Im Going To Ask Steven Out After We Get Out Of School Today. Debating On If Ill Get Him A Tea Or Coffee.

The main things we’ve gotten from the DID/OSDD community’s reaction and responses to the first Moon Knight episode is:

Accurate representation does not always equal representation that improves the public’s view/reduces stigma

Dramatic, dark, and morally complicated characters and stories involving DID can be accurate/not improbable but still negatively influence public opinion. This does not inherently make them bad rep; the audience is just entirely wrong at this time for the story

Accurate/probable depiction of specific symptoms can be done, but they might not represent the majority (like the “surrender the body” bits. That sounds exactly like our gatekeeper when someone has a stranglehold on the front, and making sure someone is letting go on their own will maintain and build trust. This isn’t the norm per say but it’s far from impossible)

At this time, the general non informed public cannot be relied upon to be able to separate dramatized representations of symptoms and their more toned down, real life counterparts. Because of this, making sure symptoms are not dramatized unnecessarily is important, so people can learn to tell the difference

would any systems be interested in system penpal exchanges? we really want a penpal again and have just thought of how fun it could be to have a place for systems to find other systems to send letters and little trinkets to

ramcoa is very different than the satanic panic and all the examples that were listed are examples of ramcoa experiences. ritual abuse, mind control, and organized abuse exist and accepting that youre a victim of parts of it and have specific aspects and triggers because of it is valid.

literally stfu and educate yourself before blabbering all over the internet

how are you an adult and still think RAMCOA is a conspiracy theory? how sheltered are you? have you really next heard of sex trafficking, Mormons, jehova's witnesses, child csem groups... like genuinely. how sheltered can you be

i don't know how to tell you this, but none of these are examples of RAMCOA. as a theory, RAMCOA piggybacks off SRA (satanic ritual abuse) and the satanic panic of the 1980s, as well as things like project monarch with their at best pseudoscientific view of dissociative disorders. everything you mentioned is real (i have actually experienced one of these, so thanks for calling me sheltered BTW), i am specifically referring to RAMCOA as a concept.

if you are old enough to have either lived through the satanic panic, or experience its after effects firsthand, you should be able to tell that RAMCOA as a theory is no different than the satanic panic, Qanon, or any other conspiracy theory.

sometimes i forget we have cult trauma

and then i have a ptsd nightmare and go oh yea that shit happened

“love can hit you like a semi truck so hit your love back”

-L.W.

i was not prepared for my manager to call me a nickname from my source

its a well known nickname between the characters she and i were dressed as

but i wasnt just cosplaying. i was actually just dressing as myself and it took me so off guard. because for just a moment it was like i was home again.

gonna be so for real aspen frost makes me want to support endos

like why are they out here calling people slurs and being ableist while trying to spread information, some of which is def misinformation

its gross and i dont enjoy them existing in the same sphere of beliefs as me

pirate dance party!!

guess who's celebrating october by writing a batfamily angst fic everyday

this guy 😎

the peak of my art career