𝓜𝔂 𝓞𝓢𝓓𝓓 𝓢𝔂𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓶 :D - 𝓜𝓮𝓮𝓽 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓐𝓵𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓼

Words You Should Know

Altars: Alternate Identities

Singlets: People without DID- or people with only one consciousness. 

Fictives: Alters created from fiction. Like a show, movie, or book you've seen.

Factives: Fictions derived from fact. They aren't created from an show or book. They are usually made from real people.

Fronting: When one altar is in control of the body, they are fronting. 

Host: the main personality that controls the body the most. Hosts usually do not hold trauma memories and are unaware of the existence of other alters.

Littles: Child alters may be created to hold traumatic memories from childhood at the point of the abuse, or without traumatic memories or experiences - as a way of compensating for the loss of a happy childhood the individual should have had. (We do not have any littles in our system)

Caretaker: Often the nurturing figure within the system, caretakers are responsible for caring for other alters, especially child alters and others who are more vulnerable within the system

Protector: These alters help with managing unpleasant emotions such as anger, fear, and shame. They keep the system safe by dealing with perceived threats, or abuse. 

Gatekeeper: This alter may have general access to all traumatic memories held by the system, and is able to control which alter takes control of the body in certain situations, as well as which alters have access to certain spaces within the inner world. As such, gatekeepers often have witnessed most of the trauma that the system has been subjected to. They may present as emotionless in order to cope with the trauma. 

Persecutors: Persecutors rarely engage in external antisocial behaviours that go against the law. Rather, the anger is channelled inwards through self-hatred, causing hurt to other alters. They may purposefully harm the body or other alters to hinder the system's progress in healing. Ironically, this is their way of protecting the system from getting hurt in future abuse. 

Non-human Altar: Animals, ghosts, fairytale creatures (fictives), or inanimate objects like machines. Although rare, these alters may be created when the child feels overwhelmed by a traumatic experience and the mind believes that they would be able to survive if they were something else that represents strength or bravery - something that the child wishes to possess to survive the abuse. 

Dead Altars: Ghost alters are created when the child or individual believes that they have died from the abusive experience. 

Sexual Altars: Created to handle memories of sexual abuse or rape, keeping these memories away from other alters within the system. 

Fragments: Fragments are alters that are not yet fully developed. They exist to hold a single traumatic memory or emotion