question: how do you tell the difference between autistic masks and OSDD type personalities? ... For myself&, we have come to the conclusion that we are a collection of autistic masks (and the trauma they protect), rather than experiencing a dissociative condition. The way you described your multiplicity resonated a lot with the way I& feel. Though I would describe most of us less as 'moods' than as patters of thought (a big tell, for us, was when we adapted a new mask that was spiritual, but our former main mask, who is staunchly non-spiritual, is still around... So we can go from being a deeply believing spiritual person to being an equally deeply convinced non-spiritual person back and forth in one day, without getting any cognitive dissonance... add to that the fact that both masks present and talk differently, and have different gender identities...) Because we don't experience dissociative amnesia, and our embodying experience is very fluid (a lot of the time we don't notice a change in embodiment unless we stop and think about it), I opted for the term 'aspected singlet' to describe us, rather than trying to claim full multiplicity. Even that small step towards acknowledgement helped a lot, though. We've been actually able to talk to each other recently, and the fact that I can never 'force' a conversation has helped a lot with the imposter-syndrom. ... anyway. I loved this video, and I hope it will give other systems and system-ish people the curage to admit their multiplicity to themselves.
Not often, no. I did however have this revelation a little while ago where I went “oh shit, hold on, if i’m forgetting small things, i wouldn’t remember that I’m forgetting them,” since then I’ve been really skeptical of forgetting small things or losing small amounts of time. I always just figured “no one remembers everything that happened yesterday or everything that happened last week” and that’s true! So it’s honestly hard to say if I have memory lapses or not. But it’s certainly not anything like people who have DID who lose whole days and are more aware that they’re losing time. Hopefully that makes some sense!
I agree alof with the last one if using system terms to refer to yourself is helpful to you then do it. I don't care
question: how do you tell the difference between autistic masks and OSDD type personalities?
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For myself&, we have come to the conclusion that we are a collection of autistic masks (and the trauma they protect), rather than experiencing a dissociative condition. The way you described your multiplicity resonated a lot with the way I& feel. Though I would describe most of us less as 'moods' than as patters of thought (a big tell, for us, was when we adapted a new mask that was spiritual, but our former main mask, who is staunchly non-spiritual, is still around... So we can go from being a deeply believing spiritual person to being an equally deeply convinced non-spiritual person back and forth in one day, without getting any cognitive dissonance... add to that the fact that both masks present and talk differently, and have different gender identities...)
Because we don't experience dissociative amnesia, and our embodying experience is very fluid (a lot of the time we don't notice a change in embodiment unless we stop and think about it), I opted for the term 'aspected singlet' to describe us, rather than trying to claim full multiplicity.
Even that small step towards acknowledgement helped a lot, though. We've been actually able to talk to each other recently, and the fact that I can never 'force' a conversation has helped a lot with the imposter-syndrom.
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anyway. I loved this video, and I hope it will give other systems and system-ish people the curage to admit their multiplicity to themselves.
Thank you for your video. Very curious, do you have any memory lapses while these moods take over?
Not often, no. I did however have this revelation a little while ago where I went “oh shit, hold on, if i’m forgetting small things, i wouldn’t remember that I’m forgetting them,” since then I’ve been really skeptical of forgetting small things or losing small amounts of time. I always just figured “no one remembers everything that happened yesterday or everything that happened last week” and that’s true! So it’s honestly hard to say if I have memory lapses or not. But it’s certainly not anything like people who have DID who lose whole days and are more aware that they’re losing time. Hopefully that makes some sense!
@autismondrugs Yes, it does. Thank you!