We have DID, and I think some YouTube systems may be real, but it's like the social popularity syndrome where you have to completely cast away every part of yourself that doesn't live up to the previously manufactured spec.
Most systems that we know who have DID are generally A. Wonderful people with B. very hard emotional struggles and C. tend to have very painful private lives. It's generally an incredibly painful disorder, in my experience and in seeing those near me. I think the very concept of having different selves in a body... This creates all sorts of deeply painful, existential crises, as well as I think lifestyle dysphoria.
So I think there's a lot of popcorn-y debate about DID YouTubers, but I think that might be like using Logan/Jake Paul's channel as an argument for/against certain parts of California culture. I think there's parts that do line up, most are grossly exaggerated or left out due to popularity reasons, and I think there's one final piece to it. I think for me, the maturation process on this issue seems to start with confusion, followed by some level of agreement/disagreement/potentially strong emotions, and that may go on for a while.
I think I'm starting to come to the point where I can see these systems as real systems, and whether they're more plural or more singular, just being able to have compassion. If a 2-5 year old is going through the emotional/developmental phases they do, oftentimes it's not wise to mock or deride them for it. Their growth phase has little do do with my wellbeing as an individual, but I can be compassionate and caring regardless.
That, or I could move to popcorn debating the intentions of people popcorn debating the intentions of DID YouTubers. At that point, I'd probably set myself up for popcorn debate too.
I don't know, hopefully that's not too discombobulated. I can say that systems that can live well with DID have to have extraordinary leadership and diplomatic skills internally. It's like having a random greyhound bus of people picked randomly all over the world and having them function as a good, moving... I don't know, for the sake of example, performative group. One can sit and be upset about D'Je'be, who seems to be intent on harassing the female members of the crew, or Sarai, who seems to have a personal need for everyone in the crew to dote on her, and so on. All of those things can happen inside of a DID system, and they generally do.
So seeing DID YouTubers, if they are a system, this is part of their journey. It may not even be a bad thing! It's just a thing. But my deepest respect to the systems who can find a way for the D'Je'be's and Sarai's of the world to both authentically be themselves and feel cared for + have their needs emotionally met, while that's being done in a way that doesn't hurt the needs and emotional desires (+needs too, I suppose!) of others in the system.
It's certainly NP hard, and in the class of NP hard that's an NP-hard for NP-hard problems, I'd contend.
Alrighty, enough of me long-form expressing myself here! Happy to answer any questions below. <3
Most systems that we know who have DID are generally A. Wonderful people with B. very hard emotional struggles and C. tend to have very painful private lives. It's generally an incredibly painful disorder, in my experience and in seeing those near me. I think the very concept of having different selves in a body... This creates all sorts of deeply painful, existential crises, as well as I think lifestyle dysphoria.
So I think there's a lot of popcorn-y debate about DID YouTubers, but I think that might be like using Logan/Jake Paul's channel as an argument for/against certain parts of California culture. I think there's parts that do line up, most are grossly exaggerated or left out due to popularity reasons, and I think there's one final piece to it. I think for me, the maturation process on this issue seems to start with confusion, followed by some level of agreement/disagreement/potentially strong emotions, and that may go on for a while.
I think I'm starting to come to the point where I can see these systems as real systems, and whether they're more plural or more singular, just being able to have compassion. If a 2-5 year old is going through the emotional/developmental phases they do, oftentimes it's not wise to mock or deride them for it. Their growth phase has little do do with my wellbeing as an individual, but I can be compassionate and caring regardless.
That, or I could move to popcorn debating the intentions of people popcorn debating the intentions of DID YouTubers. At that point, I'd probably set myself up for popcorn debate too.
I don't know, hopefully that's not too discombobulated. I can say that systems that can live well with DID have to have extraordinary leadership and diplomatic skills internally. It's like having a random greyhound bus of people picked randomly all over the world and having them function as a good, moving... I don't know, for the sake of example, performative group. One can sit and be upset about D'Je'be, who seems to be intent on harassing the female members of the crew, or Sarai, who seems to have a personal need for everyone in the crew to dote on her, and so on. All of those things can happen inside of a DID system, and they generally do.
So seeing DID YouTubers, if they are a system, this is part of their journey. It may not even be a bad thing! It's just a thing. But my deepest respect to the systems who can find a way for the D'Je'be's and Sarai's of the world to both authentically be themselves and feel cared for + have their needs emotionally met, while that's being done in a way that doesn't hurt the needs and emotional desires (+needs too, I suppose!) of others in the system.
It's certainly NP hard, and in the class of NP hard that's an NP-hard for NP-hard problems, I'd contend.
Alrighty, enough of me long-form expressing myself here! Happy to answer any questions below. <3