Plurality

Hello, my name is Vivian, and I am plural

We are plural?

I am still trying to figure out what language is most comfortable to describe this

I have facets to myself. I am a multitude of foxes, a bird, the void, and the mist

We are the forest

I don't need anyone to acknowledge this. This whole thing is mostly internal. I prefer to function as a unified self. I am a singular person. I am Vivian.

Vivian just has facets. But I prefer to be called I, at least for now

I am simply a woman

This is mostly a way in which I've come to understand the structure of my own mind. I do not know why it is structured the way that it is, but it is nonetheless the way that it is.

Just call me Vivian, she/her. You needn't acknowledge or point out my plurality when conversing with me. I only place this on my page as it is important to my self-conceptualization, and to encourage others to explore these feeligns in themself if they find that they fit.

The mind is complicated. There is no central sense of self contained in any part of the mind. It is a fragmented mess of neurons that are loosly hooked together. Everyone has some level of fragmentation, as the mind is built in this way

I have always been plural

From my youngest memories, I recall facets of myself within my mind. Different voices speaking to me.

The voices were my own, they were not anything external. All were my own, the thoughts were just segmented and split. I was conversing with myself

I thought this typical. I still think that it is, however, the facets were more well-defined than I admitted for a long time

I occupy different states at different times. I lose track of my thoughts and snap into states where I feel distant from my own emotions as I felt them a moment before

This is plurality

Specifically this is OSDD-1a, but the DSM terminology for this is woefully inadequate and I have many complaints regarding it. Plurality needs a vast overhaul in how it's understood in the mental health field. I have many, many complaints about how this is generally understood.

I am still coming to understand myself as plural

We are still coming to understand ourselves as plural?

The label works, the understanding fits, the metaphor of fronting fits.

I am plural

A few comics that I've come to enjoy that helped me in understanding myself in this regard are cuteosphere's brain bunnies' comics and gray/Dupe's Plain or Simple

You can read up a bit more on the concept of plurality here

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