Itâs sorta impressive how much syscourse is a matter of people disagreeing with how to read, like, words.
And Iâm not talking, you know, art interpretation or words with multiple potential meanings like âdissociationâ (which is why âEndogenic systems exist, but donât dissociateâ is kinda a nonsense statement, by the way). But things like âthe DSM saying you require clinically significant dysfunction = all multiplicity is DID, regardless of dysfunction or distressâ or âThe ISSTD guidelines saying you shouldnât treat alters like people and that functional multiplicity is an unfortunate second-best choice to full fusion = clinicians are meant to treat alters like people and never push for fusion; stop fearmongering.â
Of course, given how much of syscourse is people straightup redefining words (âthe official term for exotrauma is âpseudomemoriesâ :)â, âdysfunction actually just means when anything is weird and abnormal :)â, âfinal fusion isnât about becoming a singlet :)â), itâs like, what do you even do lmao.