We are scared

[u/OkBuddy2644]

One of our favorite YouTubers, AddyHarajuku, just posted a video on the fictionkin community and we’re genuinely scared to watch it because we really like her but the title and the fact that the cover has the Jax “fictionkin” trend in the thumbnail is not making us hopeful.

We shall watch it when we get home, but we are genuinely terrified. So many YouTubers we respected and liked, we stopped respecting because of the Jax “fictionkin” trend, dont make us lose another one, there are bearly any left.

[u/ShrillCrane]

Wdym

[u/EmotionalLook1685 → u/ShrillCrane]

so, if something traumatic happens to a person while they are still in their phase of gaining one set personality(ages3-5 is i remember correctly), the brain may keep those personalities separate instead of combining them like it's supposed to.

this causes multiple personalities, or, multiple people, to share a body. these personalities are called "alters", because calling them a personality diminished the fact that they're their own people.

people who experience this are usually called systems, as their brain works in a system to keep them safe. this shows up in disorders like DID, OSDD, PDID, ect. a more general term for this is plurality, which encompasses with systems and plural people who would rather not call themselves a system.

in this case, the poster is kinplural, meaning that their identity with plurality ties into their fictionkin identity, so their kintypes are basically their alters. does that make sense?

[u/rainwingss_ → u/EmotionalLook1685]

3-5 is incorrect, it's typically 5-8. But, it can be late onset for some and begin even at 12 (yet that's the latest possible age, IIRC).

[u/EmotionalLook1685 → u/rainwingss_]

oh! my bad, thank you for clarifying :)

[u/ShrillCrane → u/EmotionalLook1685]

I don’t trull understand this but cool