#traugmatic

You're a system? Cool! I don't care how or why you became a system or how your alters came about. Imma respect you as a system.

You alterhuman? Chill! I don't care why you are or how it came about. Imma respect your alterhumaness.

You part of the Alphabet Mafia? Awesome! I don't care how you came across that term you're using or ask you to specify or "dumb it down" for me. Imma respect your identity and pronouns.

Why?

Because it is not any of my business why you identify as whatever.

You are always welcome to tell me why, or how, or whatever. I will not judge you. You do not have to prove to me that you are that whatever you are. You do not have to explain why you are whatever you are.

Some of yall might think I'm dumb, but guess what? No body should have to prove they're who they say they are. No one should have to defend who they say they are.

The only time that it should be a problem is if you are doing something that is harmful. And guess what?

Half the shit yall are complaining about isnt harmful.

Now some of yall will come at me and say "But War! Their identity is ruining our community and society isnt taking us seriously!"

Dude SOCIETY DONT TAKE BASIC SHIT SERIOUSLY.

This is coming from a professionally diagnosed system.

This is coming from a transgender person.

This is coming from a spiritual AND psychological alterhuman.

I HAVE THE MOST BASIC ASS "special" IDENTITY AND PEOPLE STILL DONT TAKE ME SERIOUSLY.

Why? Because society doesnt give a FUCK. I could show people my doctor's and therapist's notes and they STILL won't take ME (AN ADULT, GOING FOR THEIR MASTERS IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) SERIOUSLY.

Are there any active system/plural discords I can join?

To give some context for servers that might have more specific community focuses:

-we are traugmatic but not well versed in syscourse, and I don’t really want to engage with it directly while I get my feet under me as openly a system

-we are only semi professionally diagnosed if that is a boundary for your server

-my body is 26, our alters are in their forties, in their late 20s, in their early 20s, and emotionally a young child (but physically a bird it’s weird I know)

-we have two alters who formed as introjects but no longer identify as just their source material

-we likely have OSDD and not DID

-we have an animal alter and a human-ish alter without a specific species

-we have had bad experiences around trying to integrate so that’s not a personal goal right now. I really need it be off the table while we recover

And most importantly

-we are so new to being out to more than just our closest friends but as think it’ll help us work together better and be our own selves.

On the other hand, I want to not think about this at all

I just wish I knew what was going on in my head. I wish I could know for sure if I’m a system. It hurts to invalidate and it hurts to ignore my own invalidation and just ughhhhhhh

Arguments within your head, dissociation during important times when you need to be out and focused, headaches from communication and switching, amnesia, hallucinations, and so much more.