#polyfragmented osdd

So, this is actually a pretty complicated topic. First off, I gotta know how we're describing "polyfragmented" here. Some people use it to describe systems with 100+ parts (mostly fragments/rudimentary parts), other people use it to talk about systems with subsystems, and then lately the online community has started to say it's both and more than that but also none of that. So, yeah, I'm gonna need to know how you personally describe it to give you a more concrete answer.

Now here comes the rambles... (Also, sorry if I sound a little blunt talking about this, it's not aimed at you!)

So, I know that the online community really likes "polyfragmented" as a term, but in modern academic literature and in my medical circles, it's not really common? I just don't hear "polyfragmented" being used that often. Large amounts of parts, subsystems, fragments, etc. are just not all that uncommon or unique when we're talking about DID or OSDD. If anyone likes the term for themselves, that's perfectly fine. It really is just more of a casual term, though, not its own diagnosis or special form of dissociation.

Personally, I think "is polyfragmented OSDD-1 real" is not a productive conversation to have. The clinical field largely seems to agree that there's little difference between OSDD-1 and DID, and there's been many proposals to merge them together under a new name or as just DID... Personally, I support this idea. It's not uncommon for someone who better fits DID to get diagnosed with OSDD, vice versa. I’m not surprised that some people diagnosed with OSDD also find that they fit the definition(s) of polyfragmented.

Unfortunately, I see a lot of discourse over polyfragmented OSDD-1 in the online community just devolve into pain olympics. I’m tired of it. In research, DID is often placed on a continuum with PTSD, with OSDD in the middle. I sometimes see people in the online community use this continuum to say that DID is somehow worse than OSDD. Those people assume that "polyfragmented DID" is a worse DID. I understand that it's easier to think of these things in neat little boxes and hierarchies but this is mental health we're talking about here. It just doesn't fucking work like that!

- Systems with 50+ alters

- Systems with 100+ alters

- Systems who gave up counting (us)

- Systems who struggle to manage how many alters they have

- Systems who have a wide variety of fronters

- Systems who, despite there being so many of you, have very few frequent fronters

- Systems who are introject heavy

- Systems who have basically the whole cast of a particular source

- Systems who have double ups on introjects. I, Tim, have another alter within the system who shares the same source as me

- Systems who do not have many or even any introjects despite the large alter count

- Systems who have a lot of fragments that are very specific, like we have Eater who does nothing but eat when Eater is in front

- Just systems with large alter counts. You all are valid

Love from Tim and Mikey, who co-wrote this post. Damian is also here and he says you all are valid and loved too.

Polyfragmented OSDD CAN exist. We are polyfrag. We have met other polyfrag OSDD systems. OSDD is NOT just "DID lite". It is not any less severe nor is there necessarily any less dissociation. OSDD systems aren't just confused DID systems. We are medically recognized as an OSDD system.

There are sources saying it is possible but I beg you to find a source that doesn't that isn't cherry picked. Scales don't count.

Aaaandd some sources (tw for ra/mind control for the second one)

https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/1276/Diss_1_1_2_OCR_rev.pdf