hey i have OSDD-1 and i think you might have just misinterpreted things said by blogs like this-is-not-dissociative? the first alters always form in childhood, but you can absolutely form new alters later in life if new trauma occurs. i’ve never seen a DID/OSDD blog say otherwise, it’s pretty widely accepted. also, some systems are ok with the term “fictives” rather than “fictional introjects” – it just depends on the person. just a heads up

Systems may be ‘fine’ with the term ‘fictive’ but its not a DID/OSDD term. The medical term is ‘fictional introjects’. I clarify this because I have had DID/OSDD…

Different anon. The realmultipleadvice, by their own stance, doesn’t respect kin though. They deny it exists, which is fine there will be a difference in beliefs, but then they also say that it’s incredibly unhealthy to be kin even as a coping method. Which is insulting to the belief system and a major issue kin would have with the people running that blog.

That’s fair, and I can see where you are coming from with that stance. I’ll admit I find their position somewhat ironic, given that they…

traumagenic system here: if you have a system, you can use the word system. It doesn’t mtter if you have DID or not. I think a lot of this “debate” stems from DID systems saying that endogenic systems are fake, tbh. While endogenic systems don’t have the same situation as DID systems, they are not fake and they are not appropriating DID just by being and using the word system

Thank you for chiming in. I think you’re absolutely right that the dispute started there. I am saddened that there is such a situation going…