Plural Labs

Glossary


General

Community terms that are used by, or apply, to most systems.

Plurality:

  1. (noun) The experience of having multiple people sharing the same brain or body.

System:

  1. (noun) The collective group of people sharing that brain or body.

Headmate:

  1. (noun) An individual person within a system.

Origins

The reason a system formed, where a system originated from.

Endogenic:

  1. (adjective) A system which formed or occurred naturally.

Traumagenic:

  1. (adjective) A system which came to exist as a response to trauma.

Parogenic:

  1. (adjective) A system which was deliberately, intentionally created.

Quiogenic:

  1. (adjective) A system who's isn't sure of, or concerned with, their origin.

Mechanics

Words that generally describe the inner workings of some systems.

Front:

  1. (noun) The state of being "in control" of the body or mind.
  2. (verb) To be in front. The act of "fronting".

Back:

  1. (noun) The state of rest outside of front, where a headmate isn't immediately present or in control.

Switching:

  1. (noun) The process of entering the front (switching in) or leaving it (switching out).

Headspace:

  1. (noun) The mental collective space within which a system coexists and interacts with each other inside of.

Co-consciousness:

  1. (noun) The state of multiple headmates being conscious or aware at the same time.

Influence:

  1. (noun) The act of a headmate's presence passively affecting, or influencing, another headmate's thoughts, feelings or actions.
  2. (verb) To passively or actively affect a headmate from inside the system, as another headmate within the system.

Parogenic-Specific

Terms that are used specifically in relation to parogenic systems.

Tulpamancy:

  1. (noun) The theory and practice of intentionally creating a system.
  2. (verb) The act of creating a system using a variety of techniques.

Clinical Plurality

Terms relating to the clinical side of plurality.

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID):

  1. (noun) A dissociative disorder characterized by intense dissociative episodes and the often resulting identity or memory conflicts.

Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD):

  1. (noun) An outdated term for DID.