Did Anyone Else Try To Consciously Switch After System Discovery?

Did anyone else try to consciously switch after system discovery?

As an alter who does not identify with the body, I wanted to use this platform to express how it feels, at least in my case, to never truly feel seen. This is in regards to how looking significantly different in the head space can affect what it feels like to front.

For me, I am only able to interact with the rest of the world through a body of the opposite sex, a body that is too short, has the wrong voice, the wrong face, the wrong everything. Although I try to ignore this while I am alone, I can still easily become aware of how uncomfortably different everything feels. Especially once I’m around others I become all too aware of how wrong this body is for me. I know I’m not what they see. They see a 21 year old female who’s 5’6” with red curly hair. Not me. They will never be able to see my body, or hear my voice. I will always be seen through the lens of someone else.

I hope at least someone will be able to get an idea of what I mean, and if anyone can relate to this, please know that you are not alone. -Phil

• 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.

how you can help palestine

*i regularly update this post with any new info i find so please always reblog the original post*

Donations

donations currently reaching gaza:

help buy e-sims for people in gaza (PLEASE HELP CONNECT GAZANS TO THE WORLD. if you would like to stay updated, please follow @/Mirna_elhelbawi on twitter)

currently holafly e-sims are needed. please donate.

donate to get food packages to gaza - care for gaza

support palestinians: buy a keffiyeh from the last and only factory in palestine - hirbawi

secondary donations:

palestine children's relief fund

palestine red crescent society

save palestine - islamic relief canada

send medical supplies to gaza - palestinian american medical association

click to donate - arab.org

donate for the recovery of hisham awartani - gofundme

one of the three palestinian students shot by a racist in vermont for wearing kufiyas and speaking arabic. hisham’s injuries have left him paralysed from below the chest.

help bring down israel's weapon trade - palaction

NOTE: journalists based in gaza are saying a demand for ceasefire is the priority as not all donations are reaching gazans (focus on the donations that are directly reaching gaza). so please contact your local MPs every single day demanding as such. palestine need a permanent ceasefire.

Petitions

petition to investigate war crimes committed by israeli military

demand ceasefire - amnesty.org

open call for immediate ceasefire

american government call for immediate ceasefire

american government to stop funding israeli military

ceasefire and increase humanitarian assistance - oxfam au

petition to get canva to address their pro-israel stance

invoke the genocide convention to call for ceasefire in gaza - world beyond war

location specific petitions

gaza call for ceasefire - oxfam (UK)

end israeli occupation - parliament uk (UK)

email your MP - medical aid for palestine (UK)

protect gaza civilians - islamic relief (UK)

stop fuelling genocide - action network (USA)

@ biden: call for ceasefire now - move on (USA)

ceasefirenow.com - jewishvoiceofpeace (USA)

call congress and demand a ceasefire - uscpr (USA - they provide a script of what you should say, so don't worry about it)

note: you can call everyday. they tally the number of calls per issue. so more calls = higher chance for them to take action. p.s. you mainly go to voicemail so don’t worry about phone call anxiety. fight through it just this once please.

australia call on israel to stop attacking palestinians - apan (AUS)

immediate ceasefire and increase in humanitarian aid in gaza - actionaid (AUS)

email your MPs - stand with palestine (AUS)

[EN5622] call for ceasefire and end to occupation - parliament of australia (AUS)

closes 13 dec @ 8.59pm AEST

[EN5628] retract governmental support to israel and demand ceasefire - parliament of australia (AUS)

closes 13 dec @ 8.59pm AEST

sign to send letter to MP for ceasefire - nccm (CANADA)

ceasefire now! - ijv (CANADA)

ceasefire and allow aid to enter gaza - oxfam (CANADA)

house of commons petition 4661 (CANADA)

closes 9 dec @ 11.03am EDT

call on your local mayor and council to demand ceasefire - LeadNow (CANADA)

cessez-le-feu et un couloir humanitaire - le mouvement (FRANCE)

write to your député - assemblée nationale (FRANCE)

skydda civilbefolkningen i gaza! - mittskifte (SWEDEN)

singaporeans call for immediate ceasefire (SIN)

contact your elected reps and demand a ceasefire (GERMANY)

write to the EU demanding a ceasefire (EUROPE)

template of letters you can send (EU)

guide on how to contact your MPs in EU

p.s. if the template is outdated, just use it as a guide and add a few sentences here and there that reflect the current situation. i can’t find any recent templates so :/ at least this is something

multiple actions you can take to help palestine - plant een olifbloom (NETHERLANDS)

includes: links for donations, emails to MP, emails to media, links to petitions and demonstrations

den haag, maak nú werk van vrede in israël/Palestina - the right forum (NETHERLANDS)

māori call for palestine - ourActionStation (NZ)

special visa for palestinians in gaza with family in NZ - NZ parliament/pāremata aotearoa (NZ)

deem israeli actions as war crimes - NZ parliament/pāremata aotearoa (NZ)

basta ao genocídio em Gaza! - awaaz (BRAZIL)

globo e grande mídia, parem de desumanizar civis palestinos - the intercept (BRAZIL)

Campaigns

friends of al-aqsa

❥ UK-specific

urge your MP to speak up for palestine

hands off al-aqsa

stop administrative detention

petition for UK to stop arming israel

❥ International

boycott puma — email them to end their partnership with israel

boycott coca-cola

palestine action

join the resistance

islamic relief canada

urge your MP to rally for ceasefire

decolonise palestine

poster campaign to raise awareness on the war crimes being committed against palestinians | (very very important please share + read the sources provided)

text/call campaign for people living in USA

text CEASEFIRE @ 51905 to call for a ceasefire

text RESIST @ 50409 to send a letter to your representatives to pass HR3103–a bill that prohibits tax dollars from going to israel

download 5Calls app to contact members of your congress | (more info)

fax campaign for people in the USA

go on this website to send 5 free faxes per day

here’s a link to a pre-written fax copy you can download to send (the first link on the linktree)

here’s a video that explains how to fax your senator (it’s very easy and all you need is a valid email address)

BDS movement

get involved in boycotting companies associated with israel

please let me know if you have any more links. i will add them in. and please reblog the original post!!

UPCOMING PROTESTS

PALESTINIAN LITERATURE READING LIST

•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.

• Alters being stereotyped and treated less than human

Disclaimer : we are specifically talking about our own experience as a system, which is in no way what everyone with D.I.D.s experience is going to look like. We are simply here to share one way a system can present.

A stereotype we often see about people with dissociative identity disorder (D.I.D.) is the idea that alters (parts) can be boiled down to base characteristics, such as “the caring one”, “the mean one”, or “the childlike one”. It is true that alters often fall into certain “rolls” in their system, such as caretaker or protector, but this is by no means the only way they can act.

It is true that for some people, their systems can be composed primarily of alters that really only function for one purpose such as filling these rolls, but more often than not, many systems alters are a lot more complex than simply just acting out a roll. Just like how your average person may have a career which makes up a good amount of their life, that is by no means all there is to them. Just like anyone else, alters are capable of having a range of emotions, opinions, and interests in their own right.

We unfortunately have dealt with several people in our lives treating us less like humans, and more as caricatures such as “the calm one” or “the hyper one”. For example, once people hear that I, Phil, am a caretaker for our system, they immediately assume that I will be “dad mode” 24/7. This is far from the case. While yes, I am often calmer than the others and am often seen as the "dad friend" in our friend group, I can also get really hyper when I talk about my interests and can get quite loud and energetic.

Most people I am close to in real life have also seen me get angry, make non-kid appropriate jokes, and many other things which I would consider not very parent-like, despite my role being that of a caretaker. I still have a human brain, and just like anyone else, I am perfectly capable of different emotions, interests, and opinions. Just because my brain functions differently does not mean it doesn't function at all.

Thank you for reading!

Like I mentioned before, we are just one example of what a system can look like. If your system presents differently that's totally OK!