One last serious DID post before I run off and be stupid again but honestly, fusion AND splitting have no moral or inherent positive or negative reflection towards your healing. Yeah usually splitting is negative and due to trauma and yes usually fusion is positive and part of healing, but sometimes splitting and fusion can be what you need in the moment - both positive and negative - at least that is something I learned from this whole debacle with Data lately.
Like I think 2 or 3 months ago I fused with them and that was largely something that was helpful in the time being cause both of us were not coping with the life transition at all and for a while it balanced the two of us out + I think we were the most readily availible to fuse due to the nature of how enmeshed the two of us are in function.
With that being said, in that moment we - and most of the parts in the system - knew it was not the ideal, cause while we could fuse the easiest due to being enmeshed we were still, ya know, toxically enmeshed. The way we operate and the issues we have more often than not feed into each other rather than balances each other out - so it was actually a "we will give it a go" and surprise when the fusion somewhat took and was successful enough in neutralizing our mutually escalated states
But like a lil while ago Data re-split off likely simply due to the new stressors of our life transition making the dynamic turn inefficient and unaffective and while that split was technically "negative and due to stress" this time I think it was overall far more healing in the sense that it gave room for Data to "reset" and explore themselves better than they did before the fusion and far better than they did while fused (as in that fusion it didn't fully click at any point and the Data part was more "controlled and managed" than properly expressed or fused) and also gave Data the brain space to properly figure out a dynamic under XIV's wing to cope and all
And so XIV will "eat" (fuse with) Data when the time fits cause the two have a pair dynamic now that seems to work well, but in the meanwhile we are likely starting up MORE positive coping hobbies per Data's request and starting to settled into a rhythm that supports us as a whole and addresses Data's needs better
PLUS, XIV is inherently and will always be better at handling and processing the insane weight that Data as a part carries by the sheer nature of his dynamic existence with Data so XIV fusing with Data makes a lot more sense in system dynamics talk than me with them.
So yeah we split, but honestly it was a step closer in the right direction and helped us "repair" some flaws in our current system "design" than when we were fused.
Fusions and Splits are normal occurrences within DID and while they do tend to have connotations one way or the other, those are tendencies and perspective / perspective shifts still do largely apply.
