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
For a collection of things that are not listed on the Alterhuman Archive nor specifically reccomended reads that we keep for archival purposes, please see [WIP LINK]
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LB Lee's Quick n Dirty Plural History
History of the plural community. Fairly comprehensive. Alt link is a video version.
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A Partial History of Plural Self-Advocacy
History of the plural community in regards to activism.
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A Brief History of the Use of 'System' in non-DID Space
History of the use of the term 'system'.
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Tulpa Creation Guides
A masterpost of tulpamancy guides.
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The Tulpanomicon
One of the most popular and well-known tulpamancy guides. Complete and comprehensive.
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Tulpamancy: Guide Into the Strange and Wonderful
A complete and comprehensive guide to tulpamancy and system skills.
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Staying Present By Claire of “Ben and Claire”
How to learn to front and be present and aware longer. Offers several options.
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Verples Switching Guide
Switching guide.
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ShinyuuWolfy's Switching Guide
Switching guide.
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Bloodykitten's Switching Guide
Switching guide.
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Malfael's Guide to Switching
Switching guide.
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Selfawarebot's Switching Guide
Switching guide.
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Feathersong Switching Guide
Switching guide.
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Switching - Within
Switching guide.
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Plural.Systems Switching Post
Switching guide.
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Tulpa Switching Guide by Félix Chaosys
Switching guide.
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Guide On How to Switch by Fuliam
Switching guide.
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Switching Characteristics
Switching guide.
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Ayla's Tulpa Parallel Processing And Personality Switching Guide
Switching and parallel processing guide.
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Abvieon's Guide to Parallel Processing
Parallel processing guide.
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Let's Talk Partial Possession
Guide on learning partial possession/a specific flavor of co-fronting.
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Possession: By a Tulpa, for Tulpas
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
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
Guide on possession.
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The Muscle Memory by HumbleGlow
Guide on possession.
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Practice possession easily by playing Simon by GreenWissy
Guide on possession.
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Possession via Dissociation
Guide on possession.
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Small Worlds, Contained Inside-Visualization Guide
Headspace building guide.
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Making Your Own Wonderland Or Headspace
Guide on making a headspace, may not work for all systems.
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Wonderland: Tips, Tricks, And Basics For Hosts
Guide on making a headspace.
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Let's Talk: Headspaces
Talks about misconceptions regarding headspace.
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Tips for Managing Triggers When *YOU* Choose to Process
On managing triggers.
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A Technique to Defer Body Memories
On managing flashbacks.
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Handling Overwhelm
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
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
List of identity bits that one can fill out to help learn more about an alter.
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Multiplicity – Mapping your system
Gives instruction on how to start in on mapping your system.
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Memory Work Essays Index
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
Guide for walk-ins and other headmates with exomemories.
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In-System Conflict Guide
Guide on how to manage conflicts with those in your system.
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I Think We’re Alone Now
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
An exercise to help stave off dormancy and improve coconsciousness.
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Supporting a System Member with Exotrauma
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
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
Guide on how to come out to people irl.
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What to do When You Think You Might be Multiple
For newbies.
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DID/MPD Defined In My Own Words
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
A plural questioning page, divided by section.
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Old Plurality Resource Dictionary
Archived old dictionary of plural terms.
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Glossary - Plural Related Terms
Old archived dictionary of plural terms.
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The Significant Other's Guide To Dissociative Identity Disorder
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
A concrit of the ToSD.
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Why the Theory of Structural Dissociation is Ablest
A concrit of the ToSD.
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Help For Littles
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
Switching experiences study.
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Project Koomer
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
Brief introduction post to the origins discourse slapfight.
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The Selves Advocacy Case For Plurality By Inmara Ktletaccete Fenumera
Several framework proposals for plurality, plus personal experiences.
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Soulbonding Essays
Small collecton of old soulbonding essays.
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Pavilion Library
Small collection of old plural-related essays.
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Portrait of a Hydra
Personal essay on being median.
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Experiences of Medianhood
Personal essay on being median.
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Median Talk
Personal essay on being median, alternate souce cannot be found, [NOTE] disclaimer on Astrea.
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Plurality: Subsystems
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
Asserts multiplicity can be found outside of dissociative disorder and be endogenic. Historical Item. Astrea is original source, [NOTE] disclaimer on Astrea.
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An Exploration of Plurality, Simulation Theory And Human Cognition
Essay on plurality outside of DID/OSDD.
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Full Merging, Unification, Alter Integration — Terminology, Controversy, & Issues
Kinhost article on Final Fusion, goes over the contriversies.
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Integration?
A therapist and a DID system talk about integration not being a requirement.
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Mental Health Communities: A Reactionary Liberal/Conservative Battleground
Essay about conservatism and liberalism in online mental health communities, using DID spaces and syscourse as an example.
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You're Wrong About Ritual Abuse
Nuanced essay about RAMCOA conspiracy theories within the DID community, includes personal experience.
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The Plural Bill of Rights
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
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.
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