Dealing with Dissociation on Trips Home
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stealthsubsystem asked us to post about how we dealt with dissociation and freak-outs returning to our hometown, so here's our tricks!( It got long. )
stealthsubsystem asked us to post about how we dealt with dissociation and freak-outs returning to our hometown, so here's our tricks!( It got long. )
Flying: Celeste
Sep. 24th, 2018 05:18 pmA while ago, a friend gave us a copy of Celeste, a platformer game that's ostensibly about climbing a mountain but really about dealing with your own mind. The rest of the game contains spoilers, so the very short version is: if you are an obsessive platformer like us who takes immense personal satisfaction in getting from Point A to Point B, then this game is for you. It is hard and it is good, and music and visuals are both great. It's worth your money.
( Hey, kid, wanna climb a mountain? )
This game is a delight. I am so glad we got it.
( Hey, kid, wanna climb a mountain? )
This game is a delight. I am so glad we got it.
The Purpose of Doubt
Sep. 19th, 2018 04:43 pmIf you've been in any plural community, probably the most common question you've seen is, "Am I plural?" Pretty sure it's true for other relevant communities as well. I figure this is a common part of reassessing yourself on any front--you aren't sure, you think about it a while, then you decide one way or another and move on. In this capacity, doubt helps you find certainty, far more than if you just plowed in without ever questioning yourself.
But what happens when doubt plagues you for far, far longer? When that is a doubt you can never, ever appease or move on from?
Well, in that case, I find myself wanting to ask, "What purpose does the doubt serve?"
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But what happens when doubt plagues you for far, far longer? When that is a doubt you can never, ever appease or move on from?
Well, in that case, I find myself wanting to ask, "What purpose does the doubt serve?"
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(EDIT 7/22/2022: I have edited this entry because I considered debating whether plural culture exists as pointless hairsplitting. I also added new information from the BBS days. Apparently people still need this post, so it remains.)
There is a chestnut of misinformation on tumblr claiming that 'system' is a term made by DID folks, for DID folks, and nobody else is allowed to use it. This is often wrapped up in the idea that multiplicity is owned by people with DID/DDNOS/OSDD, and anyone else claiming it is appropriating. This is utter nonsense. I've written numerous posts on this before, but here is the more thorough breakdown, first focused on the politics of this statement, and then the history of the actual usage.
( The Politics: why this argument doesn't make sense, even under its own logic. )
( The Facts: twenty-plus years of non-DID multiples using 'system.' )
There is a chestnut of misinformation on tumblr claiming that 'system' is a term made by DID folks, for DID folks, and nobody else is allowed to use it. This is often wrapped up in the idea that multiplicity is owned by people with DID/DDNOS/OSDD, and anyone else claiming it is appropriating. This is utter nonsense. I've written numerous posts on this before, but here is the more thorough breakdown, first focused on the politics of this statement, and then the history of the actual usage.
( The Politics: why this argument doesn't make sense, even under its own logic. )
( The Facts: twenty-plus years of non-DID multiples using 'system.' )
Multi-Specific Abuse
Jun. 14th, 2014 11:34 pmLately, I’ve been reading some really good things on the specifics of abuse regarding LGBT people, where abusers take advantage of someone’s LGBT status (be it their victim’s or their own) as a tool to help them abuse. This has gotten me thinking about abusive systems I’ve known in the past, and so I’m going to talk about how people can use multi as a tool of abuse—on both perp and vic side.
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