This carrd will walk you through OSDDID and most common questions with explanations aswell as some education on specific topics!DID and OSDD have their differences.
DID has higher dissociative barriers and more distinct alters. Certain alters may have lower amnesia barriers between them.
OSDD is similar, although it has less distinct alters, and lower amnesia. OSDD still has amnesia, although this is often called “emotional amnesia”.

DID/OSDD is a disorder formed from severe and prolonged childhood trauma between the ages of 5-9. this causes a childs brain to split “parts”. Also known as alters, this is because the personality as a child, as well as the child having high ability to dissociate, did not have a chance to fuse do their abuse, and these parts working to allow the child to live somewhat normally.
Trauma is the only way a system can form, those who claim they are “endogenic”, “multi-origin”, or “western tulpa” are fake. Tulpas in themselves aren’t bad as they are a closed practice. it is an exception if you are able to participate with this, but do not claim to be a system. Tulpas are not systems.

Alter race is a somewhat debated topic in system spaces, unfortunately.
“Alter race” is a term that some systems use to claim that their alter is a race different from their body, which is in itself extremely weird. alters can not be a race the body is not, although they may present that way! There is nothing you can do about your appearance, which is understandable, but claiming to be a race you are not is extremely upsetting to those of said race.
For an example, I am black.
Someone claims their alter is black
This person can not claim to be black, nor use slurs targeted at black people as they will NEVER face the racism a black person has face. this would be different if the person was black.
You can claim to be a race if you are bodily that race. Nothing wrong with that!

(TME = trans misogyny exempt, afab or intersex people who were raised, and look feminine without having faced any transmisogyny.)This google doc (click underlined) has some amazing information on why you should not claim to me transfem in a TME body. I reccomend reading to learn more!

Introjects are alters based off of fiction, people in your life, or just something that exists. Your brain sees, and may relate or think introjecting that character will help, so when you split an introject, it is for that reason, as the brain thought having this person would benefit you and your system.
Introjects are not their source, you seeing an introject of say, your favourite anime character does not give you the permission to go
“OH YOU’RE MY FAVOURITE!”
or, “I HATED YOU IN [source]”.
source seperation is also hugely important in this.

Littles, alters presenting under the age of ~10, are often given a description online which is not true.
littles are not actual children, and many people believe they are. Littles, while presenting as children actually share knowledge, experience, etcetera with the body. While they may not be as mature as other alters, they are still alters and are not real children and should not be treated as such.
This goes for “uwuspeak” (ex. “hewwo! i’m a wittle! / hello! i’m a little!) aswell, using this is inaccessible. Screen readers and those who struggle with reading can not understand this uwuspeak.
(You may still use this if wanted, though please provide translations if asked!)This goes for typing quirk users aswell, and systems that claim they can not “control” their typing quirk.
Yes, it may look pleasing to you but it is inaccessible to me and many others! nobody is forcing you to put (spaces) s p a c e s between your words. or at the very least, provide translations!

gatekeepers
Gatekeepers are alters that control access to front, the innerworld, certain alters and memories, etcetera. It is a common misconception that gatekeepers can completely prevent an alter from fronting, this is not possible and gatekeepers can only heavily influence it with good communication!polyfragmentation
polyfragmentation does not just mean 100+ alters as most people think it does, it is also not possible in OSDD. Being polygramneted means the highest level of dissociation, and OSDD as stated is on a lower level, therefore making this impossible. While a lot of polyfragmented systems have 100+ alters, this is not always the case. It is also due to how complex polyfragmentation is. (Having multiple subsystems, layers, and a high fragment count.)alters
it is a common misconception that people think when alters are split, they are fully formed, this is often not the case and they may often be a fragment and never even fully form, although some alters can take a while to fully form.

cores
please, just read the theory of structural dissociation. (click underlined text)

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Thank you for reading through! if you have any feedback, or questions please dm me on discord, mew#3825.I am educated on OSDDID and I am studying psychology, I am a diagnosed DID system, all info I get is backed up by sources online, and many systems experiences.