Understanding DID and Plural Systems Explained

What are DID (+ OSDD) systems ?

D.I.D. or usually known as Dissociative Identity Disorder, is a complex dissociative disorder, usually caused via trauma.

Basically, simply put, in scientific terms it's multiple states of consciousness that are seperated. With each state of consciousness being an alter or headmate.

In simpler terms, which is more easy to imagine, think of it as multiple people or indentities (The said formerly mentioned above "headmates" or "alters"), sharing one physical brain in one physical body.

Note:
It's not roleplaying, even if you see an alter that looks like a fictional character in a system, there's a reason for that.

Basically, members in a sys who are a character from some source of media are introjects or fictives normally. Simply, headmates with some sort of source media, that they likely formed based on, in some sort of way, or attached to in some way.

What does fronting mean?:

Fronting is the term used to basically say who's in control of the body at a current time !

Basically like saying headmate a or b is in control at the moment.

What do they mean when they say switching?:

Switching is when an alter or headmate changes places with another for front, or when somebody joins front in a sys.

What are these people talking with "app" next to their names? Are they discord bots?:

Nope ! Those are actual people ! They are headmates from a DID system person within the server using pluralkit to allow them to speak through their system proxies ! Pluralkit is an accessability tool for systems. Designed to let their alters speak through temporary proxy accounts !

Small note:
It's rude to call headmates of systems speaking through pk "bots" or "apps" because they are actual people, keep this in mind. /info

Written by @Night/N | Mental Break/Hiatus , who has DID.