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Traumagenic

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## Traumagenic

### Related Term(s)

Polyfragmentation, partraumagenic, DID, OSDD-1

### Community

Plural/DID community

Traumagenic multiplicity is a form of multiplicity that was caused entirely or largely by trauma in this physical world (as opposed to non-physical world trauma, which is exotraumagenic. The label was coined by The Lunastus Collective for any plural to use. It is an origin label, stemming from the combination of the word "trauma" and the prefix "-genic", meaning "produced or caused by". It should not be confused with the psychological label "traumagenic", which is used to describe mental disorders or harmful mental health symptoms that are post-traumatic in nature.

Traumagenic systems may or may not be currently disordered, and may or may not have Dissociative Identity Disorder, Other Specified Dissociative Disorder, or other dissociative disorders. Systems that could theoretically qualify for one of the diagnosable dissociative disorders may decide against pursuing diagnosis due to distrust/dislike of the medical system, insufficient financial reasons, job security, stigma, or any other personal reason.

Traumagenic flag by Grey SkiesTraumagenic flag by xenic-ndTraumagenic polyfragmented flag by Knights of AstoraTraumagenic flag by nihilgenous1. ↑ https://powertotheplurals.com/origin-of-endogenic-and-traumagenic-system-terminology-guest-post-by-the-trashcan-collective/
2. ↑ https://dictionary.apa.org/traumagenic
Mixed

A **mixed system** is the fifth and final origin in the Emmengard Origin System, along with adaptive, spontaneous, created, and unknown. It is a similar term to polygenic/multigenic/mixed-orign. Mixed systems are represented by the overlapping colors in the plural rings symbol designed by Emmengard.

### Flags

Unofficial flags for mixed systems that use the origins in Emmengard's origin system are designed by PatricianRoryPrisogika, based on the colors where the plural origin rings overlap.

Mixed adaptive flag by PatricianRoryPrisogikaMixed spontaneous flag by PatricianRoryPrisogikaMixed created flag by PatricianRoryPrisogikaMixed unknown flag by PatricianRoryPrisogika
1. ↑ Plural Positivity by Emmengard on Dreamwidth
Diversian

Diversians are median systems who are somewhere between median and multiple. Diversians are closer to the fully multiple side of the spectrum than the median side. This could mean having individual facets who share a lot of the same things, such as personality and interests. Being a diversian system could also mean having individual facets with a core that the rest of the facets are dependent on. Diversian systems can have any origin, but they usually have mixed origins.

## **References**

1. ↑ Coining post by Fallen Hearts Galaxy on Tumblr
2. ↑ https://pluralpedia.org/w/Diversian
3. ↑ https://pluralpedia.org/w/Median
Mirifictum Subcategory

The Mirifictum Subcategory is a subcategory coined by the Parallelia System to describe the way the innerworld of a system may work. After interviewing other systems, the Parallelia System determined that some systems experience events in the innerworld or headspace as a sort of plotline or story. It is currently unknown if this is a coping device or something else, but it seems to be prominent in several other systems.

## Meaning

Mirifictum comes from the latin words "mirificatio" meaning "wonderful creative power" and "appositum" meaning "based upon". The black stripe of the flag is for mystery, because how this subcategory works or has formed is still fairly new and unknown. Navy represents the tendency for the head-in-the clouds attitude these systems possess. Pale blue represents expansiveness and openness of the innerworld. The grey represents how the concept and the innerworld is open to interpretation. The yellow represents creativity and imagination. The white feather represents a quill, one used to write a story.
Scouts

A **scout** is a headmate that looks around the headspace for other headmates who are lost or or hidden, or for new locations in the headspace. They're more common in large systems, but can appear in systems of any size. They may be the only alters capable of accessing hidden or restricted areas within the headspace. They may also be referred to as seekers.

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUTRYK1gF3g
Praesigenic

Praesigenic is an origin-type term and a subset of quoigenic that does not state the origin of the system, instead meaning "I don’t have to tell you my system origin, that’s for me to know and for you to not make your business". Systems that use praesigenic as an origin term may use it for safety, out of spite, or for any other reason. The prefix is likely derived from the Latin word for protection. The term was coined by not-your-introsource on tumblr, and the flag was also created by the moderators of this blog.
Fascinagenic

Fascinagenic flag by ironwoodcollective on Tumblr

**Fascinagenic** is a general origin term which refers to a system, subsystem, headmate, etc that formed due to an intense interest. The interest may be tied to neurodivergence (eg. a special interest or hyperfixation), but does not have to be.

While it may relate to endogenic plurality or neurodivergence, it isn't exclusive to either groups.

The term was originally mentioned by Tumblr user ironwoodcollective on July 13th, 2023. It was coined on July 14th, 2023. A flag was created by ironwoodcollective on October 6th, 2023.

The term is a portmanteau of "fascination" (fascina-) and the -genic suffix.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Systematically Dysfunctional on Tumblr: Fascinagenic
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Systematically Dysfunctional on Tumblr: 💥 We have thus far been unable to find a term that fits our origin. We are endogenic and formed due to our host being an...
3. ↑ Systematically Dysfunctional on Tumblr: Fascinagenic Flag
Polymedian

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A **polyfaceted** system usually consists of many (typically 100+) headmates, that can have many layers and can cause a disrupt in communication but the system and all/most members are median.

The use of "faceted" refers to the specifically-median label for system members, facet.

## Related Terms

Although functionally synonyms, **polyfaceted** is seen more as a parallel to polyfragmented while **polymedian** is more associated with polymultiple. Along with polyplural they describe system count.
Guardian

**Guardian** is a system role that encompasses many roles including external protectors, gatekeepers, scouts, and erasers. A guardian may defend from outside threats, patrol outer areas of the inner world, search for new system members, and keep system members from memories/places that may harm them.

This term was coined by Tumblr user ironwoodcollective on August 27th, 2023.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Systematically Dysfunctional on Tumblr: Guardian
Age Forge

**Age forging** is when a headmate grows up mentally, rather than physically, and as such acts more mature. It can be considered an opposite to age regression. It may be (but is not always) caused by stress or trauma. The age forager may not stay at that age forever, similar to age regressing. This may be a part of a headmate's age sliding.

This term was coined by Tumblr user dodstoldpackage on May 14th, 2020.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dödstöld Package on Tumblr: System Modifier Terms
Physiogenic

A physiogenic system is a system from chronic pain and/or physical disability. The term can also be used as an individual system member's origin. It was coined by Our World's End Gate around 2020, first being listed in the short-lived Blossom Bot on Discord.

Due to the traumatic nature of living through pain and disability and the abuse that could be experienced due to ableism regarding an individual's disability/pain, this term could theoretically overlap with traumagenic, but may not. It could also overlap with Stressgenic (an origin label for stress-related splitting), or neurogenic, if the chronic pain/disability is related to a neurodiversity or mental illness (for example, sensory issues/pain related to autism.) It can also be a subset of endogenic, if the disability/pain is unrelated to trauma.

It can be classed as a pathological system type due to its close tie to disorders.
Amorgenic

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**Amorgenic** systems (or subsystems, clusters, layers, etc.) are ones that are created through romantic yearning.

## Related Terms

It is based on amorform, or an individual headmate who originated through that yearning. An amorgenic system may be made up of amorforms.

Amorgenic systems may introject the subjects of their yearning.

The non-romantic equivalent is attragenic, which applies to all forms of attraction.
Ego Death

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Wikipedia defines **ego death** as a "complete loss of subjective self-identity". The term has multiple related, but distinct meanings, both in and outside of the plural community. The most common is "a headmate that ceases to exist prior to the death of the body".

This is, for obvious reasons, a touchy subject in the plural community. For some systems, ego deaths might be treated identically to the death of a friend or loved one. For other systems, they might be treated as nonevents, or somewhere in between.

Obviously, every situation is different, even for the same system. Details such as the level of sentience, the age, the (mental) health, and the intention of the headmate might all play a role in how other headmates feel about the event.

## Related Terms

Egocide is a term, seen as early as 2013 in the tulpamancy community, that refers to ego death 'suicides' where a headmate becomes impossible to contact after severe depression. Generally, these are very emotional events for the rest of the system. This is not generally used for one headmate forcefully destroying another.

Walk out refers to a headmate leaving suddenly, but not necessarily in a negative way.

Fade out refers to a headmate slowly becoming more diffuse, absent more often, or otherwise more difficult for their headmates to contact. Similar to walk out, this term does not necessarily imply that this is a problem.

Merging refers to two or more headmates or fragments blurring together in a permanent way, such that they are no longer meaningfully distinct. Some systems treat this as the ego death of the components, while others see this as unrelated to ego death entirely, or somewhere in between.
Artisan

Artisan flag by m-grouped

An **artisan** refers to a headmate who builds or assembles headmates within a system, usually using pre-existing fragments.

This term was coined by Tumblr user m-grouped on May 5th, 2022. The flag was created on the same day.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ARCHOGENIC/ARCHORMA & ARTISAN !! — IM BACK (archive.vn)
Unitian

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A unitian is a member in a system who is actually made up of several “smaller” members. This member can also be called a **unitive**.

The presenting member themself is not an individual person, and is instead made up of multiple members who “make up” the presenting member.

**Unitian** is the general term for this experience. The adjective is “unitic” and can be used to describe systems as well (ex: a unitic subsystem).

## Related Terms

The terms sevarian, pazlian, embelian, and condrian fall under unitian.

## References

1. ↑ https://extranth.tumblr.com/post/650913102545682432/new-system-classifications
Paragenic

Paragenic systems are a sub-type of neurogenic systems that were created due to/by maladaptive daydreaming disorder (MaDD) and other neuronarrator experiences.

Paragenic systems may consider themselves dreamway systems, which is a subtype of a Gateway System. Within dreamway systems, the gateway(s) that they can access are the worlds of their daydreams, otherwise known as paracosms.

Alternate terms for systems of this origin are Araisagenic and Imagenic.

## Flag

The paragenic system was designed by plurgai on Tumblr.com, based on the flag for dreamway systems. The blue represents daydreaming, the pink represents relationships with paras and headmates, and the purples represent paracosms, worlds, etc. The top and bottom purple also represent the system as a whole.
Vicarian

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A **vicarian** is a system member that acts on the desires of their headmates, or seeks out positive, satisfying or rewarding things because other members are unable to. These members may have something stopping them or holding them back, such as trauma or anxiety, but the vicarian is not be affected by these barriers or is not affected as much. As a result, the headmates experience the acted-upon desires vicariously.

## References

1. ↑ https://archive.ph/CVGsF
2. https://caninophobia.tumblr.com/post/700886827814584320/some-system-roles-weve-coined-use
Trauma holder

A **trauma holder** is a headmate that holds significant trauma. Often, these alters keep the rest of the system safe from that knowledge. These alters may hold any kind of trauma (including intratrauma or exotrauma) and, while more common in traumagenic systems, can appear in systems of any origin. These alters may also be called **trauma bearers**.

## Related Terms

Memory holders and trauma managers carry out similar functions to these alters. Trauma holders may also be persecutors, caretakers, protectors, or gatekeepers.
-genic

### Community

Non-medical plurality community; used by systems with dissociative disorders as well

The **-genic suffix** is a plurality-related suffix created in 2014 by The Lunastus Collective, formerly Alnilam. They describe the origin of a plural, that is, the phenomena or phenomenon that caused them to become plural, and were created to describe being plural/multiple without needing to use the overarching word, and as a response to a large number of system exclusionists not wishing for people who didn't have a dissociative disorder to use the already existing terms.

Over the years since the coining of the term, many system origins have been coined that use the -genic suffix, and it is a common way to describe the way an individual's plurality came to exist.

The following origins were coined alongside the -genic suffix:

* Pythogenic
* Protogenic
* Endogenic
* Cryptogenic

An alternative term to describe a phenomenon that is important to the way your system works but is a system type/modifier as opposed to the true origin of your system is the -based suffix, coined by plurgai on Tumblr.

1. ↑ -genic suffix coining post by not-your-fucking-pet on Tumblr
2. ↑ -based suffix by plurgai on Tumblr
Transgenic

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### Community

Trans plurals, headmates, and systems

*Not to be confused with transorigin or originflux*.

**Transgenic** is an origin term that relates one's system origins with being transgender. The coiner defines it as having multiple meanings, such as:

* An origin related to being trans, in a trauma or non-trauma way (such as dysphoria, transphobia, etc).
* Plurals who are trans and see a similarity between being trans and plural, be it within the community or themself.
* Plurals whose trans experience is greatly impactful on their plural experience.

The term was coined by Tumblr user soulqueer-schlatt on October 28th, 2021. The flag was posted on the same date.

The term is a portmanteau of "transgender" (trans-) and the -genic suffix.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 👑🐏 (archive.li)
Brainmate

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A **brainmate** is a system member that is a personification of the system's brain or thought process, often vocalizing thoughts to fronters or being an autopilot.

A brainmate may be a persecutor, protector, or fit into other roles.
Outertraumagenic

Outertraumagenic flag

A system, subsystem, headmate, or otherwise that is formed as a result of another person's trauma (outertrauma). Ways in which this could apply are:

* The trauma that another person has experienced caused the body enough stress, sadness, or similar, that it formed a system, subsystem, or headmate
* A system, subsystem, or headmate was formed in order to cope with the other person's trauma
* A system, subsystem, or headmate was formed due to the belief that it would take their trauma away or make it less prominent (this could be due to delusional experiences or neurodivergence for example)
* The thought of the trauma another has experienced caused enough fear to form a system, subsystem, or headmate
* Another person who has experienced trauma lacked somebody to help with said trauma, causing a system, subsystem, or headmate to form with the intention of protecting that other person

An alternate name for this origin would be outergenic.

## History

The term outertraumagenic along with the term outertrauma was coined on August 18th, 2021, by thenelsonsystem#0156 on Discord. It was coined after a headmate of theirs with this origin came into contact with another headmate who had the same experience with no term to describe it.

## Flags

The outertraumagenic flag has no confirmed meaning besides the extinguisher icon, which was inspired by the fire icon on the exotraumagenic flag. It resembles a system, subsystem, or headmate being formed to help cope with, 'extinguish', or in response to another's trauma.

Outertraumagenic flag by The Nelson System
Originflux

Also known as morphogenic, **originflux** is an origin term which refers to a mixed system that started with one origin, but then formed a surplus of headmates who identified with a different origin, making the original origin less prominent.

The original coiner and coining date is unknown, however morphogenic was coined as a synonym by Tumblr user moonpool-system on March 19th, 2021.

1. ↑ Fictive Rights on Tumblr: Microlabel loving systems come get yall juice!!
Mostive

A **mostive** is a headmate who is an introject of a character created by another headmate, especially for a tabletop role playing game or similar.  The defining trait is that these characters are created from scratch, rather than altered.

Most mostives would be considered a type of OCtive, making them both fictives and autojects.

1. ↑ https://astrophellian.tumblr.com/post/677924697240895488/mostive
Staying Safe In The Community

Shared responsibility is an important concept in the plural community. Shared responsibility basically means that everyone in the system shares responsibility for any negative or unfortunate things that might occur from a headmate fronting or taking control, and takes steps to prevent bad behavior, if necessary.

It is an important concept to grasp and adhere to because it prevents plurality from being used as an excuse for abuse, both within and outside of the community. Unfortunately, those who may not understand plurality or may be looking to do harm may try to use this as a possible excuse, and claim they or others should be absolved of any blame if they commit a crime or hurt someone, because someone else was out during that time. In order to prevent this, shared responsibility is a must. Even if what occurred was an accident, efforts should be undertaken by the entire system to fix the problem and make amends as best as they can.

This leads into another topic, which is understanding that although a headmate may be internally different and behave as they identify, they are often not physically that thing in this world. It is fine to have an internal identity or internal experiences that differ from the physical body, but is it not right to speak over those who have those experiences firsthand from this world, or who currently hold the physical form of what you identify as. This is because while you may have your own form and experiences, they are not from this world/are not physically applicable, and do not hold much weight in*this*world because of this. It is fine to voice that you have an internal identity or internal experiences, but be aware that they’re not truly comparable.

This is not saying that your experiences are invalid! It’s just saying that while you may have an identity and experience similar to those of people out here, it is not quite the same, and due to the body you share with your headmates, is not perceived the same by external people. Hence, you may not get treated the same way as someone who holds those experiences and identity in the present, and thus lack real-world experience with said identity.

On a more serious note, this also means that the body must adhere to laws set in place by society, and respect those they interact with. Regardless of the age of a headmate, it is never okay to date or otherwise coerce a minor into a relationship with a legal adult, plural or not plural. There is no excuse for it. It is manipulative, abusive, and illegal, and being plural does not change this.

These concepts are in place for very good reasons. Shared responsibility prevents people trying to use plurality as an excuse, and being aware of the physical reality of the body in interactions with other people prevents harm, or other plurals being taken advantage of. They set a precedent for healthy behavior in the community, and should be acknowledged.
Parethnic

A plural term coined to state that a member of a system has a different ethnicity internally than the body they inhabit. It was intended to acknowledge the system member's identity and its potential importance while making it clear that the member and their body still has any privileges of their physical-world ethnicity and should not invade spaces made for physical-bodied POC. It was coined by Fallen Hearts Galaxy on Tumblr, who formerly went by The Lumin Hearts. The unofficial flag for parethnic was designed by Frost System on Tumblr.

An alternative term for this experience is Exoethnic.

## Controversy

Many systems of color have spoken out against this term, and against claiming an ethnicity that an individual system member's body did not have,   saying that is harmful to systems of color and people of color in general. The coiner of the term, Fallen Hearts Galaxy, has defended the term, saying that it is not racist, and that their parethnic members are genuinely Japanese, just not Earth Japanese.

## Related terms

* Parethniphobia: Discriminatory or bigoted behavior directed at plural people who are parethnic specifically for being parethnic, coined by Fallen Hearts Galaxy. This being a distinct -phobia is hotly debated and controversial.
* Exoethnic: An alternative term for parethnic, inspired by already-existing terms such as exotrauma and exomemories.
* Álla-ethnic: Parethnic alters who believe that they are literally their internal ethnicity, whether due to their soul coming from a different body or due to being an introject. Includes parethnic alters who claim to be transitioning their body to match their internal race/desire to do so. A plural-specific version of transracial identity. Similar to said term, it is highly controversial and not generally accepted as a possible or non-offensive identity by the plural community.

1. ↑ Parethnic coining post by Fallen Hearts Galaxy on Tumblr
2. ↑ Parethnic flag by Frost System
3. ↑ skzloona on Tumblr regarding alter race
4. ↑ mangodid on parethnic
5. ↑ sysmedicalist on racism in syscourse
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Response to the term parethnic by gaysian-fagby
7. ↑ Fallen Hearts Galaxy's defense of parethnic.
8. ↑ Official parethnic Carrd by Fallen Hearts Galaxy
9. ↑ Alla-ethnic coining post by parethnic-alter-support on Tumblr
10. ↑ Frost System on parethnic "transition" on Tumblr
Syncryptoid

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A **syncryptoid** is a group of partially hidden headmates who all are related to each other in some way. A syncryptoid could be a subsystem, sidesystem, cluster, or any type of group within the system.

They could be hidden to the whole system, to certain parts of the system, or from people outside of the system. They could also have no physical appearance and may not show up in the headspace.

They may or may not be aware that they are hidden, and there could be a reason (conscious or subconscious) behind them being hidden.

## Related Terms

A cryptoid is an individual member of a syncryptoid.
Pregenic

A pregenic system is a system where many, all, or individual members came from a past life. The term is derived from the prefix pre-, meaning before, and the -genic suffix for system origins. It was coined by Butterfly Blood on Tumblr.

Aspects of being pregenic may be:

* A strong connection to a past life and considering it part of their identity
* System members who aren't sure if they formed from trauma or aren't entirely comfortable with the word due to past life memories or having a past life
* Being reincarnated in the same body as their system
* System members/subsystems who see themselves as sharing a soul rather than just being a system
* System members who were formed before their system, and have a history elsewhere (similar to walk-ins and soulbonds.)

## Flag

The official flag for pregenic was also designed by personality101. The meanings of the stripes are:

* Deep orange for nostalgia
* Light orange for past life memories
* Lime green for emotions and traits adopted from a past life
* Off-white for transition to this life and/or present
* Grey-blue for co-existing memories of this life/present
* Deep blue for longing for the past
* Black for alienation

1. ↑ Pregenic coining post by personality101 on Tumblr
Unspecified Dissociative Disorder

**USDD**, or unspecified dissociative disorder, is one of the five disorders clinically recognized to cause a system, along with DID, OSDD-1, OSDD-1a and OSDD-1b. Its equivalent in the ICD is dissociative disorder unspecified. It is usually made when there are time constraints on making the diagnosis, there is not enough time to specify what disorder exists, or the clinician does not want to specify the reason.

The criteria for the diagnosis in the DSM-5 is:

> This category applies to presentations in which symptoms characteristic of a dissociative disorder that cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning predominate but do not meet the full criteria for any of the disorders in the dissociative disorders diagnostic class. The unspecified dissociative disorder category is used in situations in which the clinician chooses not to specify the reason that the criteria are not met for a specific dissociative disorder, and includes presentations for which there is insufficient information to make a more specific diagnosis (e.g., in emergency room settings)
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The flag for USDD was designed by plurgai on Tumblr.

1. ↑ Other Specified and Unspecified Dissociative Disorder on did-research.org
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Unspecified Dissociative Disorder on traumadissociation.com
System Wobble

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**System Wobble** refers to a kind of distress in the system which is caused by traumatic events that have been piled on (paired with other minor events) due to the negligence of them being properly tended to. The intensity of the wobble, may be dependent on emotional resistance.

There can be headmates coming in and out of consciousness, new headmates, voices of those in the innerworld, and very intense feelings of pain. Can cause headaches, nausea, confusion, dizziness, derealization, depersonalization (among other varying degrees of sickness), although it may vary depending on the system.

A strong emotional trigger may snap the system back together.
Unknown

An **unknown** system is a system with unknown origins, or systems that are more comfortable labeling their systems as of an unknown origin than of any particular origin. These systems may also not want to figure out their origin. It is one of five origins in the Emmengard Origin System, along with Adaptive, Spontaneous, Created and Mixed. It has similarities to the term quoigenic. In the plural rings symbol, it is yellow and placed at the top because it is where many systems start in terms of understanding their origin.

### Flags

In addition to the plural rings symbol, a mixed unknown system flag exists by PatricianRoryPrisogika, with colors taken from the plural rings symbol symbolizing unknown systems and partially unknown systems and origins they may overlap with.

Mixed unknown flag by PatricianRoryPrisogika

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Plural Positivity by Emmengard on Dreamwidth
2. ↑ Post by The Lunastus Collective on Tumblr
Polyfragmentation

Polyfragmented systems are most commonly defined as systems that have over 100 system members. Sometimes they are also defined as systems with dozens of members, or systems that have lots of subsystems.

## Common Features

**In Dissociative Identity Disorder and Other Specified Dissociative Disorder:**

* 100+ system members
* Lots of fragments that may be similar to each other
* Detailed & immersive inner world
* Complex internal organization (ie; subsystems & system members with their own system members)
* Complex splitting patterns (ie; forming new members frequently & forming multiple members at once)
* Experienced severe trauma in childhood

## History Of Polyfragmentation

"Polyfragmentation" and "polyfragmented" were terms coined by Bennett G. Braun in 1986. He used them to describe people with MPD (now known as DID and OSDD) that had over 100 alters and a large amount of fragments. Prior, the terms "complex multiplicity" and "complex MPD" were created by Richard Kluft in 1979 to describe MPD patients who had 26 or more personalities. The term "super multiple" has also been used to describe more than one hundred alters but it's unclear where this term came from.

Eventually, polyfragmentation would become a popular term in medical literature. Some professionals use "polyfragmented" like how Braun did to describe systems with more than one hundred alters, while others use it more like Kluft did to describe dozens of alters.

Despite its medicalized origins, some systems without DID or OSDD may also describe themselves as polyfragmented. Others prefer to use terms like polyplural, polymultiple, and polymedian.

## Flags

Traumagenic polyfragmented flag by Knights of AstoraPolyfragmented Flag by greys-dawnPolyfragmented Flag by not-your-introsource
## References

1. ↑ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00029157.1988.10402743
2. ↑ https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/36679914.pdf
3. ↑ https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/1396/Diss\_1\_4\_8\_OCR\_rev.pdf?sequence=4
4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19980201031556/http://www.dhearts.org/libraries/dhnews/dhnews2.html#Some%20Facts%20about%20DID/MPD
5. ↑ https://www.healthyplace.com/abuse/wermany/inner-faces-of-multiplicity
6. ↑ http://traumadissociation.com/alters#polyfragmented
Quoigenic

Quoigenic system has a few definitions:

1. Systems that don't know and don't care how they were formed.
2. Systems that are mixed origins. (See also: Multi & Polygenic)
3. Systems that do not fit into or do not care for the Endogenic/Traumagenic binary.
4. Systems that don't believe it's anyone else's business how they were formed or what their origin type is. (See also: Praesigenic)

## Flags

Quoigenic flag by xenic-ndFull flag by greys-dawnSimplified flag by greys-dawnQuoigenic OSDD-1 flagQuoigenic DID flagQuoigenic flag by nihilgenous
1. ↑ https://solipsistful.tumblr.com/quoigenic
Seasonal Fronter

A **seasonal fronter** is a member of a system who tends to front more in a particular season, and who has the role of helping the system handle the season's weather. It can be considered a system role related to being a part of an aerogenic system. The term was coined by The Temenē Alliance in 2020 on Discord.

## Function

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While seasonal fronters can exist in any kind of system, they are more common in systems that at least partially have a traumagenic origin, in which they are typically some kind of protector. In these kinds of systems, a seasonal fronter may have split to handle specific types of weather due to the system being neglected or abused as a child and having to find ways to cope with dangerous or painful weather without the aid of guardians, a form of neglect considered moderate neglect by the US government. They may also have formed due to not having sufficient shelter as a child, or be related to ritual abuse where the child was purposefully abused by being placed in dangerous weather.

Seasonal fronters are also fairly common in neurogenic systems, where a system exists due to mental illnesses or neurodivergencies - for example, an autistic system having a higher need to specifically cope with unpleasant weather and splitting due to this.

1. ↑ Child Neglect: A Guide for Prevention, Assessment and Intervention by Diane DePanfilis (2006)
Singlet

**Singlet** refers to a person who isn't plural, or in other words doesn't share their body with anyone else.

It's not a binary distinction, as people may be questioning being plural, and median can be viewed as a continuum with singlet at one end.

## Related Terms

Singlet is not to be confused with singletsona, which is when a system tries to pass as singlet.
Spinner

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**Spinners** are alters that “spin” emotions, memories, and physical sensations throughout the whole system, usually when triggered. Internal visuals are often used to enforce this idea, like hurricanes or vortexes, and some systems describe pressure, dizziness, and physically spinning when this happens. Typically, the things being “spun out” are negative (flashbacks, somatic pain, destructive impulses, etc.), but spinners can learn to “spin out” positive things instead.

## Related Terms

Spinning is associated with forms of ritualistic and organized abuse. Gatekeepers may be able to prevent some of the spinning, and barriers between layers or sidesystems may stop it as well.
Aethergenic

**NOTE**: This page is missing proper references in some areas. If you have access to/links of the original posts in which this was coined, we **urge** you to add them as references!

### Community

Plurals

**Aethergenic** refers to a plural that cannot be psychologically explained, or a plural that has spiritual origins. This term is nonspecific between metaphysical, religious, agnostic, etc.

While the original coining date is unknown, a Google Site attributes coining to Discord user Essynkardi#0413.  A flag was created by Tumblr user phoenigenic on January 27th, 2022. Another flag is attributed to HerbPhoenix on an unspecified platform, but the coining date is unknown.

1. ↑ Plural Terms - System Origins (google.com)
2. ↑ starting fresh. on Tumblr: Our version of the Aethergenic flag

## Gallery

Aethergenic flag by phoenigenicAethetgenic flag by HerbPhoenix
Dissociative Fugue

A dissociative fugue is a temporary state where a person has memory loss (amnesia) and ends up in an unexpected place. People with this symptom can't remember who they are or details about their past. Other names for this include a "fugue” or a “fugue state.”

The American Psychiatric Association’s *Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,* *Fifth Edition* lists fugue as a symptom of dissociative disorders. Before that, experts considered this symptom a separate condition.

The term “fugue” comes from the Latin word for fleeing or running away, which is why this symptom involves traveling or wandering. People who experience a fugue state usually can’t recognize gaps in their memory until they have evidence that they can’t remember something. People with this symptom can unintentionally travel to specific locations or wander. Often, they'll come out of the fugue state and feel confused because they don't remember how they got to where they are.

Fugue states can be as short as a few hours, or they can last for days or even months. When fugue states are shorter, it’s harder for others to see signs of them, as people with this might look like they’re late or absent from their usual comings and goings. When fugue states are longer, people can find themselves far away from their usual surroundings. They might try to take on a new identity and build a new life for themselves, which can last until their memories return.

Dissociative fugues are most likely to happen because of two conditions, dissociative amnesia and dissociative identity disorder.
Willogenic

A **willogenic** system is a system that was purposely created, or willed into existence, through psychological or spiritual means. It is a term for purposefully created systems that is not connected to parogenic systems or tulpa systems, due to the controversy of tulpamancy. Due to the nature of the term, it does not encompass systems that consider themselves to have used tulpamancy to create their system.

The term for members of a willogenic system who were willed into existence is **willomates**, and an alternate term for individuals who do not identify as/like to use the word system for themselves is **willowers,** **willoers,** or **Willows.**

This term was coined by an anonymous submission to plurgai. The original coining post has been deleted but an archive was created by another Tumblr user.

## Flag

The light yellow center represents the original mind of the willogenic system. The stripes expanding out represent the process of willing system members into existence. The darker stripes represent the personhood of willomates, and the lighter stripes in between the darker stripes and the light yellow center represent the connection of willomates to their host/the original member of their system.

Emoji created by PlurgaiEmoji created by PlurgaiEmoji created by PlurgaiEmoji created by PlurgaiFlag created by anonymous
1. ↑ https://extranth.tumblr.com/post/649734583650254848/plurgai-archive-i-have-an-idea-for-a-new-system
2. ↑ https://extranth.tumblr.com/post/667234303828213760/willogenic-a-system-that-was-purposely-created-or
Bridged Sidesystem

Bridged Sidesystem flag by icarusoblivion

A **bridged sidesystem**, also known as a **linked sidesystem**, is a type of sidesystem that is parallel but has some kind of bridge between the sidesystems that allows headmates to travel from one sidesystem to another easily. This could be seen as a literal bridge, or as something that acts like a bridge and all of the sidesystems are within one body.

Much like normal sidesystems there may be a "main system" that most of the common fronters come from, or all sidesystems may function equally.

This term can also be used to describe a system that may be connected to another outside system directly, those would be called **linked** or **bridged systems**.

The term was coined on the 26th of August 2021 by Tumblr user icarusoblivion to help explain how their system works after not being able to find any term to describe it.

The flag was created the next day (27.8.21) by the same user

## Flags

The official flag for Bridged Sidesystems was created on August 27th by icarusoblivion. There is a main version of the flag as well as a simplified version with fewer stripes.

Simplified version of flagOriginal version of flag
1. ↑ Bridged Sidesystems by icarusoblivion on Tumblr
Solumgenic

Solumgenic flag designed by plurgai

A **solumgenic** system is a system that formed due to loneliness. The term was coined by plurgai on November 8 2020, and the official flag was also designed by plurgai.

A solumgenic system may fall under either the traumagenic or endogenic origin. A related origin is isolgenic, although isolgenic specifically refers to isolation or social neglect. If loneliness modifies the way a system works but is not the cause of the system, the term solumbased would apply.
Spontaneous

A **spontaneous** system is a system that forms on its own with no known traumatic cause. It is one of five origins in the Emmengard Origin System along with adaptive, created, unknown and mixed, and is represented by the blue color on the origin rings symbol, also created by Emmengard. It is similar to endogenic systems, in the -genic suffix origin system. A synonym for this origin is "spontagenic".

### Flags

Several flags have been created in relation to the spontaneous origin. The mixed spontaneous system flag created by PatricianRoryPrisogika is color-picked from the plural rings symbol.

There are spontaneous flags designed by Cluster Brains and by Grey Skies. No color symbolism is known for Cluster Brains' flag, but Grey Skies' flag is based on colors seen in nature and how nature can spring up out of nowhere.

Mixed spontaneous system flag by PatricianRoryPrisogikaSpontaneous flag by Cluster BrainsSpontaneous flag by Grey SkiesSpontaneous flag by Grey Skies, transparent version
1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Plural Positivity by Emmengard on Dreamwidth
2. ↑ Alternate origin terms by The Lunastus Collective on Tumblr
3. ↑ Spontogenic/Spontaneous flag by Cluster Brains on Tumblr
4. ↑ Spontaneous flag by Grey Skies
Swordsperson

A *swordsperson* is headmate that is very protective of their friends, partners, and/or family.

They focus on protecting those they care about outside of the system rather than those within. Depending on their overall personality, they may seem or come off as "over-protecting" to others, but that's just primarily how they show that they care.

## Related Terms

A swordsperson (or swordsman, swordswoman, swordsenby, etc) is a specific subset of protector, as they both involve defending others. The label can also be compared to caretaker, guard, and others..

## References

1. ↑ https://sites.google.com/view/dodstoldterms/home
Versiogenic

*The following information was originally published on Pluralpedia, and is being published here for additional archiving purposes. You can find the Pluralpedia article for this page here.*

**Versiogenic** refers to a member who formed as a version of an existing member, though possibly altered. Usually the result of splitting, but can also appear in forms of kinforms or certain aspects of a member being transferred or copied to a new member. Members created in this manner may be but don't have to be facets.

Members formed in this manner may be called **Versiomate**.

## Related Terms

Examples of terms that may fall under versiogenic are:

* fableing, factling and ageling
* snapshot

## References

1. ↑ https://nathyl-pride.carrd.co/#plural
Stressgenic

### Related Term(s)

Traumagenic, Adaptive, Physiogenic, Neurogenic, Paragenic, Deprietygenic, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Other Specified Dissociative Disorder

### Community

Plural community

**Stressgenic** is an origin created for system members who split specifically due to stress, but can also apply to a system as a whole. It can be a subset of traumagenic or adaptive, or connected to physiogenic or neurogenic origins. It was coined by Solarpunk Collective prior to December 30 2020.

It can be used alongside the term "stress split". It does not inherently have a connotation of trauma, and this form of splitting is not exclusive to systems with Dissociative Identity Disorder or other medical systems who split later in life due to stress after already forming a system due to trauma. It may also be used as a label to avoid considering a situation traumatic while acknowledging the negative mental effects it had on the system.

### Flags

There is no known official flag. Two unofficial flags were created by The Icarus System, with black representing the hardship of stress, dark blue-grey representing the attempt to cope with stress, light blue-grey representing plurality, white-grey representing the members of a stressgenic system, and the lightning bolts representing the stress that a system may endure. There is a version with the symbol as well as a simplified version.

Simplified flag by The Icarus SystemFlag by The Icarus System, with symbol
1. ↑ Coined Terms by Solarpunk Collective on Twitter
2. ↑ Stressgenic page creation on Plurality Dictionary Wiki
3. ↑ A possible stressgenic flag by The Icarus System
Sidesinglet

Sidesinglet member role flag by m-grouped on Tumblr

A **sidesinglet** is a headmate who is separate from the rest of the system, or a "one-person sidesystem".

The term was coined by Tumblr user desertsunsetonmars on September 30th, 2021. The flags were created by Tumblr user m-grouped on May 20th, 2022.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nebula on Tumblr: Sidesinglet
2. ↑ IM BACK on Tumblr: SIDESINGLET !!
Thoughtform

In plural terminology, a **thoughtform** is a term for a purposely created system member. It gained usage as an alternative for the term tulpa, which is considered by many to be cultural appropriation. One of the first uses of the term was used in Evans-Wentz's translation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead in 1927.

Thoughtforms are most often seen as members of parogenic (see flag in infobox) or willogenic systems, but can also be a part of other system types, such as polygenic systems. Members of soulbond systems are also seen by many to be some sort of thoughtform, as are those in paragenic systems.

1. ↑ Wikipedia citation on this usage
Systemgender

**Systemgender** is a plural-exclusive term, defined as the sum of all of the genders within a system. Systems that use this term may be median, multiple, or have DID. The gender is inherently considered a non-binary gender. The coiner is unknown. The flag was designed by almighty-hail and Tikva of pride-flags on Deviantart.

A subset of systemgender is **systemfluid**, which is a form of being genderfluid that is exclusive to systems. In a systemfluid system, the gender of the collective changes based on which member of the collective is fronting. The original flag

## Flags

The original flag for systemfluid was designed by pastelmemer and is inspired by the genderfluid flag, with colors replaced with green for neurodiversity awareness. An alternate flag was designed by Emily of The Cringe System, with red representing trauma that creates a traumagenic system, light blue representing the creativity associated with endogenic systems, purple representing the fluidity of gender based on fronter, and black representing not knowing what gender you are because you're not sure who is fronting. The flag was also re-designed by mogaiking on Tumblr in order to make the flag look more unique, with colors taken from the original flag.

Systemfluid flag by pastelmemerSystemfluid flag by The Cringe SystemSystemfluid flag by mogaikingSystemfluid flag by mogaiking, no symbolSystemfluid flag by mogaiking w/ stripes & symbolSystemfluid flag by mogaiking w/ stripes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Systemfluid by pride-color-schemes on Tumblr
2. ↑ Systemgender by pride-flags on Deviantart
3. ↑ Systemfluid flag by The Cringe System on Tumblr
4. ↑ Systemfluid flag redesign by mogaiking on Tumblr