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+# Dissociation and Plurality
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+This page is here to explain dissociation in more depth, and how it connects to our experience as a plural system. It’s okay if this all sounds unfamiliar or a little strange -- we’re not trying to be experts or speak for anyone but ourselves. We just want to help make sense of our inner world.
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+### What is Dissociation?
+
+Dissociation is something almost everyone experiences. At its core, it’s a disconnection -- from thoughts, memories, emotions, the body, or even reality. It’s not always a sign of something wrong; in fact, it’s often a really effective survival mechanism. Dissociation exists on a spectrum, from very ordinary moments to deeper, more complex experiences that can come from trauma.
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+Here’s a quick walk through that spectrum:
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+- **Daydreaming**  
+  Getting lost in thought, zoning out in a meeting, imagining a whole scene in your head. Harmless, common, and very human.
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+- **Highway Hypnosis**  
+  Driving a familiar route and suddenly realizing you don’t remember the last several miles. You were functional, just not fully “there.”
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+- **Deep Concentration**  
+  Getting so immersed in a task (reading, coding, art, etc.) that you lose track of time or awareness of your surroundings.
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+- **PTSD**  
+  After trauma, the brain can disconnect from certain thoughts, emotions, or memories to protect itself. Flashbacks, emotional numbing, and avoidance can all be forms of dissociation.
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+- **CPTSD**  
+  With ongoing or repeated trauma, this disconnection can become more chronic. Emotional numbing, memory fragmentation, and identity confusion are common.
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+- **Depersonalization / Derealization**  
+  Feeling like you’re not real, or like the world around you isn’t real. These can be fleeting or persistent, and often feel very unsettling.
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+- **DID / OSDD**  
+  When the brain walls off parts of itself to survive overwhelming experiences, it can result in distinct parts (or people) sharing a body. These systems may or may not experience memory gaps between members.
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+![empty](./assets/Dissociation.webp)
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+
+### What is Plurality?
+
+Plurality is when more than one distinct self, identity, or consciousness exists in one body. These selves -- often called *parts*, *headmates*, or *Crew members* in our case -- might have their own names, roles, ways of thinking, and emotional responses.
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+Plural systems form for different reasons. Some are trauma-based, others might form through different neurological or psychological mechanisms. Some systems don’t know exactly why they exist -- and that’s okay too.
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+Being plural doesn’t always mean having amnesia or switching in dramatic ways. In systems like ours, there’s often shared memory and co-consciousness, where multiple members are aware of or participating in life at the same time. That doesn’t make us “less” plural -- just different in how it shows up.
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+Plurality isn’t inherently a problem. For many systems, including us, it’s a source of resilience. It can also come with challenges -- communication, coordination, emotional intensity -- but we navigate those together.
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+We know this may take some time to wrap your head around. That’s okay. We’ve had to do that too. We don’t expect anyone to understand it all right away -- we just ask for curiosity and compassion as you get to know us.
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+Let us know if you'd like to learn more, or visit our [Crew Page](./System) to meet the people who make up Starship Voidfish.

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