@aral

In that spirit I’ll ask about something that’s been vexing me… #hashtags

How does #Mastodon handle #plurals?

Example: #bird vs #birds

Must I always include both? Does #birds include sub-tag #bird? (Appears not to.)

Are there best practices or policies for this?

I haven’t found any documentation online.

A link or a pointer would help…

Thanks!

A lot of #plurals are misdiagnosed with personality disorders because they show the symptoms of one or more personality disorders.

I know. That sounds weird. If you have the symptoms of a #disorder, surely you have the disorder, right?

That's true for a #singlet, but it's not true for a #plural

A personality disorder is #pervasive by definition. This means that it permeates throughout the person's life and colors every #experience that they have. Every single one.

That means that for a #system to be accurately diagnosed with a personality disorder, all of that system must have the personality disorder. Not one #headmate. Not two. All of them.

By way of example, consider a plural system with a #protector/#persecutor, a headmate who exists to protect the system, but that often also harms the system in the #maladaptive way that it chooses to protect the system. This protector/persecutor could be an #introject of that system's external abuser, thereby continuing that individual's abuse on the system long after that individual is gone from the system's life.

That protector/persecutor might easily receive a #diagnosis of #Borderline, #Narcissistic, or #Antisocial Personality Disorder. But often the protector/persecutor is also unique among its headmates. The #BPD, #NPD, or #APD diagnosis may be completely wrong for the other members of the system, and certainly for the host (if there is one), who may be the victim of the protector/persecutor's #abuse more often than not.

This means that the diagnosis of a personality disorder is wholly inaccurate. The personality disorder has not pervaded the system, and it therefore cannot be called a personality disorder. And if even one #headmate is capable of insight into the #abusive protector/persecutor, then that system's #prognosis is likely to be significantly better than that of a person who has been accurately diagnosed with a personality disorder.

In short, for a system to be correctly diagnosed as having a personality disorder, all of that systems headmates must share the symptoms of the disorder. If they do not, they do not have a personality disorder.

I hope this has been helpful!

#mentalHealth #dissociativeDisorders #DID #OSDD #personalityDisorders

Because so many mental health professionals are either biased against #plural folks or know less than nothing about it, many plural folks are rightfully suspicious of them. This means it can be tough to communicate actual knowledge about #plurals that has been obtained through scientific research.

Sadly, a lot of these #research #studies are case studies, so we also can't be entirely sure that we can trust that the data we obtain from these studies are generalizable. So when someone speaks about the #psychology of #plurality, they must do it with the knowledge that what they have could only apply to a proportion of plurals, and a small proportion at that.

With that in mind, as a professional with expertise in #dissociation and #dissociative disorders generally and as a plural, I'd like to serve as a bridge between the latest research and the plural #community.

First, I want to talk about personality disorders and how even in the presence of a given PD's symptoms, a plural can be misdiagnosed as having a personality disorder when they do not.

#mentalHealth #caseStudies #dissociativeDisorders #DID #OSDD #personalityDisorders

#dragonkin #koboldkin #alterhuman #nonhuman #otherkin #otherkind #otherkins #therian #therians #therianthrope #Therianthropy #theriomythic #dragon #dragons #lizardfolk #lizardkin #plural #plurals #pluralSystem #multiple

if anyone knows of any other #Plurals or #Endogenic and/or #Gateway systems, let us know or just follow. of course, everyone else is included too, but we are wanting to interact with others like us. again we will repeat that if you arent endogenic, you are still included. - all

Tehiverse wonders if there are any #Plurals on mastodon. So far we've only encountered some on #BirdSite, but not on here, even when we were on dragonscave last year, we didn't see any. Oh we know of one, but they don't like us, so meh...won't even bother try contacting them again. Ok we follow them, but all talks between us and them have grown somewhat sour so, are there any other #Plurals? OSDD/DID people?

Hi y'all! I'm Siyeh.

I'm on team zebra with #hEDS #EDS and I have #LongCovid which manifests in symptoms resembling #POTS and #MECFS

I'm the only remaining member of a #system, but still remain informed by #multiplicity and have friendships with many #plurals on/offline

I'm #trans and #neurodivergent and most of my friends and loved ones are too!

I have several low vision/blind/Deaf pals and spend a lot of time reconciling conflicting access needs while organizing for #DisabilityJustice

Thinking about the complexity of #plurals in #Irish has made me take another look at the complexity of plurals in English.

But is there a nice, possibly comic, breakdown of how plurals work in Irish?

#Gaeilge

Just a lil sketch to put all the big feelings into

#systwt #systems #DID #headgang #plurals #DissociativeSystem #Systodon #DissociativeIdentityDisoder

If various family connections have you eating multiple turkey dinners next week, are you attending thankssgiving? @grammargirl #plurals

Plural of Inconsistency

mouse -> mice
louse -> lice
die -> dice
house -> houses ...

https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/897e437031880139f099002590d8e506

#Language #Plurals #Consistency #Inconsistency #EnglishLanguage #Speling

Shout out to the amazing #PluralKit. A discord bot that helps #plurals (several people living in one body, most commonly identified as Dissociative Identity Disorder but I dislike the medical model). It allows members to set up their own nicknames and avatars and similar awesome stuff. We love it and we've even set up a server just for our system! #plurality #multiplicity

1. we're all always furry
2. we're not all horny (some more than others)
3. all of us are here. (prolly even the smol O.o shhhh)
4. we think only Kabit is @KabitTarah

#plurals