Community-Made Articles and Essays
This page contains some highlighted resources made by the community that we reccomend checking out in particular.
For a more comprehensive collection of articles and essays, see The Alterhuman Archive's Plural Collection.
The Alterhuman Archive's Plural Collection
History Articles
| Title | Category | Notes | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
LB Lee's Quick n Dirty Plural History |
general community |
History of the plural community. Alt link is a video on the same. |
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A Partial History of Plural Self-Advocacy |
advocacy |
History of the plural community |
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A Brief History of the Use of 'System' in non-DID Space |
word use |
History of the term system |
System Skills
| Title | Category | Notes | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
Tulpa Creation Guides |
tulpamancy, headmate creation, masterpost |
Masterpost of tulpamancy guides |
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The Tulpanomicon |
tulpamancy, headmate creation, communication, switching, parallel processing |
One of the most popular and well-known tulpamancy guides. |
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Tulpamancy: Guide Into the Strange and Wonderful |
tulpamancy, headmate creation, communication, switching, parallel processing |
Full guide on tulpamancy |
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Staying Present By Claire of “Ben and Claire” |
tulpamancy, coconciousness, possession |
How to learn to front and be cocon longer |
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Verples Switching Guide |
tulpamancy, switching |
Switching guide |
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ShinyuuWolfy's Switching Guide |
tulpamancy, switching |
switching guide |
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Bloodykitten's Switching Guide |
tulpamancy, switching |
switching guide |
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Malfael's Guide to Switching |
tulpamancy, switching |
switching guide |
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Selfawarebot's Switching guide |
tulpamancy, switching |
switching guide |
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Feathersong switching guide |
switching |
Switching guide |
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Switching - Within |
switching |
switching guide |
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plural.systems switching post |
switching |
switching guide |
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Tulpa Switching Guide by Félix Chaosys |
switching |
switching guide |
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Guide on how to switch by Fuliam |
switching |
switching guide |
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Switching Characteristics |
switching |
Old list of symptoms that may mean one has switched |
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Ayla's Tulpa Parallel Processing And Personality Switching Guide |
switching, possession, parallel processing |
Switching and parallel processing guide |
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Abvieon's Guide to Parallel Processing |
tulpamancy, parallel processing |
parallel processing guide |
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Let's Talk Partial Possession |
tulpamancy, cofronting, parallel processing, possession |
Guide on learning partial possession/a specific flavor of co-fronting, has skills to learn parallel processing. |
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Possession: By a Tulpa, for Tulpas |
tulpamancy, cofronting, possession |
Guide on learning possession/a specific flavor of switching from the perspective of the tulpa. |
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Felights' Fronting Fundamentals | Possession & Switching Guide |
switching, possession, co-fronting |
Guide on switching and possession. Comes from the perspective that one cannot make memory without inhabiting the 'I' |
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Possession Explained (gude) by Piano Soul |
possession, co-fronting |
Guide on possession |
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Possession by Yuki |
possession, co-fronting |
Guide on possession |
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The Muscle Memory by HumbleGlow |
possession, co-fronting |
Guide on possession |
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Practice possession easily by playing Simon by GreenWissy |
possession, co-fronting |
Guide on possession |
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Possession via Dissociation |
possession, co-fronting |
Guide on possession |
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Small Worlds, Contained Inside-Visualization Guide |
headspace |
Headspace building |
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Making Your Own Wonderland Or Headspace |
headspace, masterpost |
Guide on making a headspace, may not work for all systems |
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Wonderland: Tips, Tricks, And Basics For Hosts |
headspace |
Headspace tutorial |
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Let's Talk: Headspaces |
headspace |
Talks about misconceptions regarding headspace |
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Tips for Managing Triggers When *YOU* Choose to Process |
trauma, tangental |
On managing triggers |
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A technique to defer body memories |
trauma, tangental |
On managing flashbacks |
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Handling Overwhelm |
trauma, tangental |
On managing overwhelm, exactly what it says on the tin |
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Comprehensive resource: Why writing to communicate with alters works so great and bullet journaling in 2022 with a dissociative identity disorder System |
journalling, personal |
Talks about why journalling about plural things is a good idea by using themselves as an example, gives some examples of things they journal about |
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Get to really know your alters with this easy list |
system mapping |
List of identity bits that one can fill out to help learn more about an alter |
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Multiplicity – Mapping your system |
system mapping |
Gives instruction on how to start in on mapping your system |
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Memory Work Essays Index |
masterpost, memory work, amnesia, trauma |
A masterpost of memory work resources and advice |
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How to Survive in a Strange World After Sliding into an Alternate Timeline |
walk-ins, fictives, exomemories |
guide for walk-ins and other headmates with exomemories. Old ver: Link |
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In-System Conflict Guide |
Persecutors, headmate conflict |
Guide on how to manage conflicts with those in your system |
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I Think We’re Alone Now |
dormancy |
A checklist of things to do when a headmate goes missing. Does not go over the possibility of integration, walk-ins walking-out, or ego death but otherwise fairly thorough. |
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NoneFromHell's Three task tulpa revitalization exercise |
dormancy, coconsciousness |
An exercise to help stave off dormancy and improve coconsciousness |
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Supporting a System Member with Exotrauma |
exotrauma, coping, trauma |
Post on how to support a system member that has traumatic memories that did not happen to the body |
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The Integral Guide To Wellbeing |
ifs, tangental |
Internal Family Systems therapy dyi guide. A little woo-ey and contains some dubious advice |
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Being Plural IRL: Telling People, Living Your Lives, & Other Tips |
coming out |
Guide on how to come out to people irl |
Other
| Title | Category | Notes | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
What to do when you think you might be multiple |
101, questioning |
for newbies |
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DID/MPD Defined In My Own Words |
101, DID, BPD |
A Old 101 Defining DID from the writer's perspective. Talks about MPD being redefined as DID being a good thing in the authors opinion. Also talks about some kinds of dissociation and argues that BPD and DID have a strong connection. Some dated information about DID. |
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Plural Questioning and Discovery Help |
101, questioning |
A plural questioning page, divided by section. |
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Old Plurality Resource Dictionary |
glossary |
Archived old dictionary of plural terms. |
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Glossary - Plural Related Terms |
glossary |
Old archived dictionary of plural terms |
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The Significant Other's Guide To Dissociative Identity Disorder |
101, for singlets |
Rather dated guide for singlet significant others of those with DID. Features some incorrect, dated, and all-or-nothing information about DID, usual clinical view. Assumes gender of the loved one with DID. Still has value as a general guide. |
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Deconstructing Structural Dissociation |
review, rebuttals, analysis, tosd |
A concrit of the ToSD |
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Why the Theory of Structural Dissociation is Ablest |
rebuttals, analysis, tosd |
A concrit of the ToSD |
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Help For Littles |
masterpost, littles, tangental resources |
A bunch of links to things that may be of use or interest to those with littles. Very mixed bag of resources- some intended specifically for headmates and some not. |
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Tulpa Switching Experiences Study |
community poll, tulpamancy, switching, analysis |
switching experiences study |
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Project Koomer |
tulpamancy, documentation |
Ebook about Ouigi and Koomer -one of the most contriversal early figures in the tulpamancy community- made from Koomer's blog posts and some commentary by others. It details a tulpamancer and his tulpa and how they became quite disordered over time due to doing things too fast and incorrectly and getting involved with drugs. Koomer eventually got help for his symptoms, integrated with Ouigi, and stopped believing in tulpamancy. An example of a endogenic system becoming disorderly. |
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Untitled Introduction Post To Syscourse |
discourse, endogenic, 101 |
Brief introduction post to the origins discourse slapfight |
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The Selves Advocacy Case For Plurality By Inmara Ktletaccete Fenumera |
personal, framework, text, nondisordered, endogenic |
Several framework proposals for plurality, plus personal experiences. |
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Soulbonding Essays |
masterpost, soulbonding, personal |
Small collecton of old soulbonding essays |
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Pavilion Library |
masterpost |
Small collection of old plural-related essays |
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Portrait of a Hydra |
median, personal |
Personal essay on being median |
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Experiences of Medianhood |
median, personal |
Personal essay on being median |
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Median Talk |
median, personal |
Personal essay on being median, alternate souce cannot be found, note disclaimer on Astrea. |
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Plurality: Subsystems |
subsystem | Informational article on what subsystems are, the author's framework on kinds of subsystems, how to identify a subsystem, and the author's own experience |
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Multiplicity Is Natural |
rebuttals, nondisordered, endogenic |
Asserts multiplicity can be found outside of dissociative disorder and be endogenic. Astrea is original source, note disclaimer on Astrea. |
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An Exploration of Plurality, Simulation Theory And Human Cognition |
endogenic, essay, framework, nondisordered |
Essay on plurality outside of DID/OSDD |
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Full Merging, Unification, Alter Integration — Terminology, Controversy, & Issues |
integration |
Kinhost article on Final Fusion, goes over the contriversies |
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Integration? |
integration, persuasive |
A therapist and a DID system talk about integration not being a requirement |
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The Plural Bill of Rights |
empowerment |
List of rights you have as a system |
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Speaking for Ourselves: A Newsletter by, for, and About People With Multiple Personalities |
newsletter |
A archived newsletter for those with MPD, includes poetry, artwork, QnA, and other articles. Some dated information. Some notable points include a multiple who talks about how she disclosed multiplicity to her kids, a multiple who rejects full integration and had a therapist be ok with it, and a lot of talk about the logistics of listing support groups in the newsletter. |