importantly too - it took time to work together to get here!! he was very patient in trying to understand, and in turn we did our best to try and help him. back when we first started to open up a bit about being a system (and largely because we got destabilized) it required a lot of communication
so who got the textural issues in the split
you can recognize, logically, that internal system dynamics will often reflect real life ones you've experienced, but it doesnt stop it from hitting you in the head like a frying pan when you realize when its happening
thought carousel (2/2)
thought carousel (1/2)
parts of a system / parts of a song (3/3)
parts of a system / parts of a song (2/3)
parts of a system / parts of a song (1/3)
unrivaled champion of guess who (2/2)
unrivaled champion of guess who (1/2)
i am getting the anime side character timeskip and plot summary treatment
regardless, yours (2/2)
regardless, yours (1/2)
its sometimes easier to do this with other part's memories as opposed to my own, cause i can engage with them more like a story than a personal experience
director's cut (2/2)
director's cut (1/2)
corgi!
a spark that refused to be snuffed out (4/4)
a spark that refused to be snuffed out (3/4)
a spark that refused to be snuffed out (2/4)
a spark that refused to be snuffed out (1/4)
i wouldnt mind at all, please go ahead!
not only would i be alright with that, i think that'd be really cool, and id love to see how you do!
why do you draw? (3/3)
why do you draw? (2/3)
why do you draw? (1/3)
THANK YOU 🩵
though im just geeking because ive been reading the haunted self and it has really helped me understand both myself and friends of mine who have some of the other disorders aforementioned. i would highly recommend checking it out if you dont mind more clinical reads, but the summary is good too!
but what defines DID specifically is the dissociation between those parts, the actualization of individual identities like genders and names and experiences, whereas someone with ptsd may simply have emotional separation/amnesia but have an awareness of the events that traumatized them
