#sysmedicalism

typos from the original ask will not be preserved for the sake of screenreader users

[ id / an anonymous tumblr ask. the text reads: "if you have alters with different gender expressions, why is it only the men, non binaries, and trans men that front, where are all the women? especially the trans women? are you being a misogynist and keeping them trapped in headspace?" / end id ]

ok so you're wondering...why a trans woman...living in a trans masculine body...would be uncomfortable talking on tumblr, especially right now. just sit and think about that for a second. please. also you read our entire pinned post to find out we are a gender diverse system, but didn't pay attention to the fact we only ever use the word headmates? as well as the way you other trans men? really tells me a lot about you, anon. don't make wild ass assumptions about us? because you have definitely made an ass out of yourself. also, Raz is a woman and RUNS OUR COINING BLOG WITH ME (Lucien)! so maybe pay attention before you assume we are abusing the women we share a body with.

You should vent about how hating people who use the term endogenic and mocking their appearance makes you disgusting and not the kind you can simply wash off. ❤️‍🔥 you can rid yourself of sin by lying.

(From a Tulpagenic system)

They're people who systems who have members that didn't exclusively form from trauma exist. They often think we're faking and invading the DID/OSDD community, spreading misinformation about the condition. That or they think we're in denial about our trauma and effectively should be forced to think we're DID/OSDD systems through ridicule and invalidation.

The term sysmed comes from the term transmed, a term to describe people who think you need to have dysphoria and to "fully" transition to be trans. They often think you also cannot be gender nonconforming and trans, especially if you're say, a butch transfem or a femme transmasc. They think people without dysphoria, who dont transition as they see fit, who are gnc as faking being trans and spreading misinformation about what being trans is. They think we're invading the trans community and deserve to be harassed out of it.

So as you can see, sysmeds and transmeds are very similar in their beliefs. Overall, they both think people with different experiences than them inherently invalidate their own experiences and are acting with malice against them. Instead of recognizing trans and plural experiences are vast and complex, they shove people into boxes, and if people refuse those boxes, they see them as a detriment to the community who need to be expunged. It's pretty awful.

In literally the exact same way that an absolutely, entirely completely dysphoric trans person can delay their own transition, convincing themselves that they need more dysphoria to be allowed, an entirely completely traumagenic plural system can convince themselves they haven't experienced enough trauma to deserve to call themselves plural.

You wanna know how I know this?

Well besides from common sense -

Literally both of these things happened to me.

Almost like we shouldn't let the psychiatric institution appoint itself in charge of who is and isn't allowed to be a non-normative kind of person. Almost like that inevitably leads to carceral policing around the edges of people's identities.

yes:

“i think im coming down with something,  i’m going to take cold medicine and antibiotics so it doesn’t last too long.”

“wow, some of my habits really come off as someone with ADHD. i’m going to apply ADHD coping mechanisms and see if it helps, and maybe see a doctor”

no:

“this weird bump is getting weirder, and according to webmd as well as this one tumblr journal blog with an overly medical ‘aesthetic’ that’s supposed to be about cancer, i have symptoms of cancer. -logs onto twitter- [sorry guys, i have cancer :( see u in the afterlife ig]”

“i’ve been spacing out a lot, and i feel like my personality changes between different environments. my imagination is really running rampant. according to this carrd, these are traits of Dissociative Identity Disorder, so I must have it. -logs onto discord- -pk;s new- -changes about me to ‘SYSTEM OF 25′ with a link to a hastily edited carrd and unnecessary symbols- -changes status to ‘F; BLURRY | DNIUC’-”

tl;dr 

I support self-dx as long as you’re only using the label internally and using it to search for coping mechanisms. If it really bothers you, seek professional help, not strangers over the internet. You can legitimately brainwash yourself into your own god damn mind emulating Plural (&) (/metaphor), especially with the “aid” of internet strangers who only seek to validate you and tell you that you 100% have this disorder.