among my collective too, anyways.

I think I might tag this as an ask that my system couldn't relate to (not in full), but I'm pretty sure other plurals might connect with this better than I did!