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⌈ Secret Post #2944 ⌋
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Re: Everything you wanted to know about DID/multi, but were afraid to ask.
Regarding what it feels like... it can vary from system to system, and from member to member. For me, personally, it's very easy and quick, kinda like changing your focus from one task to another. For others, though, I've heard it's a much longer, lurchier, unpleasant business. (Sometimes taking a good while, comes with a headache, that kind of thing.) So creatively, you've got a lot of freedom there. Considering you're writing a vigilante/hero, it'd make sense if switching was pretty fast... or you might have a specific member or two in charge of the heroing, banking on staying in control until it's over. Sky's the limit, really!
There's also a lot of variety as to how it looks in the outer world. For some folks, switches are so subtle that they aren't even noticeable unless you know them well. We've known some friends whose switches are pretty much invisible. Ours, however, are pretty blatant--even strangers will recognize our voice changes. (Which can be very inconvenient when sometimes we just want to go about our business without being noticed. But trying to wrestle ourselves into a more singlet presentation has gotten harder and harder over the years.)
Cameron West demonstrates switching here on Youtube. As you can see, with them, it takes a little bit of time, and involves some pretty obvious physical twitches and pretty obvious voice and mannerism changes. Kim Noble's, on the other hand, are more subtle.
You might actually have some decent luck going through Youtube; there's a fair few multiples who interact on there (though we aren't one of them) so you might find one of their vlogs.
Yeah, you've got a lot of flexibility here! You could probably play it just about any way you prefer, and still have it be pretty credible, as long as you put serious thought into how the group would run with it. Systems where switching is slow and difficult have different ways of responding to their environment than a revolving door system!
--Rogan
Re: Everything you wanted to know about DID/multi, but were afraid to ask.
I've been doing a ton of reading and watching videos, I also added Set This House in Order to my reading list (if anything I like to research things to death and get it right the first time). I'm feeling that a lot of what i read on your blog is highly affecting how my system works and interacts, so thanks for that as well.
Just a follow up that occurred to me. if the host body is rendered unconscious are all the system members affected? Would everyone just black out, or would there be weird occurrences in the headspace?
Re: Everything you wanted to know about DID/multi, but were afraid to ask.
if the host body is rendered unconscious are all the system members affected? Would everyone just black out, or would there be weird occurrences in the headspace?
That's... actually a little tricky. It's not something I've really asked my plural friends, but again, it's probably different for a lot of folks. For us, at least, sometimes system members will still see themselves as being awake when the body is unconscious, but obviously they can't really do anything; the body is locked to them and they can't forcibly wake it. They might be very alarmed and upset, but nothing weird really happens in headspace.
But again, that's probably a thing that varies pretty highly between individuals. So I'm not sure if our experience is at all usual on that front!
--Rogan
Re: Everything you wanted to know about DID/multi, but were afraid to ask.
thank you so very much for your time.
Re: Everything you wanted to know about DID/multi, but were afraid to ask.
--Rogan
EDIT: Also, just so you know, I made a big post where a bunch of plurals got together here on DW to meet each other and make friendly. (What with the recent influx from LJ and all.) If you wanted to ask more questions to a larger pool than just us, I'd be okay with hosting your questions and putting them up to my commentariat to respond to if they so choose!
Re: Everything you wanted to know about DID/multi, but were afraid to ask.
(Anonymous) 2017-04-24 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)I'll have to figure it out, as I would definitely love that resource.