====== Alter ======

(Namespace: [[plural glossary:start]])

^ Type of term | Possible type of [[headmate]] |
^ Synonyms or near-synonyms | [[Headmate]], [[facet]], [[fragment]], [[insider]], [[part]], [[self]] |
^ Antonyms or near-antonyms | [[Body]], [[core]], [[host]], [[introject]], [[original]] |

Some [[system|systems]] refer to their [[headmate|headmates]] as alters. The connotation is usually that the headmate in question is a [[self]] or self-like, as opposed to an [[introject]], but is still not //the definitive// self, if the system is of the sort to have such a member.

===== Controversy =====

The word "alter" is somewhat specific to headmates in disordered systems, e.g. [[DID]] or [[OSDD]]. (Even people with OSDD are sometimes hesitant to use this word, believing it's exclusive to people with DID specifically.) Disordered systems may experience non-disordered systems' use of the word as appropriation, and non-disordered systems who do not use the word for themselves may experience it as stigmatizing when applied to them by others.