If you wanna have tulpas, fine. Just donât use system/DID-specific terms and weâre all good. But if you think that you have âaltersâ and you donât have trauma, newsflash, you donât! I can guarantee that either youâre making up your alters in the way that people with tulpas do, you donât have alters to begin with, or you actually DO have trauma that youâre repressing. âEndogenicâ systems donât exist. The only way that a system can develop is through SEVERE DISSOCIATION which only occurs when someone experiences something traumatic. DISSOCIATION ONLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO THROUGH STRESSFUL EXPERIENCES. No, trauma is not included in the main criteria for DID, but thatâs because itâs already implied in the name of the disorder. Pretty much all professionals will tell you that you have to go through severe, long-term trauma to develop DID. This is not a disorder that you want to have. I swear to god, I did not go through YEARS of sexual and emotional abuse to be called a fucking âsysmedâ by some idiots on the internet. EDUCATE YOURSELF. DID and systems ONLY EXIST BECAUSE OF TRAUMA. If I see one more âkin-systemâ or âendogenic systemâ complain about âsysmedsâ I swear to god Iâll fucking curb stomp them.
- Michael, protector of an ACTUAL system
