https://abyss.blujai831.dev/ 2026-07-27T09:25:13+00:00 https://abyss.blujai831.dev/ https://abyss.blujai831.dev/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=logo.png text/html 2026-06-05T17:14:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:adaptive&rev=1780679683&do=diff Adaptive (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible origin of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms None, but significant overlap with stressgenic and traumagenic Antonyms or near-antonyms Agenic, cryptogenic, parogenic An adaptive system is one which formed as an adaption to a scenario where being or remaining a singlet posed an existential threat. This includes most text/html 2026-06-05T17:22:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:adhdgenic&rev=1780680154&do=diff ADHDgenic (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible origin of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Neurogenic Antonyms or near-antonyms Agenic, cryptogenic An ADHDgenic system is a type of neurogenic system formed as a result of or in order to cope with ADHD. text/html 2026-06-05T17:21:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:agenic&rev=1780680084&do=diff Agenic (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible origin of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Cryptogenic Antonyms or near-antonyms Origin An agenic system is one which formed spontaneously---that is, there is no reason they aren't a singlet, they just are the way they are. It may also refer to a system who may have formed for a reason, but doesn't believe the question of that reason is text/html 2026-06-06T05:19:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:alter&rev=1780723146&do=diff Alter (Namespace: 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 systems refer to their headmates as alters. The connotation is usually that the headmate in question is a self or self-like, as opposed to an text/html 2026-06-05T17:23:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:autigenic&rev=1780680190&do=diff Autigenic (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible origin of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Neurogenic Antonyms or near-antonyms Agenic, cryptogenic An autigenic system is a neurogenic system which formed as a result of or to cope with autism spectrum disorder. text/html 2026-06-06T05:29:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:autoject&rev=1780723793&do=diff Autoject (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms None Antonyms or near-antonyms Part An autoject is an introject whose source itself originates from or does not exist outside the system. Fictive autojects are introjects originating from a system's own creative works or even simply their own daydreams, whereas text/html 2026-06-06T05:39:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:big&rev=1780724378&do=diff Big (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms None Antonyms or near-antonyms Little, middle A big is a headmate whose felt sense of mental age is in an adult range---especially as opposed to littles and/or middles existing in the same system, toward whom bigs might be protective. text/html 2026-06-05T19:27:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:blackout&rev=1780687629&do=diff Blackout (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Partitionary, switching, time loss Antonyms or near-antonyms Blending, blurring, coconscious, cofronting, frontstuck, grayout, internal communication, memory sharing Blackouts are a feature of partitionary systems whereby switching is coordinated by causing the system to completely lose access to all memories of the text/html 2026-06-05T19:32:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:blending&rev=1780687942&do=diff Blending (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Blurring, coconscious, cofronting, memory sharing, passive influence Antonyms or near-antonyms Blackout, time loss When headmates are blending, the boundaries between them are permeable, and they temporarily feel slightly more like “the same person text/html 2026-06-06T03:38:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:blurring&rev=1780717110&do=diff Blurring (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Blending, coconscious, dissociation, grayout, intrusion, passive influence Antonyms or near-antonyms Blackout, time loss When headmates are blurred, the boundaries between them are compromised, and they temporarily feel like they don't know who they are anymore. The word text/html 2026-06-06T05:44:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:body&rev=1780724665&do=diff Body (Namespace: start) Type of term Technically not usually a type of headmate per se Synonyms or near-synonyms System, facade, gestalt, host Antonyms or near-antonyms Headmate, alter, facet, insider, part A system's body is simply its physicality. The body is the actual human organism who possesses the system as their collection of minds. text/html 2026-06-06T03:39:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:coconscious&rev=1780717165&do=diff Coconscious (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Blending, blurring, cofronting, healthy multiplicity, internal communication, intrusion, memory sharing, passive influence Antonyms or near-antonyms Blackout, grayout, partitionary, switching, time loss When headmates are coconscious, more than one of them are awake and aware of their surroundings and/or the body's actions at the same time. text/html 2026-06-06T03:39:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:cofronting&rev=1780717193&do=diff Cofronting (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Blending, blurring, coconscious, healthy multiplicity, internal communication, intrusion, memory sharing Antonyms or near-antonyms Blackout, grayout, partitionary, passive influence, switching, time loss, insider When headmates are cofronting, they are not only coconscious, but fully fronting at the same time. They have total joint control over the text/html 2026-06-06T05:51:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:core&rev=1780725094&do=diff Core (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Original, self Antonyms or near-antonyms Alter, facade, facet, fragment The core of a system is the headmate who serves as the system's centerpiece. They are the one who feels the most like a personification of the entire system, or the most like who the system is text/html 2026-06-05T17:25:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:cryptogenic&rev=1780680346&do=diff Cryptogenic (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible origin of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Agenic Antonyms or near-antonyms Most other origins A cryptogenic system is a system who does not know how they formed. text/html 2026-06-05T17:41:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:did&rev=1780681267&do=diff DID (Namespace: start) Type of term Specific psychological disorder, possible origin of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms None Antonyms or near-antonyms Endogenic I'm not a medical expert, so, in the interest of not spreading misinformation, I won't try to explain here what DID is. Instead, I'll leave the explanation to text/html 2026-06-05T20:03:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:dissociation&rev=1780689822&do=diff Dissociation (Namespace: start) Type of term Common psychological response to trauma and stress Synonyms or near-synonyms Grayout Antonyms or near-antonyms None Since I'm not a medical expert, I won't bother trying to define this. A fine definition can be found on text/html 2026-06-06T06:43:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:elaboration&rev=1780728219&do=diff Elaboration (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Splitting Antonyms or near-antonyms Fusion, integration, fragment Elaboration is any process by which headmates in a system become more distinct from one another and accumulate more psychological material into their disparate identities. text/html 2026-06-06T18:39:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:empty_system&rev=1780771196&do=diff Empty system (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of system Synonyms or near-synonyms Frontstuck, singlet, median Antonyms or near-antonyms Multiple An empty system is a type of system who is also a singlet, in the sense that they feel they do not have headmates, but nonetheless identify with the text/html 2026-06-05T17:54:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:endogenic&rev=1780682044&do=diff Endogenic (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible origin of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms None Antonyms or near-antonyms Traumagenic An endogenic system is one which is specifically not traumagenic. An endogenic system may still be adaptive in some other sense. Identifying as endogenic commonly, but not always, carries a connotation of enjoying being a system and wanting to remain that way text/html 2026-06-06T05:58:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:facade&rev=1780725508&do=diff Facade (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Autoject, body, gestalt, host Antonyms or near-antonyms Core, insider, original, part A facade is a headmate who exists to pretend to be a different headmate, or in some cases to conceal an entire subsystem by presenting to the rest of the system as a text/html 2026-06-06T06:05:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:facet&rev=1780725916&do=diff Facet (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Fragment, insider, median, part, self Antonyms or near-antonyms Alter, core, host, original A facet is a headmate who feels very closely connected to other headmates in the system, more like a mood that has some qualities of being its own person than a different person who can be text/html 2026-06-06T06:10:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:factive&rev=1780726232&do=diff Factive (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Introject Antonyms or near-antonyms Alter, fictive, part, self A factive introject, or simply a factive, is a headmate who was sourced from someone or something that exists in the outside / “real” world. Factives are usually, but not always, sourced from people the text/html 2026-06-06T08:24:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:fakeclaiming&rev=1780734256&do=diff Fakeclaiming (Namespace: start) Type of term Syscourse Synonyms or near-synonyms System exclusionist Antonyms or near-antonyms None Fakeclaiming is a system exclusionist practice of singling out particular systems and claiming that they are actually singlets who are faking being a system for attention, for clout, or to absolve themselves of responsibility. text/html 2026-06-06T06:16:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:fictive&rev=1780726598&do=diff Fictive (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Introject Antonyms or near-antonyms Alter, factive, part, self A fictive introject, or simply a fictive, is a headmate who was sourced from someone or something which is itself imaginary or fictional. Controversy Fakeclaimers love to fakeclaim text/html 2026-06-05T20:11:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:final_fusion&rev=1780690300&do=diff Final fusion (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible end goal for a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Fusion, integration, singlet Antonyms or near-antonyms Plural, healthy multiplicity, multiple, splitting Final fusion is integration. Some people prefer to call it final fusion instead because integration is medical terminology. In theory, this also makes the term text/html 2026-06-06T06:38:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:fragment&rev=1780727893&do=diff Fragment (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Facet, insider, memory-holder Antonyms or near-antonyms Core, elaboration, facade, gestalt, host, original A fragment might be variously defined as a headmate who... * is an insider of a subsystem; or, * is a smaller part of a higher-order part; or, * belongs to a text/html 2026-06-06T06:54:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:fronter&rev=1780728887&do=diff Fronter (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible role of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Fronting, host Antonyms or near-antonyms Insider The fronter is the headmate who is fronting in a system. The word may sometimes be used more generally to describe all headmates in the system who are capable of fronting. text/html 2026-06-05T20:31:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:fronting&rev=1780691464&do=diff Fronting (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Fronter, host Antonyms or near-antonyms Blackout, dissociation, grayout, passive influence, time loss, insider When a headmate is fronting, they are the one who “is” the body. They are awake, aware, perceiving their external real-world environment, and able to take external real-world actions. text/html 2026-06-05T20:33:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:frontstuck&rev=1780691639&do=diff Frontstuck (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms None Antonyms or near-antonyms Blackout, dissociation, grayout, partitionary, switching, time loss, insider A headmate who is frontstuck cannot leave front. The use of the term “frontstuck” implies the system experiences this restriction in a negative light. text/html 2026-06-05T20:37:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:fusion&rev=1780691827&do=diff Fusion (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms None Antonyms or near-antonyms Splitting Headmates attain fusion when they collapse into a single headmate. This is the opposite process from splitting. If the fusion leaves only a single headmate remaining in the text/html 2026-06-06T06:54:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:gatekeeper&rev=1780728867&do=diff Gatekeeper (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible role for a headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Uh... Antonyms or near-antonyms It's complicated “Gatekeeper” is one word with three completely unrelated plural-relevant definitions. As a role in non-system-hopping systems text/html 2026-06-06T06:59:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:gestalt&rev=1780729143&do=diff Gestalt (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms System, body, facade, host Antonyms or near-antonyms Alter, facet, fragment, part The gestalt of a system or subsystem is its entire collective represented or interpreted as a greater assembled person. Some systems may consider this outer entity another text/html 2026-06-05T20:44:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:grayout&rev=1780692247&do=diff Grayout (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Blending, blurring, dissociation, memory sharing, switching Antonyms or near-antonyms Blackout, partitionary A grayout, or greyout, is essentially a much less severe form of a blackout, so mitigated by a grace period between fronters. Memory sharing has time to occur, but it is still a text/html 2026-06-05T16:08:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:headmate&rev=1780675720&do=diff Headmate (Namespace: start) Type of term Member of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Insider, part, thoughtform Antonyms or near-antonyms Singlet, body When two or more people are headmates, it means they are different people---for any meaning and extent of the words “different” and text/html 2026-06-05T16:09:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:headspace&rev=1780675750&do=diff Headspace (Namespace: start) Type of term Part of the structure of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms None Antonyms or near-antonyms None A headspace is an envisioned world which in some way represents the structure of one's mind. It is not an exclusively text/html 2026-06-05T21:59:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:healthy_multiplicity&rev=1780696798&do=diff Healthy multiplicity (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible end goal for a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Coconscious, cofronting, internal communication, memory sharing Antonyms or near-antonyms Blackout, final fusion, grayout, integration, partitionary, time loss Healthy multiplicity is a non-medically-recognized alternative goal state for systems who do not desire final fusion. The concept is that for some systems, happiness can be attained while remaining text/html 2026-06-06T07:06:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:host&rev=1780729569&do=diff Host (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible role for a headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Frontstuck, body, core, facade, fronter, gestalt, original Antonyms or near-antonyms Alter, fragment, insider, part A system's host is the headmate who is “supposed” to front. They might not always front, but it is considered problematic for them not to front, and in some cases might happen only in response to stress. text/html 2026-06-06T07:14:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:insider&rev=1780730075&do=diff Insider (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible role for a headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Part Antonyms or near-antonyms Fronter, host An insider is a headmate who cannot, should not, or usually does not front. More generally, the connotation is that an insider is more internal to their text/html 2026-06-05T20:14:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:integration&rev=1780690499&do=diff Integration (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible end goal for a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Final fusion, fusion, singlet Antonyms or near-antonyms Plural, healthy multiplicity, multiple, splitting Integration is fusion attained across the entire system in order to form or revert to a singlet. Controversy Integration is the only medically recognized treatment goal for text/html 2026-06-06T03:38:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:internal_communication&rev=1780717082&do=diff Internal communication (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Blending, coconscious, cofronting, healthy multiplicity, intrusion, memory sharing, passive influence Antonyms or near-antonyms Dissociation, partitionary Internal communication refers to any deliberate metacognitive method by which different headmates in a system communicate with each other entirely within the text/html 2026-06-06T07:20:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:internal_self-helper&rev=1780730435&do=diff Internal self-helper (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible role for a headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Core, gatekeeper, protector Antonyms or near-antonyms Persecutor An internal self-helper is a headmate who possesses enhanced introspective emotional wisdom and can provide guidance to the rest of the text/html 2026-06-06T07:23:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:introject&rev=1780730630&do=diff Introject (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Source; specific examples include autoject, factive, fictive, thoughtform Antonyms or near-antonyms Part, self An introject is any sourced headmate. Controversy “Introject” is psychiatric terminology. text/html 2026-06-06T03:47:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:intrusion&rev=1780717624&do=diff Intrusion (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Blending, blurring, coconscious, cofronting, internal communication, passive influence Antonyms or near-antonyms Blackout, partitionary An intrusion is an unwanted memory, mental image, thought, emotion, vocal or motor tic, or other involuntary behavior, whose semantic content suggests it results from the text/html 2026-06-05T16:09:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:layer&rev=1780675765&do=diff Layer (Namespace: start) Type of term Part of the structure of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Headspace, side system, subsystem Antonyms or near-antonyms None A layer of a system is a self-contained grouping of headmates, headspace locations, or other psychological material. Its role as a whole may be to conceal the existence or details of the layers below it from the awareness of the layers above it, particularly in text/html 2026-06-06T09:50:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:little&rev=1780739416&do=diff Little (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms None Antonyms or near-antonyms Big, middle A little is a headmate whose felt sense of mental age is in a child range. Littles are common in traumagenic systems, where they are usually trauma-holders, but other text/html 2026-06-06T04:15:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:median&rev=1780719312&do=diff Median (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of system Synonyms or near-synonyms Mediple Antonyms or near-antonyms Multiple, singlet A median system is one where the constituent headmates feel in some sense more like the “same” person than they do in a multiple system, but not so much like the same person as to consider themselves a text/html 2026-06-06T09:33:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:mediple&rev=1780738381&do=diff Mediple (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of system Synonyms or near-synonyms Median, multiple Antonyms or near-antonyms Singlet A mediple system is one where the constituent headmates feel in some sense more like the “same” person than they do in a multiple system, but not so much like the same person as to consider themselves text/html 2026-06-06T04:04:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:memory_sharing&rev=1780718644&do=diff Memory sharing (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Blending, coconscious, cofronting, healthy multiplicity, internal communication Antonyms or near-antonyms Blackout, grayout, partitionary, time loss Headmates within a system are said to engage in or be capable of memory sharing when they are able to be consciously aware of each other's memories, whether always or under special circumstances. text/html 2026-06-06T07:32:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:memory-holder&rev=1780731173&do=diff Memory-holder (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible role for a headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Partitionary, insider, trauma-holder Antonyms or near-antonyms Host A memory-holder is a headmate who holds onto memories the rest of the system should not be burdened with remembering. Many memory-holders, but not all, are specifically text/html 2026-06-06T07:36:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:middle&rev=1780731381&do=diff Middle (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms None Antonyms or near-antonyms Big, little A middle is a headmate whose felt sense of mental age is in the adolescent-through-teenage range. text/html 2026-06-06T04:16:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:multiple&rev=1780719373&do=diff Multiple (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of system Synonyms or near-synonyms Plural, system, mediple, partitionary Antonyms or near-antonyms Median, singlet “Multiple” can mean one of two things. It has one very broad meaning and one more specific meaning. The broader meaning of text/html 2026-06-05T18:55:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:neurogenic&rev=1780685731&do=diff Neurogenic (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible origin of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms No synonyms per se, but includes ADHDgenic and autigenic Antonyms or near-antonyms Agenic, cryptogenic A neurogenic system is one who formed as a result of or to cope with innate neurodiversity. text/html 2026-06-06T08:33:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:oea_ramcoa_sra&rev=1780734813&do=diff OEA/RAMCOA/SRA (Namespace: start) Type of term Syscourse Synonyms or near-synonyms None Antonyms or near-antonyms None OEA stands for “organized and extreme abuse.” RAMCOA stands for “ritual abuse, mind control, and organized abuse.” SRA stands for text/html 2026-06-05T16:09:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:origin&rev=1780675787&do=diff Origin (Namespace: start) Type of term Attribute of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms See system origins Antonyms or near-antonyms Agenic A system's origin is how they became a system: the general overarching means by which their headmates split from the original singlet, or by which they were kept split instead of ever forming a singlet in the first place, or by which they may otherwise have been created from or by preexisting system members. The concept is related to, but not to be co… text/html 2026-06-06T07:39:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:original&rev=1780731551&do=diff Original (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Core, host, self Antonyms or near-antonyms Alter, facade, fragment, introject, part, thoughtform An original is a headmate who has inhabited the system since the body was born, or is otherwise chronologically the eldest system member. Some systems may have more than one original, or none at all. An original may be, but is not always, the text/html 2026-06-05T17:46:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:osdd&rev=1780681616&do=diff OSDD (Namespace: start) Type of term Psychological disorder, possible origin of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms None Antonyms or near-antonyms Endogenic I'm not a medical expert, so, in the interest of not spreading misinformation, I won't try to explain here what OSDD is. Instead, I'll leave the explanation to text/html 2026-06-05T19:01:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:parogenic&rev=1780686096&do=diff Parogenic (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible origin of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Endogenic, tulpamancy Antonyms or near-antonyms Agenic, cryptogenic A parogenic system is one which their host or original created through conscious and intentional effort. text/html 2026-06-06T07:43:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:part&rev=1780731807&do=diff Part (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Alter, fragment, insider, self Antonyms or near-antonyms Introject A part is a self. Calling a self a “part” carries a connotation that the self in question has become specialized for certain specific cognitive or emotional functions due to text/html 2026-06-06T04:22:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:partitionary&rev=1780719722&do=diff Partitionary (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of system Synonyms or near-synonyms Blackout, multiple, switching, time loss Antonyms or near-antonyms Blending, blurring, coconscious, cofronting, grayout, internal communication, intrusion, memory sharing, passive influence A partitionary system is one where the boundaries between the constituent headmates are mostly impermeable, and there is very little conscious internal interaction of any kind between them, if any at all. text/html 2026-06-06T04:28:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:passive_influence&rev=1780720088&do=diff Passive influence (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Blending, blurring, internal communication, intrusion Antonyms or near-antonyms Fronting, partitionary Passive influence is essentially the same thing as an intrusion, except that where “intrusion” has an intrinsically negative connotation, text/html 2026-06-06T07:47:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:persecutor&rev=1780732061&do=diff Persecutor (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible role for a headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms None Antonyms or near-antonyms Internal self-helper, protector A persecutor is a headmate whose intrusions cause psychological harm to the system. Often this harm may be experienced as the persecutor being cruel or mean. In the case of more text/html 2026-06-05T14:46:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:plural&rev=1780670790&do=diff Plural (Namespace: start) Type of term General Synonyms or near-synonyms System, multiple Antonyms or near-antonyms Singlet Plural identity is the felt sense and lived experience of being “more than one;” of having headmates, in other words. Plural people often, but not always, refer to themselves as text/html 2026-06-06T07:51:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:protector&rev=1780732305&do=diff Protector (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible role for a headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Big, internal self-helper Antonyms or near-antonyms Persecutor A protector is a headmate who protects the system, or other more vulnerable headmates within the system, from internal and/or external threats. This protection might for example be accomplished overtly by providing a felt sense of a source of self-love or inner strength, or covertly by maintaining text/html 2026-06-05T16:10:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:role&rev=1780675804&do=diff Role (Namespace: start) Type of term Attribute of a headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms See headmate sources and roles Antonyms or near-antonyms None Each headmate in a system may exist to serve a particular role in keeping the system functioning in their daily life. The nature of the role may be related to the headmate's text/html 2026-06-06T08:00:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:self&rev=1780732821&do=diff Self (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Alter, core, facet, host, insider, original, part Antonyms or near-antonyms Introject, thoughtform A self is a headmate who is not sourced nor a thoughtform; in other words, a headmate who is native to the system, and was formed organically. A self is essentially any headmate whom the text/html 2026-06-05T16:07:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:side_system&rev=1780675630&do=diff Side system (Namespace: start) Type of term Part of the structure of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Layer, subsystem Antonyms or near-antonyms None A side system is a self-contained grouping of headmates in a greater system. It is the same thing or nearly the same thing as a subsystem, except possibly with the connotation that side systems are hierarchal siblings as opposed to one being a hierarchal descendant of the other(?) text/html 2026-06-06T18:22:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:singlet&rev=1780770158&do=diff Singlet (Namespace: start) Type of term Technically not a type of system Synonyms or near-synonyms Empty system Antonyms or near-antonyms Most other terms in the start A singlet is a person who is not plural. Singlethood describes a felt sense and lived experience of being the only person who occupies your own text/html 2026-06-05T16:58:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:source&rev=1780678722&do=diff Source (Namespace: start) Type of term Attribute of a headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms See headmate sources and roles; particularly, introject Antonyms or near-antonyms Core, host, original, self A headmate's source is how they specifically came to be, as distinct from the origin of the entire system. Some headmates are sourced, and some are not. text/html 2026-06-06T06:39:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:splitting&rev=1780727968&do=diff Splitting (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Elaboration Antonyms or near-antonyms Fusion, integration Splitting occurs in the moment when a singlet is divided into headmates and becomes a system (if they were originally a singlet, which not all systems are), or in any subsequent moment when a headmate divides into more than one other headmate. text/html 2026-06-06T18:45:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:start&rev=1780771511&do=diff Plural glossary This is a collection of common plural community terminology that I am aware of. General * Headmate * Headspace * Layer * Origin * Plural * Role * Side system * Source * Subsystem * System System origins * Adaptive * ADHDgenic * Agenic * Autigenic * Cryptogenic * DID * Endogenic * Neurogenic * OSDD * Parogenic * Stressgenic * Traumagenic * Tulpamancy * Xenogenic System types and functions text/html 2026-06-05T19:12:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:stressgenic&rev=1780686728&do=diff Stressgenic (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible origin of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Adaptive Antonyms or near-antonyms Agenic, cryptogenic A stressgenic system is one who formed to cope with stress. For example, the original may have been unable to continue coping with everyday life, and had to replace themself with a different, newly-constructed text/html 2026-06-05T16:08:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:subsystem&rev=1780675683&do=diff Subsystem (Namespace: start) Type of term Part of the structure of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Layer, side system Antonyms or near-antonyms None A side system is a self-contained grouping of headmates in a greater system. It is the same thing or nearly the same thing as a side system, except possibly with the connotation that subsystems are hierarchal descendants of each other (or of the greater system) as opposed to being hierarchal siblings(?) text/html 2026-06-06T04:44:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:switching&rev=1780721078&do=diff Switching (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Blackout, grayout Antonyms or near-antonyms Cofronting, frontstuck Switching occurs when one headmate in a system stops fronting and another starts fronting at the same time, “taking over” for them. It may be voluntary or involuntary. A text/html 2026-06-06T08:37:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:syscourse&rev=1780735066&do=diff Syscourse (Namespace: start) Type of term General Synonyms or near-synonyms None Antonyms or near-antonyms None “Syscourse” (portmanteau of “system” and “discourse”) refers to infighting in the plural community and friction with DID/OSDD spaces, largely because of text/html 2026-06-06T04:49:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:syscovery&rev=1780721355&do=diff Syscovery (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms None Antonyms or near-antonyms None Syscovery (portmanteau of “system” and “discovery”) is the moment or continuous process in which someone becomes aware they are text/html 2026-06-06T08:43:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:sysmed&rev=1780735381&do=diff Sysmed (Namespace: start) Type of term Syscourse Synonyms or near-synonyms System exclusionist Antonyms or near-antonyms None A “sysmed” (short for “system medicalist”) is a system exclusionist. Controversy The term “sysmed” was coined by analogy to “transmed,” which refers, essentially, to someone who thinks you need a doctor's note to justify being transgender. Hence, a sysmed is someone who thinks you need a doctor's note to justify being a text/html 2026-06-07T19:20:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:system_exclusionist&rev=1780860057&do=diff System exclusionist (Namespace: start) Type of term Syscourse Synonyms or near-synonyms None Antonyms or near-antonyms None Broadly, a system exclusionist is anyone who believes there should be rigid rules or standards, of any kind, about who is allowed to call themselves a text/html 2026-06-06T09:38:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:system-hopping&rev=1780738729&do=diff System-hopping (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms None Antonyms or near-antonyms None System-hopping is a capability or claimed capability of some systems to admit travellers into or out of the system, from or unto text/html 2026-06-05T15:01:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:system&rev=1780671679&do=diff System (Namespace: start) Type of term General Synonyms or near-synonyms Plural, body, gestalt Antonyms or near-antonyms Singlet A system is the total internal collective of headmates occupying a single given body. Equivalently, a system is an individual plural-identifying human being. Controversy text/html 2026-06-06T08:06:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:thoughtform&rev=1780733181&do=diff Thoughtform (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Parogenic, fictive, tulpa Antonyms or near-antonyms Part, self A thoughtform is a headmate whom the host (or another headmate) created intentionally. A thoughtform may very well be nothing at all like their creator, and does not necessarily see themself as a version of their creator, nor as truly sharing their creator's text/html 2026-06-06T05:11:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:time_loss&rev=1780722694&do=diff Time loss (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible function of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Blackout, dissociation, grayout, partitionary, switching Antonyms or near-antonyms Coconscious, cofronting, fronting, healthy multiplicity, memory sharing Time loss is a headmate's felt sense that time has elapsed that they were not present to experience. In the case of a blackout it is very literal: the headmate who has lost time actually did not experience the content of the lost time in … text/html 2026-06-06T08:10:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:trauma-holder&rev=1780733437&do=diff Trauma-holder (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible role for a headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Traumagenic, little, memory-holder Antonyms or near-antonyms Host A trauma-holder is a memory-holder who specifically guards traumatic memories away from the rest of the system's conscious awareness. This is often the trauma-holder's only role in the system, as that role alone is often too overwhelming for them to be able to serve any other function. A trauma-holder being made to text/html 2026-06-06T09:25:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:traumagenic&rev=1780737911&do=diff Traumagenic (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible origin of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Adaptive, DID, OSDD Antonyms or near-antonyms Endogenic A traumagenic system is one who formed due to experiencing psychological trauma. Often, the purpose of the system is to isolate the trauma to text/html 2026-06-06T08:58:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:traumascum&rev=1780736339&do=diff Traumascum (Namespace: start) Type of term Syscourse Synonyms or near-synonyms System exclusionist Antonyms or near-antonyms None “Traumascum” is a derogatory term for system exclusionists. Controversy It's a fucking awful word, don't use it. They're wrong, but they don't deserve that. Plus it causes needless collateral to traumatized system text/html 2026-06-06T08:11:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:tulpa&rev=1780733509&do=diff Tulpa (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible type of headmate Synonyms or near-synonyms Tulpamancy, thoughtform Antonyms or near-antonyms Part, self A tulpa is a thoughtform created through tulpamancy. Controversy Much of the plural community finds tulpamancy distasteful, at least as practiced under that name. Tulpamancy has its own separate online subculture, which has appropriated the practice from Tibetan Buddhism, and is largely concentrated on 4chan and Reddit text/html 2026-06-05T19:09:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:tulpamancy&rev=1780686584&do=diff Tulpamancy (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible origin of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms Parogenic Antonyms or near-antonyms Agenic, cryptogenic Tulpamancy is a specific approach to inducing a parogenic system. Controversy Much of the plural community finds tulpamancy distasteful, at least as practiced under that name. Tulpamancy has its own separate online subculture, which has appropriated the practice from Tibetan Buddhism, and is largely concentrated on 4chan and Reddit text/html 2026-06-05T19:17:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://abyss.blujai831.dev/doku.php?id=plural_glossary:xenogenic&rev=1780687045&do=diff Xenogenic (Namespace: start) Type of term Possible origin of a system Synonyms or near-synonyms None Antonyms or near-antonyms Endogenic, traumagenic A xenogenic system is one who feels their origin does not fall neatly under endogenic or traumagenic.