Citations:singlet

English citations of singlet

Noun: "(psychology, informal) a person who does not have a form of multiplicity, i.e. a single persona occupying one human body" edit

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1999 June 2, Astraea Household, “First Person Plural”, in alt.support.dissociation‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 12 July 2023:
I just think anyone who is trying to come to terms with the fact that they're multiple in a world that really acknowledges only singlets in daily life and relegates us only to the world of doctors' offices […]
2016, Lori F. Clarke, "Embracing Polyphony: Voices, Improvisation, and the Hearing Voices Network", Intersectionalities: A Global Journal of 2016 Social Work Analysis, Research, Polity, and Practice, Volume 5, Number 2 (2016), page 6:
Singlet and monocultural identity is so normalized that many voice hearers and plurals don’t share their experiences with anyone, living in isolation (and sometimes in poverty) and spending considerable inner resources to manage postures and performances of ‘mental health’.
2016, Richard E. Gardner III, "Tulpamancy: A closeted community of imaginary-friend hobbyists", The Penn State McNair Journal, Volume 21, Summer 2016, page 54:
Additionally, singlet members of the community likely differ from the general population of singlets, resulting in findings demonstrating changes in sociability only within the scope of this community.
2017, Gergő Ribáry, László Lajtai, Zsolt Demetrovics, & Aniko Maraz, "Multiplicity: An Explorative Interview Study on Personal Experiences of People with Multiple Selves", Frontiers in Psychology:
Her system started when she was 17 years old: “We were not created by trauma. It started from being a singlet (one body, one person), but then, we lost our sense of self. […]
2020, Elizabeth Schechter, "What we can learn about respect and identity from plurals", JPCA Mag, Issue 1 (2020), page 38:
More strongly, respect might require that singlets themselves accept, in the context of interacting with plurals, that people are truly distinct people.