#switching

[hisbucky]

Chris: Dad, are you and Buck fighting? Eddie: What? No, Buck and I are doing just fine, buddy. What made you think we were fighting? Chris: Well, it sounded like a lot of stuff was getting knocked around in your room last night, and now the both of you are walking kind of funny... Eddie, parental panicking: ...Oh. Yeah, um, I'm going to buy us some ice-cream! Buck?! Buck, resigned: Yeah, okay. This is not exactly how I thought this would go today...

#911 show #911 on abc #buddie #switching #incorrect 911 quotes #incorrect quotes #christopher diaz #eddie diaz #evan buckley #buckley diaz family #random thoughts #what is this #they are dating #in this case #i dont fucking know

[eldritch-emojis]

I had an idea and I went for it. Switching & Co-Front emojis but they are inside a brain.

#switching #system emoji #co front #plural emoji #sysmoji #pluralgang #custom emoji #discord emoji #emoji #discord emotes #plurality

[diditself]

*remembers simply plural exists*

*hasn't logged a switch in a few days*

*opens simply plural*

*switches while it loads*

*fronter is already fronting*

#system memes #actually did #did osdd #did community #dissociative system #sysblr #actually dissociative #traumagenic osdd #did memes #actually traumagenic #traumagenic system #did alter #dissociative alters #alters #switching #simply plural

[unwelcome-ozian]

#DID #dissociation #switching

[plural-culture-is]

Not plural culture but any advice for a Partial-DID host to leave front or see the IW

Gotten similar asks a few time but we're finally getting around to answer it, sorry!

Here are some switching/accessing innerworld guides:

your guide to the headspace (CDD specific)

Controlled Switching

Ghost Switching

There are also many other guides out there, if anyone has any others, feel free to link them in the notes

If none of these methods work for you, that's okay. Sometimes systems just can't switch, and as a P-DID system there must be a reason that's the case. You also might be able to access the innerworld while still fronting by basically daydreaming (at least it might feel like daydreaming, as you're still to some extent grounded in your body)

#not plural culture #switching #plural system #plurality #actuallyplural #p-did #anonymous

[multiplicity-positivity]

Here’s some positivity for systems who rarely or never switch!

While many systems do function by members switching in and out, this is not a requirement for plurality and not necessary to be a system! A system’s validity is not tied to how often they switch, or their capability of switching at all! This post is for all the systems who rarely or never switch!

🍒 Shoutout to systems who used to switch, but who haven’t switched out in months, years, or decades!

🫐 Shoutout to systems who want to switch but haven’t been able to figure out how!

🍊 Shoutout to systems who have never switched and don’t have any desire to switch in the future!

🍇 Shoutout to paromancers, willogenic systems, and other created systems whose hosts haven’t been able to switch with their paros, willomates, or other headmates!

🥥 Shoutout to systems who have only recently managed to switch for the first time!

🍉 Shoutout to systems whose switches are rare, sporadic, and difficult to predict!

🍋 Shoutout to large systems who only have a few members who can switch in and out!

🥭 Shoutout to DID and OSDD systems who never switch - switching is not a requirement for this disorder and your disorder is not invalidated by a lack of switching!

🍐 Shoutout to systems who aren’t sure if they’ve ever switched, or who don’t know how to determine if they’ve switched in the past!

🍍 Shoutout to systems who are monoconscious, and don’t switch due to all members always fronting at the same time!

🍑 Shoutout to systems who use guides designed for paromancers to try and learn how to switch, regardless of their system’s origins!

🍈 Shoutout to individual headmates who have never fronted - fronting is absolutely not a requirement for being a valued and important member of your system!

🍓 Shoutout to systems who worry they’re faking or not actually plural due to never switching!

Remember every system is unique, and there is no one right way to be plural or experience multiplicity! You absolutely still can be plural without ever switching, and there are many other systems who are in the same situation as you! Struggling to switch or never switching does not invalidate your system or your plurality in any way - it doesn’t mean you’re not actually multiple and it doesn’t mean you’re faking one bit!

Know that we believe in you, and that your system’s validity will never be questioned here. If your system wants to switch and is trying to learn how, we wish you the very best in your endeavors! If your system never switches and you are happy and comfortable that way, that’s perfectly fine! Regardless of how your system functions or how often you switch, we want you to know that you are cared about, loved, and an integral part of the plural community just the way you are!

(Image ID:) A pale orange userbox with a cluster of multicolored flowers for the userbox image. The border and text are both dark orange, and the text reads “all plurals can interact with this post!” (End ID.)

#multiplicity #pluralgang #plurality #actuallyplural #system positivity #plural positivity #plural pride #system pride #switching #fronting #frontstuck #long post

[vanrocelin]

Favourite drarry fics (47)

When You and I Collide by bixgirl1 [E, 6.1k]

If asked on his 18th birthday what he thought he’d be doing in three years, Harry never would have been able to predict that his answer would be “letting Draco Malfoy fuck me senseless over the sinks in the loo of a Muggle bar”.

This is how the story begins.

He never thinks to ask how it ends.

Tomorrow by space_wingding [E, 38.6k]

In an unfortunate twist of fate, Harry Potter is dying. Not keen to leave the world without having his story told, he commissions the successful writer, Draco Malfoy, to write his biography.

That which hurts (and is desired) by onereader [E, 19.8k]

Draco was lying still, and pale, on a bed in a private room in St Mungo’s. The sheets were white, clean, enchanted against stains, vanishing the blood that kept spilling out of him. He hadn’t moved in two days. Not a twitch of his elegant fingers. Not a blink of his fierce eyes. Harry couldn’t even see the faint flutter of his pulse in his throat from where he stood at the foot of the bed, helpless, impotent, furious.

There is nothing Harry wouldn’t do for the people he cares about. As it turns out, that might bring him everything he’s ever wanted.

#drarry #drarry fic #drarry recs #fanfic #fanfic rec #dmhp #draco x harry #draco malfoy #harry potter #switching

[pluralprompts]

Prompt #1,298

System A switches in the middle of date night without realizing. Person B, their date, figures out what's happened before they do.

#plural system #pluralgang #plurality #pluralprompt #prompt blog #prompt #dating #partnership #switching #tags are only a suggestion #egg carton

[thecataclysmic6]

Has anyone ever switched in the middle of typing something and just go— "Wait that's not me. Who wrote this??"

#🐈‍⬛️ #osdd #osdd system #did #system #osdd 1b #alters #osdd1b #switching

[the-house-wins]

our system has two moods:

clown car,

or "day fourteen of The Silence. the radios have long since stopped working, and i write these entries to keep myself and the slow, steady, dripping of the water company. i have officially been without human contact for weeks, and i fear the decay of my very soul"

#tbh i have no idea if we're good at being co-con or not #cause we can do it #but not often enough to really be useful #and being frontstuck to some degree feels like its our norm #chris.txt #system stuff #alters #did memes #osdd #osdd memes #plural system #system memes #system things #simply plural #switching #front stuck

[paracosmic-gt]

Switch

#actually plural #plural #plural vibes #plural community #plural system #traumagenic #endogenic #system #system vibes #comic #switching #j.txt #para.txt

[plural-culture-is]

genuine question but who decides who’s fronting? can all of yall consciously decide, or does the alter chose, or does it happen randomly?

sry if i got any terminology or anything wrong (pls correct it if i did)

It depends on the system, and systems can (usually) have multiple ways of switching.

There could be things that trigger a headmate to front, which are generally split into positive, negative, and neutral front triggers (but obviously categorising them isn't required). So for example say a headmate likes ponies, they might be positively triggered to front because the body sees a pony. Or a negative trigger could be for example a dangerous situation that triggers a protector to front.

It's also possible in some systems for a headmate to simply choose to front, which could be by them just walking into the fronting room, maybe for no particular reason, maybe because they hadn't fronted for a while and want to see what was happening, maybe because they saw something they liked but weren't automatically triggered to front because of it, or any other reason.

Sometimes another headmate can make a headmate front, usually a gatekeeper but not necessarily. One of the main roles of a gatekeeper by it's main definition is deciding who can front, but in our system anyone who's fronting can summon anyone to front (although it's easier for our gatekeepers - and often in other systems, gatekeepers don't have to front to control switching).

And then it's also possible for headmates to randomly start fronting, or at least for it to feel like it was random because you may never know if there was an actual reason for them fronting.

Of course there are a million other reasons headmates start fronting because there is a lot of diversity in systems, but these are the main ways we know of.

#actuallyplural #plurality #plural system #switching #anonymous

[oceanmojis]

why are systems the only ones who run emoji blogs /j can i request a "switching" emoji? -[REDACTED] Bailey

i went for more 'im shoving this idiot very nice other alter out of front and taking over' but-

anyways i hope it works!!

#switching #system #system emojis #did #osdd #emojis #custom emojis #custom emoji #emoji #discord emojis #emote #also clearly its because were all fools duh

[multiplicity-positivity]

Switching Tips and Info

Hello! We’ve often said here that for our system, switching is involuntary and happens automatically or with the help of our gatekeeper. However, we often get asked here about switching, how it works, how to practice switching, and how to switch for the very first time. In general, we’re probably unequipped to confidently answer these questions. But we’ve decided to put together this post with information we’ve picked up from therapy, research, and learning from other systems. We hope this can help you and your system learn to switch more effortlessly!

Disclaimer: We are not an expert or clinician by any stretch of the word! We are one DID system sharing our experience and information we’ve picked up during our time in treatment and system spaces. This post comes from the perspective of a system with DID, though much of this advice could be potentially useful for all sorts of systems!

What is switching?

Switching is a common occurrence in systems when one headmate swaps places with another in order to perceive and interact with the world. Systems of all sorts can switch, not just those with dissociative disorders like DID or OSDD! Switching can look incredibly different from system to system, and may vary based on a wide variety of factors such as:

System origin

Previous history with switching

Degree of dissociative barriers

Comfort levels with fronting and switching for each headmate

The presence of a system manager or gatekeeper

Safety of the system overall

And more!

Do all systems switch?

No, not every system wants to switch or is capable of switching! Many systems exist with one primary fronter and many headmates who either cofront, are coconscious, or never front to experience the outside world at all. Switching is not a requirement to be a system, and it’s not even a requirement to have a dissociative disorder.

Many systems may find that headmates have switched before without noticing it! Before a system’s “syscovery,” headmates may lose time, experience identity shifts, or interact with other system members without ever realizing that they’re plural. In fact, an overwhelming majority of systems with disorders like DID and OSDD are covert, meaning their switches and other symptoms often go unnoticed by other people or the systems themselves!

How can I switch with my headmates?

We don’t have any surefire way to guarantee switching, as every system is unique and no two systems function in exactly the same way! However, here are some ideas for you and your headmates to try in order to help a switch occur.

1. Open communication

Communicate with as many headmates as you can on a regular basis. Keep an open dialogue, and talk to your headmates about fronting, what that might look like for them, and any worries they have about potentially fronting in the future. Try to address each headmate’s fears and concerns to the best of your ability before expecting them to front. Imagine together what it might look like for other headmates to front. Try to understand what happens to headmates in your system who aren’t fronting: do they enter your system’s headspace/inner world? Do they stop fully existing or enter a sort of stasis? Are they still able to perceive the outside world at all? Having a stable, steady line of communication and an understanding of how your system works can help make it easier to allow other headmates to front when the time comes!

2. Seek out a gatekeeper or system manager

Many, but not all, systems have members whose role is specifically to manage who fronts and control switches. Our own system has a gatekeeper who handles the majority of our switches! If you haven’t already, try to learn whether or not your system already has an established gatekeeper. If you do, establishing a connection with that headmate and communicating with them will be essential for switching in the future.

If your system doesn’t have a gatekeeper/manager, that’s fine! A headmate with this role is not required for system to experience switches. For those who do have them, however, cooperating with managers and gatekeepers can help make switching a smoother, more painless process!

3. Ensure safety

Don’t attempt to switch if your system is not 100% safe, and only try to switch after all headmates involved feel comfortable and secure. NEVER try to force a headmate to switch who doesn’t want to. Respect each other’s boundaries and rights to personal autonomy.

When you’re ready to try and purposefully switch, do so in a safe, comfortable, secluded environment. Try to limit distractions and opportunities for interruptions. Check in with headmates that you have access to, and ensure that everyone feels safe and comfortable before attempting to switch.

For minors, traumagenic systems, and those who currently live with abusers or those who have harmed them: it may be for the best to not attempt to switch until you’re in a situation where you are distanced from those who have caused you harm (be them parents, friends, loved ones, or anyone else). Unfortunately for many systems, this may mean waiting until you have moved out of your family’s home in order to put some space between you and your system’s abusers.

Trying to switch when you’re not 100% sure of your system’s safety could absolutely cause more harm than good! The safety and well-being of your system is more important than providing headmates with opportunities to purposefully switch. There will be plenty of time in your future to learn more about your system and attempt to manage switches! Until then, it’s probably best to allow your system to function in ways that ensure your safety and the safety of your headmates.

4. Use positive triggers

Positive triggers are external stimuli that can help bring certain headmates closer to the front by reminding the system about that headmate and what they enjoy. Having a wide range of positive triggers at your disposal can help make it easier to get a headmate to switch with you! Here are some examples of what positive triggers can look like:

Music for each headmate, including playlists, albums, artists, and songs

Stimboards, moodboards, inspiration boards, and other collections of images that speak out to each headmate

Cooking, preparing, or eating a food, snack, or beverage that a particular headmate enjoys

Engaging with hobbies, media, and activities that a particular headmate is known to like

And more! Get creative with your system and brainstorm different positive triggers you can incorporate into your lives in order to help facilitate switches in the future!

5. Manage expectations

Unfortunately, not all systems are able to switch. Some hosts and other frontstuck headmates may never be able to fully leave the front. Cofronting with another headmate and allowing them to make decisions and treat the body as their own can be a great way to allow other system members to front, even if it’s not a full-fledged “switch.” Switching can look incredibly different for different systems, and even for different headmates in the same system! So don’t be too discouraged if you or your frontstuck members aren’t able to switch out fully - cofronting and being coconscious are both valid ways for other headmates to experience the world.

Where can I learn more about switching?

There’s lots of information out there to help all kinds of systems start learning about or managing switches! Here are some links to websites where you can learn more.

Note: some sites which are geared towards created, spontaneous, or endogenic systems may suggest purposeful dissociation as a way to trigger a switch. While this may be useful for some systems, adding more dissociation to the lives of those already struggling with dissociative disorders is a very bad idea and should be avoided! So if you are diagnosed with a dissociative disorder (DID, OSDD, DPDR, etc.), suspect you may have a dissociative disorder, or suspect your system is trauma-formed, it may be best to avoid following advice from sites aimed towards paromacers, those with thoughtforms, and nontraumagenic systems. For everyone’s convenience, we have starred (*) links to guides which involve purposeful dissociation so systems who already have trouble with dissociation can avoid them! If you’re not sure whether or not your system has dissociation issues, it’s best to PLAY IT SAFE and avoid these kinds of guides. Please use critical thinking and your own discretion when reading about switching online!

Terminology note: some of these sites use “tulpa” language, which is known to be racist and culturally appropriative. Please keep this in mind when browsing these sites. In our personal life, we use “paro/paromancy” language instead to avoid causing further harm to marginalized groups.

Intentional Switching (DID) from DIS-SOS

Switching and Passive Influence from DID-Research.org

*Fuliam’s Guide on how to switch from Tulpa.info*

*Malfael’s Guide to Switching from Tulpanomicon*

Our own resource post for questioning systems has lots of links to resources on dissociative disorders and other forms of plurality, many of which may have sections or advice on switching!

Questions? Comments? Something we missed?

We could write whole books on the many different aspects of switching, and how switches can vary from system to system and headmate to headmate. We’re sorry if we’ve left something out here that you or your system thinks is important! This post didn’t touch on passive influence, rapid switching, physical symptoms of switching, and many other switching-related topics. This is just a general overview with some advice on switching intentionally and voluntarily!

If you have any further questions, feel free to comment on this post or send us an ask and we’d be happy to answer to the best of our ability! We may not have all the answers, but we’re happy to share what we know. If you made it this far, thanks so much for reading! Stay well, and have a great day!

#multiplicity #plurality #pluralgang #actuallyplural #long post #dissociative identity disorder #other specified dissociative disorder #partial did #osdd #did #p did #switching #trauma mention #abuse mention

[pluralprompts]

Prompt #1,029

Demon A hissed as they adjusted to the senses of their new body, shaking their head only to wince when their vertigo worsened. Possessing someone always left them feeling off-kilter for a while, hence why they didn't often do it, but it's not like they had much of a choice in the matter this time. Who knew they'd get shoved into the body of whoever released them from the box they'd been trapped in for... years? Decades? Centuries? What year was it?

Caught up in their thoughts, it took Demon A a few moments to realize they could hear someone speaking.

'Jeez, that was a nasty switch.' The words came with a... sensation? Mental image? of someone shaking themself off, and Demon A blinked. Where did that – 'Everyone okay?'

There was a chorus of noise from inside their head, and Demon A stumbled back, glancing around the crypt for any sign of who or what this was. Was the person they'd possessed some sort of psychic?! Spirit medium?! Wait, no, if they were a spirit medium they'd have known better than to open Demon A's box, but –

'Woah, okay, uh, whoever's in front? You good there?'

A strangled noise left Demon A's throat. Just who was this person?!

#pluralgang #plural system #plurality #pluralprompt #prompt blog #prompt #crypt #demon #possession #supernatural #religion #new headmate #internal communication #switching

[katetorias]

surprise switch that happened Tuesday!

#It’s surprising because I wasn’t upset #so I have no idea what triggered it #didn’t last long but I was happy #my art #digital art #plural #switching #prompto argentum #jack frost #sys talk