This is a quick n' easy one-stop-hits-all resource for plurality.
In this guide I'm going to do my best to stay away from linking just indexes, but they will be included here, as well!! I'll do my best to parse through them and organize any links they include into the rest of this index, but it's not an immediate priority.
Feel free to reach out! This will probably always be a loose work in progress- If you have any questions, comments or resource suggestions, please email us at sailsystem.plural@gmail.com!
Disclaimer: This website is for all systems, so there's going be resources of all kinds here; if there's something you don't want to see, scroll past. That being said, we'll do our best to make sure that all of the resources in here are helpful and healthy. Keep in mind that some resources that may be targetted at some may be useful to others, as well. All-in-all, this is a library, so be kind, treat the resources with respect, and hopefully learn!
General content warning: Because of the topic at hand, many of the links included below may discuss heavy topics such as abuse, assault, and trauma.
Plurality is the phenomenon of multiple entities in one body. This can mean a lot of different things and, as many other things do, it exists on a spectrum. Also described as "multiplicity", "plurality", or "systemhood", the state of sharing a body with other personalities/entities/egos/consciousnesses is typically attributed to trauma in childhood or adolescence and associated with heavy dissociation. Many systems have shared their experiences of plurality not formed by trauma, and their experiences are also represented in the definition of plurality. To be plural, multiple, or a system is simply to be more than one.
An Intro to Plurality:
Separating Fact from Fiction: An Empirical Examination of Six Myths About Dissociative Identity Disorder
morethanone.info, a quick guide to understanding plurality.
The Plural Playbook: (Navigating plurality in the workspace, written by a plural Google employee).
Understanding Multiplicity, from Manchester Metropolitan University. Aimed at younger folks, but useful for all ages. Local copy here.
Quick n' Dirty Plural History (1811-1980ish), video version with extra commentary here.
A Partial History of Plural Self Advocacy
Plurality on the Early Internet
Sail System's Guide to Plurality on the Early Internet, a WIP guide of plurals simply existing on the early internet (1990s-2010).
Does It Work by the Vickis, about dealing with thoughts of faking.
The Power of Naming by the Vickis, on questioning your plurality and the psychiatric lens.
Beginning Communication, Building Safety and Trust by the Vickis
IT WASN'T ME! System Responsibility in Dissociative Identity Disorder by MultiplicityAndMe
Multiplicity – Mapping your system. On trying to figure out who else is in the brain.
Beginner’s Guide to Fronting by fuzzyjayling, with the new guide here so you can use what works best for you.
On Building Headspace and Headspace Discovery and Defense by LB Lee
On Healing, Actively, as a System by the FATE System
The Hondas' Guide to Coming Out
Allegory of the Brooklyn Men's Chorus by the Sail System; yet another system metaphor.
Introjects in DID, with a focus on abuse.
Coping with Trauma Related Dissociation
Many Voices Press: A newsletter started in 1989 to offer support to people suffering from dissociative disorders and trauma.
Alters in Dissociative Identity Disorder (MPD) and OSDD/DDNOS
New Alter Help
"Got Parts?" Chapter 3, on self care and time management.
When Multiplicity Doesn’t Protect Us
Tulpas and Mental Health: A Study of Non-Traumagenic Plural Experiences
Personality Characteristics of Tulpamancers and Their Tulpas, Bethel University
A Collection of Mentions of Nonhuman and Fiction-Based Members of Plural Systems
Multiplicity: An Explorative Interview Study on Personal Experiences of People with Multiple Selves
The Plural Association, a non profit for plurals, by plurals.
The Sail System & Anonymous on "Good vs Bad Representation"
Picrew, a whole heaping ton of character/ icon makers, awesome for visualizing system members and making Pluralkit and Simply Plural icons.
Plural Spectrum Tool, similar to the autism spectrum circle test!
The Multiple Code, created in 2001, with a remaster by polyfractal found here.
Plural Etiquette Questionnaire A questionnaire to fill out on how to interact with your system!
Pluralpedia, a collaborative plural dictionary.
Pluralkit, a Discord bot that resends your message under a webhook with a set name. Able to store general system information as well as track switches. Web dashboard here.
Simply Plural, an app to keep track of system information and optionally share with friends or a professional. Has an incredible visual graph for front history, as well as many other system quality-of-life type things. Includes a web version here and a support discord here.
Lighthouse: Journal Together, an online journal meant for systems. You can sync your Pluralkit profiles to here!
Pluralkit and Simply Plural 3rd Party Extensions
These extensions are created by people and systems not associated with PK or SP, and they are not officially supported by PK or SP. Regardless, they can be very handy or fun. To use these you need either a Pluralkit or Simply Plural token. For PK: type pk;token. For SP: Settings > Account > Tokens.
Plurali, a web page that integrates with Simply Plural to display your members grid-style. You can share a link to your system to share with other people.
PKSwitcher, a web page that allows you to modify who is marked as fronting in Pluralkit.
Pluralkit Switch Calendar, a web page calendar that integrates with Pluralkit.
PluralKit Co-front/Co-con Relationship Viewer, a web app that shows who fronts with who most often.
Healthy Multiplicity, a huge resource index that I will pull from. This website is wonderful on its own, though, and I can't recommend it enough.
Astraea's Web
Pavillion, promoting healthy and functional plurality.
