What To Do If You Think Someone Is Faking Being A System

• What to do if you think someone is Faking being a system

(Disclaimer: this is just my opinion and everyone is entitled to their own beliefs. I am simply stating mine)

Before I start off, I think it's important to remember that at the end of the day, you can’t know for sure if someone is faking or not, especially through the internet. It is important to remember to not fake-claim anyone as this does more harm than good.

If you do see someone who, for whatever reason, you feel may be faking it, the best thing you can do is NOT interact with them or their content. Simply scroll past or click "not interested" on their account and/or posts. Interacting, in our opinion, will only do more harm than good.

If someone is wanting attention badly enough that they go out of their way to fake a medical condition, they will not care if the attention they get is negative or positive. If you harass them, fake-claim them (which you should not be doing in general), or interact with them in any way, you are just going to be feeding into their harmful behavior.

- Symptoms going from covert to overt: (DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER)

Disclaimer: this is just our personal experience dealing with our symptoms becoming more overt

What is Symptom onset?

Onset refers to the first notable signs of symptoms of a disorder. Symptom onset is a term some people choose to use to describe when certain symptoms arise or become more apparent. This happens frequently to people who have P.T.S.D. once they are in an environment where they feel safer. They can report more noticeable and more frequent symptoms.

For us our symptoms have only recently become a lot more overt rather than covert a bit over a year ago. Our host ,Pine, had been aware that we were a system several years beforehand and had been aware of certain alters for even longer, but for most of our life our symptoms of dissociative identity disorder had been a lot less noticeable.

Although certain alters in our system had good internal communication, we had very little switching and our host fronted 99% of the time. Even then, when they did switch, it was only for very short periods of time where our host had high levels of amnesia.

Nowadays, we have multiple alters who frequently front and will act notably different from one another. We also have lower levels of amnesia and there is a lot more internal communication. We have three main fronters now and switch more frequently then ever before.

This means that we have to focus a lot more on making group decisions as well as sharing time, money, and honestly, our entire lives.

We do still have around the same level of dissociation as we did when we were a minor, however, once we joined the workforce it became a lot more apparent how much it impairs our ability to complete certain tasks.

Did anyone else try to consciously switch after system discovery?

Post by: Pine and K’s girlfriend

Hello! My name is Mabel and I am in a relationship with two members of the same system. These members are part of the Void Forest system. My time dating one member started when I met Pine online through Bumble. The relationship started like any other. We were texting, getting to know each other, hanging out, going on dates, and eventually deciding to be in a romantic relationship. At the time Pine was the host of the system and I had met Phil around the same time of getting to know Pine. The Void Forest was not the first system I had met in my life so I was already familiar with the basic idea of DID but I am learning more and more about DID even up to this day.

Being with Pine at the end of the day is like being with any other person. We love each other and continue to get to know more about each other every day. Just because Pine shares a body with other people does not change the nature of our relationship. I still love her with all my heart and I know he loves me. Initially I spent most of my time with Pine as she was the host of the system but lately the system’s primary fronters have changed. This means I have not seen Pine in some time but on a few occasions I am able to communicate to her through other system members or when she has fronted on rare occasions.This means I do miss her but I understood this as a possibility when entering the relationship. At first it was a challenge coming to terms with the idea that I may not see my partner for any amount of time but it is getting easier and I know I still have a loving relationship with Pine.

After meeting Pine and Phil I met K. K and I started as friends for longer than Pine and I were just friends. At the time I didn’t have any desire to date other people besides Pine but eventually K and I developed a mutual attraction to each other. When this started to happen, Pine gave her consent for K and I to start casually dating.

• My Experience Being An Age regression Caregiver:

First off, What is age regression?:

Age regression occurs when someone reverts to a younger mental state. This can be from any age range from only a few years younger than the person's actual age, to the mindset of an infant. It is a coping mechanism that people with autism, post traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, and/or dissociative identity disorder sometimes have to deal with stress and/or trauma.

For me, my caregiver experience is slightly different than many others due to being an alter in a D.I.D (Dissociative Identity Disorder) system. A lot of times a caregiver is in a separate body than the regresser they are looking after.

Our host, Pine, regresses a lot due to trauma which mostly leads to involuntary age regression. I primarily help her through being conscious with her while she is little in order to help watch over her, provide comfort, And help talk her through stressful emotions if need be.

I will front as well when Pine is small and we need to go somewhere. Oftentimes when she regresses involuntarily, she has a lot of difficulty getting back to a bigger head space. Because of this, I will front when we need to go to work, go grocery shopping, or to do other important things that can't wait.

Unfortunately, because of our P.T.S.D Pine deals with impure regression. (Impure regression being when someone ages regresses involuntarily due to stress, trauma, and/or mental illness.) This means that she is often very stressed when she is little, so I try my best to help calm her down and reassure her that she is safe.

Outside of other system mates, we also have several friends who regress who I will help care for when they are feeling small. Like with pine, I tend to help out a lot in terms of impure regression. It’s one of the main things I tend to do when I front, other than self soothing.

I do genuinely enjoy being a caregiver and although it can be stressful at times, being able to comfort someone in their time of need, and to put a smile on their face makes it all worth it in my opinion

•Welcome To The Void Forest!

We have Dissociative Identity Disorder (D.I.D.) and made this account to share our experiences with this disorder in the hopes of spreading awareness. We are also hoping that by doing so, we can help other people with simi disorders feel less alone.

About our system:

• there are currently 11 alters in our system

• Our system consists of mostly men

• Our body is an adult

We will be using this account primarily to share our personal lived experience as a system. We try to avoid talking too heavily about the neuroscience, facts, or statistics of this disorder on our account. We want to encourage seeking out credible sources and not solely relying on social media to self educate. If we do mention things such as certain terminology, we will try our best to remember to provide info on where we got definitions and such.

Disclaimer:

There is no right way to be a system. Our experience as a system is in no way going to be the exact same as anyone else’s. Each system is unique in their life experiences and the way they function. Remember, at the end of the day, we are people just like anyone else.