Median

Median 谱系中间者/半多意识体

A **median** system (also called midcontinuum) is a system where members are not as distinct or separate from each other. It can be considered being somewhere between multiple and singlet.

谱系中间者系统（半多意识体系统）是成员们没有明显地互相分离的系统。可以被认为介于多意识体和单意识体之间。

Some are dependent on a single individual, or the dependence can be mutual in that there is no central individual. Some median systems feel more blurred between themselves. Others may also be based around a shared identity or kin.

有些谱系中间者主要依赖一个单独的个体，或者个体们相互依赖，因为没有一个中心的个体。也有些情况下，成员们的人格特征可能是基于共同的身份或特性。

The members of a median system are often described as *aspects* or *facets*. Some median systems may identify as different archetypes. Despite being more fluid and similar, median systems can be very diverse.

谱系中间者系统的成员时常被描述为“方面”或“侧面”。有些谱系中间者可能会将他们归类为不同的性格原型或心理意象。尽管都有着流动、相似的特点，谱系中间者系统也非常不同。

Median systems are often opposed to multiple systems, with multiple systems experiencing more distinction between headmates. Some may also oppose it to partitionary systems, but in fact, median systems can be either partitionary or blurian, as variance in identity and presence or absence of memory sharing do not necessarily go hand-in-hand.

（译者注：这段话翻出来很拗口，请见谅）谱系中间者系统时常与多意识体系统并不相同，因为多意识体系统的意识体之间有着更显著的区别。有些也与分区系统不同，但事实上，谱系中间者可以要么是分区系统要么是更容易共享记忆的系统，因为身份差异和记忆共享的存在与否并非齐头并进的。

## History

Originally, median systems were referred to as *midcontinuum*. It was coined in 1997 by Vickis, describing an experience of not explicitly multiple, but not a singlet either. Encompassing the gray area across the dissociative spectrum, it amassed a large community. However, there was some concern with framing dissociation and plurality as a simple straight line (and the assumption that dissociation & plurality were one and the same). In 2002, the term *median* was coined to replace it by Blackbirds on Pavilion Hall. It has stuck around since.

## Related Terms

Median is often used as opposed to multiple or partitionary, where members in a multiple system are distinct. However, mixed systems exist, in which one system has both median headmates & partitionary headmates. Mediple systems have a mix of median and multiple traits & architecture and may identify with both median & multiple labels, or neither of them.

Additionally, for some median systems, the term facet is preferred over headmate or alter, creating new labels like polyfaceted, for example. Others may use terms like medianmate, especially but not exclusively if they feel more separate or fully-fledged as individuals.

Median systems can be diagnosed with OSDD-1a if they also experience amnesia. BPD & PTSD (or C-PTSD) are also possible diagnoses for traumagenic or otherwise disordered medians who do not experience amnesia.

A median system closer to the singlet side of the spectrum is called a parasian system; in the middle, a mesosian; the multiple side, a diversian. A webbed median system is one without a core, while an orbital median system has one.

A headspace layer where all inhabitants are median with one another is called a median layer.

Internal Family System (IFS) Model is a term that shares similarity with median systems, however it can describe subselves in a singlet, along with subselves of system members.

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## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://astraeasweb.net/plural/mediantalk.html
2. ↑ https://kinhost.org/Main/Medians
3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20040603021307/http://www.asarian.org/~vickis/continuum.html
4. ↑ http://www.karitas.net/blackbirds/layman/term.html
5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211127060105/https://pluralwiki.noblejury.com/books/groups/page/pavilion-halllancers
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://archive.ph/VTNpc
7. ↑ https://archive.ph/kCfTF
8. ↑ https://plurgai-archive.tumblr.com/post/618673705665675265/median-midcontinuum-green-being-neither
9. ↑ https://greysdawn.com/flags/median
10. ↑ https://archive.ph/IWMiq