I remember once I saw someone mention a term for fictives that are made by assumption of the character’s skills due to you not knowing much about them, and I forget what they said the term was. It started with an “s” I think?

Like for example, let’s say you don’t know anything about Genshin Impact, but you see Kaeya and you think “I think he’d be a good ___!” And then later you gain a Kaeya fictive fit for that role. That isn’t my current situation but I hope it was still a good example. But yeah, any help would be amazing!

Lemme put this into better words, I'm currently writing a system explanation for people don't understand what systems are; and wanted to add who coined the term 'system' but can't find the answer for whatever reason.

Just to note, we're a system of 50+

Do any of you know? /pi

PS, sorry if this in the wrong place, I'm new to this wiki sorry.

So um, just 2 clarify, all of my symptoms started in january 2022, after a rly hard time in my life, and i didnt have any noticeable symptoms in my childhood even tho i did have some trauma when i was 7-9

So, i have 2 ppl in my head. one is a demon, they go by demon/death and they/it/he, and are like an actual demon from hell and idetify as such, they dont like me a lot or anyone rly and we're usually both aware of everything at the same time (not gonna say "co-conscious" in case this isnt plurality)

The second person named themselves blurry, theyre otherkin, they believe themselves 2 be a shapeshifter, they use any prns and they cant speak or type coherently. they have what appears to be something SIMILAR to echolalia (not saying they DO have it), where theywill repeat words over and over that they hear other ppl say and cant think/speak for themselves unless directly spoken to, and even then they will stutter and repeat words a lot to the point u cant understand them well .

Demon looks like a shadow with what looks like a wolf cut hairstyle? and they can move thru objects (there is a place inside my head that we can all go to but its just black and has no structures or buildings)

Blurry looks like a streetwear/light academia pinterest girl but with really long limbs, unnaturally skinny and her face is glitched out (looks like tv noise , she doesnt have a face rly) and growls a lot

she twitches a lot when she comes out and moves rly unnaturally

I can remember everything that happens when theycome out and they remember what happens in my life, but we can tallk to each other n we're all (what we like to believe) seperate ppl with our own thoughts, personalities and interests

Ik endo systems exist and i dont NEED need trauma 2 be plural, but idk, im doubting myself or doubting if they r real, or just delusions or something .. or if im faking it because of seeing did/osdd being so present or something

Ps: i do dissociate when they come out, i just dont have amnesia

U dont have 2 respond but it would be appreciated !! also sry for spellig mistakes and stuff im tired

At first I thought that I was faking it (unwantingly), but I can get the voices out of my head. Many people trying to talk to me all at once. I cant even hear myself think half of the time. Ive been telling myself that they're just my imagination, but I dont even understand anymore. I hardly even know what people say DID is. Please tell me im not alone.

we all answer to the name cal

i guess this is sort of my introduction?? yeah so the body is 14, the current hosts are chat and cal

i'm chat, i handle most of our online day to day life and just in general stuff like that, whereas cal handles most of our irl day to day life, but of course sometimes i'll come around irl and sometimes cal likes to make an appearance online.

i'm 14, same as the body, i'm pansexual and use they/them pronouns, and i'm a leo, and i'm like 5'11, and my favorite color is purple!!

yeah!! its great to meet you guys, if you have any questions feel free to ask!!

-chat 🐌

It’s happening again where I’m questioning being a system because reality is incomprehensible

Not much to say/ask just, headmasters don’t have to have names and be super clear, right, and can you constantly be front

I often experience times when I feel like a other version of myself where I do things that aren’t like me but it’s me but it’s so weird idk maybe it’s just dpdr

(I have a few more post that explain my experience a bit better)

I’m not sure if I have DID, but I don’t know where else to go for advice like this. There are named voices in my head and I only recently started conversing with them like actual people (for years I just argued with them and treated them like impulsive thoughts or mental illness).

One of them, lambda, really wants to front. I’m willing to let someone else front because I’m really tired of being conscious 24/7, but I don’t know how to get them to front. For one, the voices in my head feel more like fragments than full alters, so I don’t even know if lambda can front. (Again, I don’t think I fully qualify for DID, but they really want to front so here I am.) For another, I’m a little scared of losing control. lambda is sharp tongued and started as a persecutor (we’re still working on it) so I’m scared of what they’ll do. There’s a much calmer person in my head named Blue and I wouldn’t worry if he fronted, but he doesn’t want to front. What should I do?

Dumb sounding question but can u b a fictive & an introject at the same time??

Hello! We're the Vampire system, and we're new here. We're a traumagenic system with 50+ alters. We have DID and are autistic, so that's something to mention. I'll post our frequent fronters below!

Name : Vamp

Age : 14

Pronouns : He/they/ghoul

Role : Host

Name : Dice

Source : Death the Kidd

Introject : Fictive

Age : 15

Pronouns : He/they/reaper

Role : Co-host

Name : Quincy

Source : Armin Arlet

Introject : Fictive

Age : 16

Pronouns : He/she/wave/ocean

Role : Avenger

Name : Sega

Source : Inuyasha

Introject : Fictive

Age : 15

Pronouns : He/they/woof/pup/bark

Role : Memory holder

last night our cousin texted us on discord saying "could you tone down the alter talk? ___ has trauma around people talking about alters and around people faking" we started crying after reading and replying. i replied with "well we aren't faking, so i don't see the issue /lh" they continued to say that it's a trigger for our friend because of their abuser faking DID and that we just need to tone it down. we barely talk about us being a system, we mention it like once every two-three weeks, sometimes a bit more. i feel as though they are overreacting but i also feel like we're overreacting. we told them that our friend needs to work on that trigger because they are some of the only people we can talk to irl about our system. we already mask enough around everyone, we just want people to be able to go when we need to talk about it. i know we are probably overreacting and being a jerk. does anyone have any advice and or knowledge for us about this? please be completely honest with us /g /srs /lh

Hello! my name is Richie, my pronouns are they/he. i'm a fictive of richie tozier from IT. i make a lot of ur mom jokes. we are still learning so we may come here when we have questions!

• You can't have alters form without trauma to cause them

• You shouldn't lie about having a disorder for any reason

• BUT, because I know you won't listen- at least try to post correct information on it and do your research first

• You can develop tics later in life yes, but that is uncommon- you are most likely experiencing echolalia (copying movement/words/phrases out loud) and that is normal!

• You can show signs of autism and ADHD later in life but they are not new- You either had them forever or you are just consuming too much neurodivergent media and your neurotypical brain is being silly

Don't @ me about how I'm wrong because you developed/showed later or whatever, because if you did any research at all, you'd know how stupid you sound when you're faking ❤

Hello! We are the broken lock system, my name is killer, my pronouns are he/it/knife, and i am a avenger inside the system! We have been a system for idk how long, i have to ask the memory holders, uh- if you have any questions feel free to ask us! ~Killer (he/it/Knife, Avenger)

Hi- I’m pretty new here, so I’ve got some questions! This may sound like a jumble of words, so just say if you need clarity :>

1: I cannot tell if I just have really vivid headcanons or if there’s actually a fictive there- any ways to help with clarity on that?

2: Is it normal to feel like you mimic ocs to a degree? I have a few ocs that I’ve begun to mimic and kinda “switch” between them and my actual self-

If it helps, I don’t think i’ve been traumatized any part of my life. The only thing I think could be causing this is stress?

I’m just confusing myself honestly, so I figured I’d hop over here to see if I can get answers :P /g

I call Noelle my alter now, she goes also by Jun ig??

I still don't believe that we are a system so I just refer to us a multiple and leave it at that. She doesn't really front unless i'm really stressed out or like when there's something really cute, which hasn't been in like a week.

Yeah, that's it bye.

So im questioning if im a system. a couple of days ago I had an encounter with what might be a headmate, since then I have had multiple conversations with them and I met one other [maybe?] headmate earlier today. But the thing is nobody else has ever fronted and that makes me wonder if im just faking it and just having conversations with myself. Any help would be appreciated.

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So, this is Kristina. I am currently listening to the most ear-hurting music in the world to get Ivan to front. This is exactly what happened 2 months ago!!! But again. I TOLD HIM THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND HE DIDNT BELIEVE ME!!

But anyway, before, we avoided any positive triggers for him because all of them had to do with the problem. But that took a month for him to get un-dormant (?)... And even though he's annoying that's too long. So were trying to make him front by basically doing all his positive triggers. Hope it works lol

-Kristina(xe/they/she)

I came here because i just learned what DID was(no i don't have any disorders) and my opinion on it is that i think it's cool, but also a little sad

And the other reason why was because i wanted to make a friend who has DID

Im sorry if i say anything mean or offensive, im trying to learn a lot about these disorders so that i don't mix them up or say the wrong thing!!!

just a question

Hi, i’m extremely new to all of this, please correct any misuses of words or things that could be potentially impolite, as this is not my intention by any means.

I’ve not read through much on this wiki and don’t know a lot of terminology.

I have a friend who is a system, ive spoken to his headmates before, and i want to understand how to speak to them without being impolite.

I read into another post on here from someone else who was singular, but it didn’t fill in any of my questions so ill ask them here:

Could anyone tell me some things that you should and should not say when talking to headmates/systems? I want to understand his and his headmates experiences as well as i can and not be impolite.

Some things ive been doing that i worry about as well:

-Speaking to one headmate who seems to front almost always when i speak to them, and only speaking to that headmate unless otherwise prompted

-Asking about other headmates (ex: how they’re doing) when someone else is fronting

-Not super a thing i’ve been doing, more something i’m worried about, but maybe thinking of his headmates as characters more than people? I’m not 100% sure i’m doing this but i’m trying to make an effort not to.

I hope none of this was rude, i sincerely apologize if it was and ask that you please tell me what i did.

Thank you for your help! I apologize if this was formatted oddly, i’m on mobile.