Me When I Was A "singlet": I Wonder If My System Friends Think It's Cheesy When I Say "ya'll" Or "you

yes absolutely,

we first discoved our system about 6 months ago, and yeh it seemed scary at first, but getting to know each other and learning to work together as a team has honestly been the best experience of our life.

i love how we all support each other in whatever we need, how we work together to better care for the system as a whole. i dont know what i would do without everyone else in here with me.

we love being plural and wouldnt trade it for the world.

question 15: Do you enjoy being a system?

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somewhat out of it girl who feels a strangely deep connection to a character she created with friends has started referring to herself by that character's name and appears startlingly happier, which could mean nothing,

The nature of plurality is that most of the time the questions people get hung up on actually have really simple answers (e.g. "But what do I call them?" "Well, most systems have collective or system names you can use." "Oh."), but occasionally, what seems like the simplest question ever requires a 3k+ word essay to properly answer. And I know the person asking is just expecting a yes or no answer but in order to not feel like I'm giving them incomplete information I have to be like –

(amidst studies on both plurality and seemingly random topics alike) "So, the thing about disorders is that we talk about them as if they're tangible things set in stone, but they're technically just names for certain patterns of problems; the problems exist, but the ways that we categorize and understand them are –" *a theory on neural pathways falls and knocks me to the ground, causing a pile of papers on ableism in medical + health fields to also fall and bury me*

And I both love and hate it for this

Honestly I love super niche origin terms. The why and how you exist is something that can be super duper important to someone – just look at how many religions try to answer that question about the human species or individual people, as well as all the philosophical debate about the meaning of life, or even just the personal family stories of why someone's parents decided to have/keep them – and it's no surprise that we (plurals and headmates in general) like to answer this question for ourselves when we have such unique paths and causes for existence. I just finally figured out how to put into words my own reason for existence and I'm really happy about that! I hope all headmates out there who are struggling with "why do I exist" are able to find a satisfactory answer too, whether that means you find a specific origin term that fits you, you coin your own term, or you decide to forgo origin terms and describe yourself in a freestyle way. You're not alone in searching for answers – not in this community, and not in general, either. A lot of folks out there are asking the same questions you are.

about a month ago when i started to question if i was a part of a system i was really panicing about it and i remember thinking to myself "i could still repress this"

i know it probably wouldnt have worked, but even so im glad i didnt. im so very glad i didnt.

as weird and as difficult as plurality can be i like the others in here with me, i like the conversations we have and how we work together as team. i like being a part of a system.

the future is plural and so are we!

Host: why do i feel so worn out right now?

Caretaker: its two o`clock in the morning

Host: im sure that unrelated.

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Two sentence horror story (warning very scary 😰😱😨)

"I have a new hyperfixation!" I said happily.

(Three days later) sigh…pk;m new

You gotta be silly and whimsical and full of joy sometimes so baby systems know they have options. Remember: you, too, can be a random blogger of shitposts on the Internet, or an editor for nonhuman romance novels, or someone who carries a turtle down several blocks to release it into a small lake because otherwise it's going to keep trying to walk into the road. Just because you're a system doesn't mean you're locked into one strict way of life – and it definitely doesn't mean you're doomed to be miserable all the time, forever. Despite it all, we stay silly

if youre autistic and transgender and you live with your parents you just have to remember soon you wont live with your parents and nothing will ever be as bad as this ever again. im fucking serious

Hello systems.... You're real.