Citations:system

English citations of system

Noun: "(psychology, informal) the personas sharing the body of a human with multiplicity as a collective" edit

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1995, Stephen E. Braude, First Person Plural: Multiple Personality and the Philosophy of Mind, revised edition, Lanham, Md., London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, →ISBN, page 56:
But that alter often turns out to be relatively recent and fairly peripheral in the multiple's total system of alters.
2017, “A New Therapist”, in Patricia Frankish, Valerie Sinason, editors, Holistic Therapy for People with Dissociative Identity Disorder, London: Karnac Books, →ISBN, page 79:
Rosie's courage allowed her to engage with me quickly and soon provided reassurance to others in the system that I was safe and non-abusive. Soon after, a number of other alters made themselves known to me. […] I was initially very worried that I would offend the system by missing when switches occurred, or even misidentify who was present with me.
c. 2012, Megan Sullivan, "'Multiple Systems' versus Dissociative Identity Disorder: Life-Style or Mental Illness?", paper submitted to Lycoming College, page 3:
The system consists of nine individuals sharing the 29 year-old female body of Jennifer Lee Combies.
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, Tynan Drake, "Intersectional Representation: LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse voices in transmedia fiction", paper submitted to Ball State University, page 36:
Littles [child personas] are commonly the oldest and most knowledgable members of the system.
2021, Zarah Eve & Sarah Parry, "Exploring the experiences of young people with multiplicity", Youth and Policy:
Personal experiences shared by respondents highlighted one focus of therapeutic intervention which currently aims to integrate the different ‘headmates’ (parts of the system).