#system origin

a system origin. means that the system was formed without effort (due to trauma, stress or other reasons), but continued developing because of headmates giving fragments/newly discovered alters names and identity — like giving a layout to a blog

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Anyone can use our terms, though some might be more relevant to specific identities.

(The first flag is more stylised; the second is a simpler version.)

Description

Panoptigenic systems were formed either partially or completely due to experiences like surveillance, a lack of privacy, or the fear of being watched. It is an adaptive (and more often than not, traumagenic) origin.

Some examples of these experiences may include:

Being stalked.

Needing to stay closeted, or the fear of being outed.

Growing up with "helicopter" or strict parents, especially if they monitor your activity online.

Having your personal space, boundaries, or privacy violated (physically or emotionally).

Using — especially growing up on — the Internet; issues relating to cybersecurity in the age of things like generative AI and age verification laws.

A fear, phobia, or delusion that someone is monitoring you, including as a result of schizospec conditions.

Being told that your abuser, or a higher being, knows what you're doing/thinking at all times.

Religious trauma relating to deities being omniscient (all-knowing).

Government-based surveillance in countries under oppressive regimes.

Some members of panoptigenic systems may do everything in their power to give themselves or others in the system privacy, while others might give up on the idea entirely because it seems impossible to achieve. Within the system, there may be an unusually heavy focus on keeping secrets from outsiders. The system may come off as aloof, secretive, or withdrawn.

Related terms:

Faucets can stop the system revealing personal/sensitive information to outsiders.

Masked systems are covert, or trying to make themselves such.

Phobiogenic refers to systems formed by phobias, which could include those related to being watched.

Hazegenic (Hay-z-ih-gen-ih-k): A system that forms from what feels like fog and continues to act in the same functionality. Headmates appear out of what feels like a fog or a haze and may continue to come and go from that fog.

This is different from a gateway system as there are no gates or portals and headmates do not go to a different reality or universe. They simply seem to cease existing in headspace and then return at a later date. This is also different from dormancy as the headmate chooses to come and go, almost as if taking a nap or a break. A headmate cannot be forced to disappear or reappear from the fog or haze.

This term and flag can be used by anyone, but op is endo safe. DO NOT recoin my terms.

Please upload this to pluralpedia, I hate trying to use the mf. It is confusing and hurts to look at.

Nitrogenic - A -genic label where someone will only give someone their system origin if they give them 1-2 years of Discord Nitro. Otherwise, they do not get to know their system origin

Autogenic

A term for an alter or system that created itself. This differs from your typical created system because one alter wasn’t the one to create another (or multiple), the system/alter wrote itself in from not existence- created itself from scratch. (Think of that one episode from SpongeBob where doodlebob drew himself).

If this term has been used before- use this as an alternative!!