my system questions volume 2

QBpotato·12/16/2021 in General

Alrighty! Hello it is the person who may not even be a system. I have a few final questions before i decide and maybe see, idk, the sch00l councelor? Anyway...

~If the body is afab, but the fronting alter is male (or nonbinary but not in my case), will they feel any sort of dysphoria?

~Do systems have to have a headspace or sort of interworld?

~and if it is possible for no interworld to exist, is it possible for alters to communicate?

~And if alters cant communicate, how do you figure out things like gender, pronouns, names, ages, or does that come naturally?

~Unless the alter is like- a fictive- like one of mine may be if im not mistaken, do alters have their own appearance, or just look like the body?

~And if they look different, if there is no headspace how will you know? Or if there is no headspace do they have the same appearance as the body?

Sorry im asking so many questions, just I need answers.

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MochiMilesWife·12/17/2021

Not a system (but trying to be a parogenic/willogenic system, so mught be able to help soon) so i dont know to much but ti what you ask that i can say

depends on what gives dysphoria

Yes most likely if its not a fictive or factive it has its own looks, unless it dresses like another alter/someone else.

Edit: not all fictives and factives look loke character based off of aswell

(Edited by MochiMilesWife)

Lonely Dinosaur·12/26/2021

I know it's late, but in case you still look for the answers:

- they can, but they don't have to. They can also feel dysphoria if they're female, but for example body is much younger than they

- there are systems who don't have an innerworld, but it's possible to develop one

- it's posibble, many systems can have internal comunication, when alters are co-consciuos. It can be described as hearing somebody's else thoughts and you can confuse them with your own sometimes. Also they can comunicate with you not only through words, but also for example through images. If there's no internal communication at all, it's also possible to comunicate externaly - through jurnal, messages on your phone, leaving notes in visible places or asking people you trust to say them something when they will be out front

- I think there's no other way than asking them, but I may be wrong here

- usually only the host identifies with the body, but it can be different for every system

- I think you kinda feel that? I don't know, I never was in the headspace, but I just know, that body doesn't look like me. I have no idea, how should I look though.

If you have more questions, feel free to message me. I'm still kinda denying the existence of my system, but I'm hyperfixated on systems in general and would love to tell you more.

- Dracorex (she/her)

(Edited by Lonely Dinosaur)

TheRandomMisfits·1/18/2022

-yeah, that happens for us

-mine doesnt!

-yep

-idt you can. you can try writing notes for each other when youre in front

-they can be either, but they usually have their own appearance

-they kinda just show me an image? idk i just "know" somehow

What do you think?