Endogenic Systems
Are You Sysmed?
I am not anti-endo in the sense that I am interested in being derisively hostile toward them going to lengths to blatantly mock and harass them in their space.
I do not identify with the term "sysmed," either ironically or in seriousness and find it insensitive to trans and system issues. You cannot identify into being a system. How the brain operates and is affected is not a social construct like gender, so many of the arguments for the term fall apart here.
Truscum and "sysmed" rhetoric may have similarities, but it's the context that makes them different arguments. Walking your dog on a leash is fine, but walking your fish on a leash is bad for it.
If you're endo and wish to discuss with me, I will not attack you. I, however, have strong opinions on the nature of endogeneity and the plural community and what I think can be harmful about it.
If this will trigger you, I advise you do not browse the account.
Traumagenic vs. Endogenic?
In general, I dislike -genic terminology and see them as redundant at best in reference to systems; outing trauma survivors at worst.
In my opinion, all cases of multiplicity are technically clinical, and therefore DID/OSDD/DDNOS even if "non-disordered" i.e not experiencing amnesia walls, headaches or other debilitating symptoms.
I do not think quoigenic or mixed systems exist-- they would either be DDNOS or OSDD. By extension, I believe "endogenic" is not something that exists.
Why Do I Say This?
All autistic experiences, for example, are still recognized under the label ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) and liable for diagnosis through some criteria irregardless of how high or low-masking an individual is.
Autism may not affect someone's daily life to a debilitating degree but it is still autism. Someone may learn to cope exceedingly well with ADHD; does it mean that they no longer have or never had ADHD?
The answer is no of course.
"Natural" Systems?
An ignorant and offensive term.
The brain's reaction to trauma is as much of a natural process as the hypothetical system which had formed without it, even if it may be a defense mechanism. If your brain knows to protect you, that means it is working properly. It is not in-organic-- the brain knows what it is doing.
"If the brain was doing its job, why didn't it just hold together and keep itself all in one piece?"
To that I say: surface tension.
If you drop an elephant from a skyscraper it'll explode all over the place, but little things like pens will land much safer. Think of one's psyche as the elephant. The brain helps you narrowly avoid being smacked with the full force of trauma by splitting into pieces.
Traumagenic systems are not broken, pitiable things; a shame that could have been "normal" without any of the baggage compared to non-traumagenics.
This only aids in our stigmatization.
On Ableism
I do not feel that "disorder" and "dissociative" are bad words we need to strip of their clinical associations.
Same as disability is not a bad word; something that can be diagnosed does not necessarily mean it is wrong and it is rooted in ableism to tip-toe around them out of discomfort. I was diagnosed with CAH (intersex) at birth. This does not create distress in my daily life. It simply illustrates what allowed my body to develop atypically.
As I've said:
"Whether or not it is a nice word or the right word, it is the word we have for now and it's useful [...] in a world which revolves around a neurotypical social order."
How I See It
Pushing multiplicity as another form of neurotypical, non-disordered brain structure is ableism and a poor campaign for acceptance, as neurotypical/abled is not the only "normal" or valid way to exist.
Neurodivergencies and disabilities are "natural," too. Just some require more accommodations over others.
We are different-- but different is okay.
Why Not Say "Plural"?
Multiple ≠ Plural
These are not synonymous concepts to me.
I use plural to refer to the community comprised largely of endogenic and endogenic-accepting systems who believe having soulbonds, tulpas, kins, etc is considered multiple.
I say multiple to encompass all those who in actuality have dissociative brains that cause alters (DID/OSDD/DDNOS). You may see otherwise, but it is a term any system can use whether or not they're distinct.
It is a clinical term in specific context to those with these disorders. If you do not believe you have one of these disorders or structural dissociation, you are not a system and it is appropriation.
You're allowed a community; but I feel there are other terms that could be used or created in conjunction to your own experiences that would differentiate them and avoid the unfortunate implications of co-opting spaces meant for neurodivergent and mentally-ill persons.