Useful Community-Made Articles and Essays
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 |
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Origin of Endogenic System and Traumagenic System Terminology |
word use |
Origins on the words endogenic and traumagenic from the coiner of the terms. |
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 |
On managing triggers, tangental to plural experience |
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A technique to defer body memories |
trauma |
On managing flashbacks |
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Handling Overwhelm |
trauma, coping |
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 |
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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 |
domancy, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Multiple by oakling |
101 |
Old introductory essay |
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Dissociative Identity Disorder (thing) by oakling |
101 |
Old introductory essay |
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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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Living, Together: A Singlet's Guide To Plural Allyship |
for singlets, 101 |
A 101 aimed at singlets on what plurality is and how to support plural folks |
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How Do I Know If My Imaginary Friend Is Sentient? |
questioning |
A post on how to tell if an imaginary friend is actually a headmate or not |
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Quiz Are You a Multiple? |
questioning |
List of questions to ask yourself if you think you might be multiple. Old and not comprehensive |
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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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"But multiplicity isnt real" |
rebuttals |
for singlets, persuasive essay |
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Many Authors One Body |
101, personal |
Article talking about being plural and an author. Coming out essay. |
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States of Being |
101, personal |
Personal essay on being multiple, alternate source cannot be found, note disclaimer on Astrea. |
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Reading the Original Theory of Structural Dissociation |
review, analysis, tosd |
A analysis of the ToSD |
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Deconstructing Structural Dissociation |
review, rebuttals, analysis, tosd |
A concrit of the ToSD |
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Past Plurals: Sandra J. Hocking and Company |
review, analysis, commentary |
A review of the book Living With Your Selves: a survival manual for people with multiple personalities by Sandra J. Hocking and Company |
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Why the Theory of Structural Dissociation is Ablest |
rebuttals, analysis, tosd |
A concrit of the ToSD |
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DID Brain Pattern Study doesn't measure up |
rebuttals, analysis |
Talks about how the MRI study for DID isn't very good |
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The Sorority's Talking Back to Tumblr series |
essay, antipsych, rebuttals |
A series of essays about psychiatry as religion and about multiplicity myths and how the two intersect |
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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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Plurality as Protrayed in Cyberpunk 2077 and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 |
review |
Review of plurality shown in XC2 and Cyberpunk, comparing and contrasting the protrayals in both |
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DOOM PATROLLS, 14. Truddi Chase |
review |
Review of Doom Patrol in the context of plurality, with some stuff on Truddi Chase |
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Endogenic Proof Masterlist by Plural Anomaly |
masterlist, discourse |
masterlist for the syscourse |
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Flights of Fantasy by Decode |
soulbonding |
soulbonding essay |
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Soulbonding by Raincrystal |
soubonding, essay |
Talks about how soulbonding isnt always spiritual |
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Soulbonding? by Shaytar |
soulbonding, essay, personal |
Talks about the personal experience of a spritual plural and how their experience and soulbonding differ a bit |
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Rebekka's rant on Soulbonding |
soulbonding, essay, discourse |
Mildly rude essay about ancient drama in the soulbonding and the plural communities |
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Soulbond Sense |
soulbonding, essay |
Essay about kinds of soulbonding experiences and differences with other kinds of plurals |
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Gateways by Pagmies |
endogenic, essay |
Mixed origin beliefs essay from 2008, mentions of non trauma multiples |
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Lessons Learned from a Year Listening to the Fictional Octopus in My Head |
endogenic, nondisordered |
Article from someone who was temporarily plural |
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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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Untitled RAMCOA Term Discourse Post |
discourse, terminology, debunking |
Post on how several terms people claim are RAMCOA system exclusive are not as such and its a dumb hill to die on when we have bigger problems. |
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Tulpacourse Debunking Posts |
tulpamancy, discourse |
A series of posts by the Dragonheart Tulpamancy System debinking the claims that tulpamancy is a culturally apropriative practice |
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I am a Tibetan Buddhist with an emanation (Tulpa) AMA + Introduction |
tulpa, discourse, endogenic |
A tibetian buddhist with a tulpa weighs in on the community in the replies and is fine with tulpamancers doing their thing |
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Untitled post by Solipsitful |
discourse, endogenic, professional recognition |
One system's experience of a professional validating their endogenic experience and endogenic systems as a whole |
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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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This Is Why They Are Compared |
rebuttals, discourse |
An infographic explaining why system gatekeepers are compared to transmeds by some people |
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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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Subsystems: Systems Within Systems |
subsystem, personal |
Defines what a subsystem is and then details their experience with it |
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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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Plural: On being Integrated |
integration, personal |
One person's experience of temporary integration |
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Brainchildren -- Multiple Personality Disorder |
word use |
2001 article on mpd that uses the word 'fictive', but unlike how its used in plural spaces. Not really that much actually about plurality. |
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The Plural Bill of Rights |
empowerment |
List of rights you have as a system |
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Exotrauma discourse post |
exotrauma, rebuttals, discourse |
Old community discourse around the validity of the term exotrauma, post vaildates it as a term |
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Exotrauma coining post |
exotrauma, coinage |
coining post for the word exotrauma |
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About Binding (Sex Toys and Plurality) |
nsfw, imposition |
Essay about how the writer engages sexually with their headmate using an external toy, vague guide on how they acheived this |
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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. |