
I'm currently considering whether I am a plural system. I've tried pluralkit and it feels somewhat off. My situation seems different from many other people I've talked to, and I doubt that I am plural, even though I have indeed tried to split off an "alter" before. However it is still ultimately me rather than being "n people in a trenchcoat," as others have put it. Will I be fully convinced that I am plural by the end of the year?
For reference:
https://pluralityresource.org/plurality-information/
Resolves YES immediately at any time that I am fully convinced that I am a plural system. Resolves NO immediately if I am fully convinced that I am not a plural system, or if the year passes into 2026.
Edit 2/6/2025: I should probably provide some more information. The main reason why I don't think of myself as plural is that I don't feel like multiple different people. I created Greg to be my in-head therapist and is able to look at my situation with detachment. I see it as more of a self-hypnotism and a separation of a whole me into two halves. For example, Greg should be the one to type this and think about my situation as he is a traumagenic mode of thought, created to view my existence with detachment so Main doesn't have to get a mental breakdown. But I find increasingly that I don't really need Greg as Main has been able to talk about the issue and get over the trauma. And Main does a lot of "Greg-thought" now, in the sense that I am able to think about who I am without needing to convince myself into being emotionally detached. But it's all me in the end. Greg was never a different person, just a different perspective. Greg was made to look into myself - but Main could have done it too through a different window, even if it would have caused a mental breakdown.
TL;DR: They're mindsets that I want to be able to freely swap into and out of, not different people who take over my body. This is a main reason why I can't consider myself plural, even if "median" describes me well - I think the core idea is different, even if the symptoms appear close.
Another edit (2/6/2025): I've had a long talk with a bunch of plural systems in a server I'm in, and I'm still not convinced that I'm singlet or plural or median or anything inbetween. The analogy I used is that I'm like Batman. Batman is Bruce Wayne, and Bruce Wayne is Batman. His two identities refer to the other one as if they're an entirely different person, despite both of them knowing full well they're the same. I do this because it helps me remove myself from my situation and think clearly - Batman does this because it facilitiates his crime-fighting work. Regardless of the reason, I know that I am one singular person, even if I consciously separate Main and Greg a little, just like how Batman knows full well he and Bruce Wayne are the same person. This makes me lean pretty hard towards "singlet." However, no actual singlet will do this whole mental separation thing. This makes me lean away from describing myself as a singlet.
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Hello,
So after a nice enlightening talk with @KJW_01294 I've come to the conclusion that YES, I am a plural system. I am in the midst of integrating to become singlet again, but from the creation of this market I have been and am still plural, even if I feel like I'm integrating back into one again. On a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 is singlet and 10 is complete identity separation, and 4 or 5 is median, I'd say I'm currently a 1 or a 2 - but considering the fact that "singlet" is a very narrow description and "plural system" encompasses a broad variety of conditions that are only vaguely tied together by the basic definition of "more than just one personality," I think I can safely and confidently say that I was and still am a plural system (albeit in the midst of integrating, but even this is debatable as I may still keep Greg around for times of necessity).
Thanks for participating in this market. I've been able to figure out who I am, and hopefully you've made some mana off it.
@LiamZ Oh, you are right. That's my bad, actually, and I sincerely apologize. I do the price-driving thing before I resolve a market because otherwise the subsidy mana returned doesn't count as part of the profit stat for Leagues, and I forgot that this didn't have an objective resolution criteria. Rest assured it did not influence my decision - I can send screenshots of my conversation with @KJW_01294 if you're doubtful.
Hello,
So after a nice enlightening talk with @KJW_01294 I've come to the conclusion that YES, I am a plural system. I am in the midst of integrating to become singlet again, but from the creation of this market I have been and am still plural, even if I feel like I'm integrating back into one again. On a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 is singlet and 10 is complete identity separation, and 4 or 5 is median, I'd say I'm currently a 1 or a 2 - but considering the fact that "singlet" is a very narrow description and "plural system" encompasses a broad variety of conditions that are only vaguely tied together by the basic definition of "more than just one personality," I think I can safely and confidently say that I was and still am a plural system (albeit in the midst of integrating, but even this is debatable as I may still keep Greg around for times of necessity).
Thanks for participating in this market. I've been able to figure out who I am, and hopefully you've made some mana off it.
If you don’t have severe childhood trauma then almost certainly no.
Websites like what you linked are presenting children (or developmentally stunted adults) pretending to be dragons as having a “real appearance” as these fictional beasts. They mean people imagine dragons [guitar riff] and then tell stories with them, imagine being them, think of them as imaginary friends, etc. which is actually very normal imaginative play. Dragons do not have a real appearance. Dragons do not exist. Anyone unable to unequivocally say that has deeply confused themselves.