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i think claiming that endogenic plurality and traumagenic plurality are separate mechanisms is kinda a silly thing to claim without evidence.

i think they're the same mechanism used in different ways (like how people can hallucinate from medications and mental illness but also induce them through choice and willpower, it's part of how tulpamancy works), unless you have proof that they're actually two separate phenomena in the brain, in which case: PLEASE for the love of GOD show any proof we're lacking in that research department comparing the experiences and if you have some i'd love to read it

another anti endos influx of people who have been here for maybe 5 seconds and act like they know everything. here's your rundown of how things are done in Tumblr syscourse:

• endogenics are fine
• they don't claim to have DID with no trauma
• seriously they don't. I don't know where you got the whole "they're faking a trauma disorder with no trauma"
• if someone is faking something, typically they will preface it with claiming the thing they're faking. if you don't see a CDD anywhere on their blog, probably they're not claiming to have one
• everyone and their mother knows that CDDs are trauma-based
• learn how to be open minded
• if you're in the "syscourse" tag, no one looks at your DNI and it's effectively null for the tag. the tag you want to be using is "tw syscourse" or something like that
• you can disagree and not be an ass
• fakeclaiming is being an ass
• telling someone they don't exist is being an ass
• telling someone you know their experiences better than them is being an ass
• don't be an ass
• don't complain when you're being an ass and someone tells you that. it's not proof of endos harassing you
• drink water
• eat a snack
• get some sunlight and some fresh air. opening your windows and sitting on the porch counts
• maybe look at a bug. bugs are great
• seriously don't be an ass

Having symptoms of a disorder or experiences that are similar to a symptom of a disorder without meeting the full criteria for a disorder isn't ableism. It's just life. Mental disorders are simply exaggerated pathological versions of normal human experiences. The brain isn't magically tapping in to experiences that can't exist in any form otherwise when you have a disorder simply making something that would have existed in some form in your life a bigger and more important part of your life that you struggle with.

Even the theory of structural dissociation states that in singlets parts still exist and switch between each other(thats how you get work self, home self, fight/flight responses. It's just different parts being active at different times) they are just integrated enough that your parts don't typically have much effect on your identity and still feel like you. But having parts that switch and have characteristics that are notably different from each other is a normal human experience outside of the disorder and is not a slight against people with the disorder. If there weren't non-disordered things that presented similar to the disorder ever there would never need to be an any exclusion criteria in the criteria in the first place.

Hot take but rigid divisions between queer identities and heavily-policed labels that are treated like diagnoses are really, really bad.

Trans men have shared histories with lesbians who have shared histories with bisexual women who have shared histories with ace people who have shared histories with aro people have shared histories with gay men who have shared histories with trans women who have shared histories with nonbinary people who have shared histories with etc etc etc etc etc.

Labels are important for people who want them, but we need to stop treating sexuality and gender as rigid boxes and checklists.

As a guide:

{pro} endos think that since plurality is an identity, saying you must fit certain requirements- usually suffering- to be plural is like saying you must experience constant dysphoria to be trans.

Anti-endos think that since CDDs are disorders {and are the only way to be plural}, people who claim to be plural without a CDD are like people who claim that they're "so OCD" for liking their pencils to be arranged by colour order.

You are arguing different things. This argument can never be solved, because you're talking past each other.

"you cannot have a category of person that stops being a person or everyone that someone wants to get rid of is going to end up being put in that category" and other really fucking obvious and basic observations that everyone ignores in favor of putting people they want to get rid of into a category they think makes them stop being a person

"But you don't understaaaaaaaand my mother's dying wish was for me to be a Harry Potter fan and buy all its merch forever" cool justification, still directly supporting the oppression of trans people

If you give this woman money, it will go to transphobic causes. If you give this woman a platform, she will use it to boost transphobic causes. This isn't a "well nobody's perfect" or "well x other creator also did something bad once" situation, this is an inordinate amount of influence for a creator to have, and supporting her by word or wallet actively hurts trans people.

I am JUST saying, if you regularly consume Harry Potter content, you literally cannot be all “fuck terfs, terfs dni” because bestie you are the one interacting with the terf, idc if its all 100% fan-made content or you pirated it, it’s still got terf stink on it