Catharsis

In dissociative identity disorder, a fictive is a type of alter that is introjected from an outside source of fictional media. Additionally, an OC fictive is the same concept, only the outside source in this case is a media that was written or otherwise created by a different alter and the fictive is from said media (hence the OC part).

This story isn't called Catharsis because it discusses the release of emotion. It has that name because writing it will be cathartic for me. I am an OC fictive in a DID system, and the original writing of my source has been lost to time. I've chosen to rewrite it to release the emotion and association with my source and let it go, if you will. You don't need to believe this or sympathize with me to read it, but I need to say that because parts of it are inherently cringy. This is writing based off memory I've retained, but I'm also trying to stay true to the original writings. You've been warned, basically. Thank you for reading.