#positivelymultiple

Systems don’t just stop having problems and become selves-sufficient past a certain bodily age. Like singlets and younger-bodied systems, they still need friends, help, and a supportive, safe space.

And people don’t turn into predators the moment they’re 18, 21, 25, 30, or whatever arbitrary age you assign “old” to. That’s not how it works. Predatory behavior is about abuse, about power. Not age. A lot of older-bodied systems are good people.

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Systems who are bodily young - be it under 25, 21, or 18 - deserve respect.

Just because a system is in a young body, doesn’t mean they don’t know anything. They may have less experience or knowledge, true, but they are still worth listening to. Someone’s lack of know-how doesn’t make them less valuable.

And you know, some young-bodied systems are knowledgeable. They want to learn, research, and listen to others’ experiences, they are respectful. Not all of them are misinformed exclusionists/sysmeds who are stubborn and harass/abuse people in the community. That should be appreciated.

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This post and this blog are inclusive of ALL systems, including non-traumagenic, non-disordered, non-diagnosed, and self-diagnosed systems.

I know we were mentioned in a few inclusive masterposts.

There’s also @plural-labels @plurgai-archive @pluralrights @plural-culture-is (sorry for the mentions everyone!). To name a few.

Here you go!

fact-types include, but are not limited to: factives, factkins, factkith/hearted, factlinks, factual introjects, fucktives/faitives, fogtives, fact-alterhumans

This post and this blog are inclusive of ALL systems, including non-traumagenic, non-disordered, non-diagnosed, and self-diagnosed systems.

Those who were athletes, dancers, etc. and now have limited or no mobility, and/or chronic pain and fatigue.

Those who were singers, actors, orators, and now are non-speaking/non-verbal, and can’t speak or sing anymore.

Those who were musicians, and now have mobility problems, or tremors, seizures, or are d/Deaf or h/Hard of Hearing.

Those who made visual art or needed visual hints such as sheet music, and are now blind or visually impaired.

Those who knew a lot, who invented a lot, who had creativity and genius, and now have an intellectual or developmental disability.

And everyone else I didn’t mention.

You’re still a valuable person. You’re still worthy of respect and love/friendship/whatever you need.

You’re still a real fact-type, you’re still really X. Being a fact-type is not defined by your ability or skills and talents.

Disability doesn’t make you lesser of your identity or a person/being/alter/part/etc..

You deserve respect, autonomy, and accommodation to make your life as bearable - no, fulfilling - as possible.

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You(&) should be allowed to use non-medical terms if you(&) want to.

And if you(&) prefer medical terms, you(&) should also be allowed to use them.

Same if you like to use medical terminology for some aspects of your plurality and non-medical ones for others.

You(&) are not a bad system for using the terms that fit you(&).

No one has a right to force you(&) to stop using terms that are right for you(&).

This applies to every system, no matter what the reason is.

(Note: If certain terminology upsets or triggers you, please blacklist the words, and block the tags. You can ask your friends/partners/etc. to compromise, but not random strangers on the internet.

You should not send accusatory anon asks to people's blogs asking other systems to stop using words they're comfortable with.)

(Fact-types include but not limited to: factlinks, factkin, factives, factual introjects, facthearted, fogtives, fucktives/faitives, partial factives, etc.)

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Whether you're a frequent fronter with no role, a host or co-host, or anything else, you're amazing.

Thank you for bein' responsible, for doing your best and surviving every day.

Thank you for existing, being you, and carrying your(&) system, even if you're chronically ill, neurodivergent, traumatized, disabled, etc. and feel like a "failure". (You're really NOT a failure! Even if you can't "do much"!)

You deserve respect and appreciation, including from your(&) own system. You don't deserve to be shamed for being a fact-type and fronting a lot.

You're allowed to make jokes like "haha (person in your life, famous person, etc.) stole this body" without other people steppin' on you for it. You're allowed to hate those kinda jokes too.

No matter what - who/what your fact-identity is, no matter how your source person/counterpart is like, no matter your (dis)ability status or neurotype, etc. - you have worth and deserve kindness.

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This post and this blog are inclusive of ALL systems, including non-traumagenic, non-disordered, non-diagnosed, and self-diagnosed systems.

"Doubles" meaning multiple factives / factual introjects / fogtives / faitives / fcktives / etc. of the same person / source / counterpart

But you're more than just valid.

Your system is real, and you're all real, and your experiences are legitimate and deserve respect.

You(&) are ALL allowed to share the same system and have equal importance.

You(&) don't have to hide your identity/ies so there's only one of X in your system.

You(&) are allowed to be just you with no changes, but you're also allowed to be as complex as possible, be it with having subsystems, using nicknames/codenames to differentiate yourselves, being so similar that only close friends can tell you(&) apart, having typing quirks, etc.

You(&) don't have to hide or censor yourselves for singlets' or other system's benefits.

You(&) don't have to appear "respectable" to disrespectful people or bigots. If people say you(&) and/or your system are fake/cringy/etc., they're wrong.

You(&) deserve people who don't treat you and your fellow X as expendable or interchangeable.

(Fact-types include but not limited to: factlinks, factkin, factives, factual introjects, facthearted, fogtives, fucktives/faitives, partial factives, etc.)

This post and this blog are inclusive of ALL systems, including non-traumagenic, non-disordered, non-diagnosed, and self-diagnosed systems.

It’s okay if you’re proud of that period of your life, and it’s okay if you’re ashamed of it - but really, you have nothing to be ashamed of.

Note on the shame: if you behaved cruelly to others while identifying as a fact-type, you don’t have to be ashamed of your fact-type. And if you’re ashamed of your behavior, please be patient with yourself. Try not to beat yourself up. You deserve your own forgiveness. Making an effort to change is good and I’m proud of you for that.

It’s okay if you discovered you’re not actually kith, but kin, or vice versa, or any other mis-identification. I’m proud of you for coming to understand yourself/ves more.

Even if it was a phase, or a temporary stop, doesn’t mean it wasn’t valid or you were faking all along. Everyone changes.

Whatever identity you discover you are, whatever you choose to do, we wish you all the best.

And remember, self/ves-discovery has no finish line.