Mastodawn

While researching #plurality stuff I came across the concept of "headspace" which I'd seen described, but never named in some plural fiction. I didn't realize it was a real thing, because my inner world has always been talking with myself in a void of nothingness. Once I knew what to look for it was impressive to read about other people's.

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Headspace

A headspace (also known as inner world or wonderland) is a place that members of a system can visit or inhabit, where they can talk to other headmates. Not every system has one, but many do. It is also not unique to systems. Singlets may have a headspace as well. In addition, a headspace is not necessarily...

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masukomi

So, I asked myself "what *would* my headspace be like if I had one - a perfectly normal question for a novelist, I think - and I had this image of a little circle of soft, kind-of lumpy green moss with tiny leaves and flowers poking through here and there. A soft, quiet space surrounded by black nothingness.

The idea of that place hasn't left me, and I've found myself "going there" when I want to calm my thoughts, or talk about something more quietly with myself.
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masukomi Mar 29

I don't really have a body in my head, and my ability to visualize things is not great, so it's odd to have this image stick so well, and odder still to "sit down" on the soft mossy ground without one, but the idea of it is nice.

I think if you can even kind-of see things in your head it's an interesting exercise to ask yourself what your mental headspace would be, and try to spend some time there.
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