#subsystem types

Subsystem 1: system within a system

I believe this one is talked about pretty often. In the picture it is showing a group of alters connected and the other main system parts just floating free. I cannot talk about that specific case because it looks a little different to us because of the size of our system.

Subsystem 2: innerworld subsystem

A subsystem residing in a specific space in the innerworld. Mostly only alters of that subsystem are able to access this place. This is the majority of our subsystems they have their own houses or apartment complexes and can sometimes invite others but will mostly just visit others in more publicly accessible spaces in the innerworld. They don't necessarily front together or are similar in their identities. For us they do often share a source/origin (not from the same alter but similar cause) of some kind which their area in the innerworld is based on.

Subsystem 3: split subsystem

A subsystem that is created off of one specific alters splits. When the alter splits many at ones or also many over time they can form a subsystem and be connected due to that. For us that usually is when one of our alters kind of dies and splits into many different fragments those tend to stick together and hold different attributes of the alter before the split.

Subsystem 4: similarities subsystem

A subsystem that is out of alters that have some kind of similarities like for example similar names, ages, likes, dislikes or roles etc. We personally only have this happen for role groups. They don't tend to stick together much in the innerworld but are still connected because they all manage our sleep and dreams.