here's a list of frequently asked questions and the answers to those questions!

1. What are DID and plurality?

DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) is a dissociative disorder characterized by having multiple identities living within a single body. It is accompanied by amnesia between alters (the different identities), and all the alters live together in a system. In order to be diagnosed, there are five criteria for DID: (A) distinct alters or identities, (B) amnesia between these alters, (C) distress caused by these symptoms, (D) not part of another cultural or spiritual practice, and (E) symptoms are not brought on by substances or drugs. DID is heavily associated with childhood trauma and is highly comorbid with (C)PTSD. We have DID, CPTSD, autism, ADHD, OCD, depression, and anxiety, though we most often answer questions about DID.

Explanation about general plurality: https://morethanone.info/#

i'm going to take this ask as a chance to give my thoughts on it. in my mind, things have definitely changed within their system, but i don't think it's quite the same as a fusion or mutsumi and mortis no longer existing. to me, it's more that they're no longer fronting constantly. mutsumi and mortis have both had a problem throughout this show that i like to call "host syndrome" which is where the primary fronters of a system overextend significantly and end up causing problems for both themselves and the rest of the system. i think they still both exist, but they're not around constantly.

in general, mutsumi and mortis' system is very polyfragmented to me. polyfragmented systems have a lot of alters (and a lot of fragments, which are less defined alters), and that's the way i read the various "roles" they talk about in the show. mutsumi and mortis were previously hosting the system constantly, but they're not doing that anymore, so i think their system is a lot more of the various fragments and a...