SuperfreqAug 8, 2023
I'm confused. As someone who has 2 close family members with #DissociativeIdentityDisorder previously called #MultiplePersonalityDisorder Where did all of these people with #plural in their bios come from recently? Is this a common perception of other #MentalIllness too? Is it a lifestyle thing? Are people just more comfortable to be seen now?
#OSDD
#DID
#Plurality
#PluralTalk
#pluralgang
#psychology
#psychiatry
#MentalHealth
#psychotherapy
#Therapy
#neurodivergent
#neurodiversity
Show thread12 Freya it/its𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩Aug 9, 2023
@Superfreq aha, so! DID != plurality. They are not the same! DID is a medicalised descriptor for one type of thing that sometimes exists under the definition of plurality, and sometimes, doesn't. And yes, varying cultural and interpersonal definitions, some specific to one specific system, are much more commonly seen now
Show threadSuperfreqAug 9, 2023
@12
Sure. I guess. But that doesn't change any of this. Plurality in some form has obviously always existed. Cultural contexts inform how we see things and what we call them. DID is the term we use for involuntary, PTSD induced, life impacting plurality here in much of the western medical community.
Show thread12 Freya it/its𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩Aug 9, 2023
@Superfreq sure, and DID is a specific variety of plurality, though as far as we understand it, plurality was created as a term specifically to NOT step on the toes of those with DID. We, for example, are plural in a rather unusual way; we are kind of the exact inverse; take a plural system and turn it inside out in concept: instead of a bunch of cuties sharing the one body (and yes, we know that's a way simplified description), we're a unified entity across multiple bodies.
Show threadSuperfreqAug 9, 2023
@12
Ah okay, I get what you guys are saying now. So what's the catch all then? Or should there even be one? fuck! :D
Show thread12 Freya it/its𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩Aug 9, 2023
@Superfreq we don't think there is one. The word we use for all of our bodies and the individual minds that are merged into our Collective is Enḫeduan (singular) / Enḫeduanna (plural)
Show threadSuperfreq
@12
May I ask, is your username just a borgue reference, or is it because the alter who created it was for what ever reason associated with the number 12.
Aug 10, 2023 at 12:02amWeb
Show thread12 Freya it/its𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩Aug 10, 2023

@Superfreq two things:

1: Indeed, We are Borg; our Collective actively assimilates others into itself
2: We do not, directly, have the concepts of alters; instead we have the concept of the Collective will, arrived at by consensus, and whichever Enḫeduan is best fit to carry out the task identified, does so. This Enḫeduan is designated 12 of 47, quaternary data processing adjunct of submatrix 9-3-9, unimatrix 00-12-06

Show threadSuperfreqAug 10, 2023
@12
Alright. Thanks for explaining.