2018, "The Entropy System", Toi Magazine, December 2018/January 2019, page 56:
The first one of the headmates (our word for alter) I was aware of was a boy named Josh.
2020, Peter J. Hasson, The Manipulators: Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Big Tech's War on Conservatives, pages 55-56:
“Addressing any headmate in particular” was listed as an example of problematic office ettiquette. “We're all listening,” the slide explained.
2020, Tynan Drake, "Intersectional Representation: LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse voices in transmedia fiction", paper submitted to Ball State University, page 36:
With co-fronting, typically only one headmate at a time functions as the ‘main fronter’ who does the majority of physical driving of the body, […]
Guidance focused on younger headmates was also viewed as useful, particularly the need to treat younger headmates with compassion (G5).
2021, Katelyn Allred, "Letting the sun set on stigma", The Utah Stateman (Utah State University), 15 March 2021, page 4:
Many people with DID live successful lives, and through therapy are able to process their trauma and either integrate their alters into a single individual or find balance and happiness living with their headmates.