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10 free resources for new and questioning Systems

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Maybe you are wondering am I plural? Is what I experience part of the Plural umbrella? Or maybe you already know for sure, but you have no idea where to start.

This website contains nearly 70 articles by now, so we understand it might be overwhelming or confusing on what to read, watch or do first.

Hence, we have created this list with the top 10 resources for new & questioning Systems!

Leave your favorite Power to the Plurals article, video or resource below in the comment section!

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Basic Plural Terminology

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Basic Plural Terminology Infographic. For new Systems & their friends.
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How to know if you are Plural
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How Do I Know If I Am Plural?

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These are not criteria you need to meet to be Plural. Instead, it is a questionnaire tool that helps you self/ves discover.
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Welcome To Plurality – Have A Look Around

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So, you’ve just discovered that you’re Plural. There are no doubt a lot of questions and concerns running through your head right now, and chances are there are a million and one different thoughts on each and every aspect of your experience.
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10 things about dissociative identity disorder that i wish i had known 10 years ago

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In this video Emely shares the 10 things, they wish they had known 10 years ago, when they found out they have have Dissociative Identity Disorder.
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The Plural Association Community

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We provide peer-led community support groups for DID/OSDD/Plurality & 25 other topics. You and your System get to join our weekly moderated text chats, our monthly virtual meetups with audio or video group calls, our conferences, events and much more.
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5 steps to achieve plurality in the context of Dissociative Identity Disorder (OSDD).
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Become a Collective System with these 5 easy steps!

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In step 10 of the previous video, Emely stated that becoming a collective system, takes work. Or more specifically, working together, collectively as a system. So in this video, Sarah Clark explains our 5 steps to become a Collective System.
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Allies of Plurals - our free magazine for allies
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Allies of Plurals magazine

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The peer-created 70-page Allies of Plurals magazine covers all important topics and answers the most asked questions about Plurality! For new Systems and their allies.
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The Plural Spectrum Tool,

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The Plural Spectrum Tool, designed and created by and for Plurals, is an easy-to-use tool, that lets you and your System indicate your unique and individual experience(s) with Plurality!
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We are Plural. No harm is done by our existance, but much harm is done by denying it.
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Get to really know your alters with this easy list! – Free amazing resource!

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This list is intended for Plurals & people with dissociative identity disorder, who want to get to know and connect more with their alters. Available in English, Russian, German, French, Dutch and Spanish.
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Your Plural Experience is authentic Your soul search encouraged and you don't need anyone's permission to be Plural
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How to: from crisis to safety Plan for Dissociative identity disorder

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A crisis plan, sometimes called a safety plan is usually a plan that describes what you will do, to keep yourself safe. This new video will give you inspiration and tips and tricks on how to make your own from crisis to safety plan for you and your Plural System.
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Why writing to communicate with alters works so great and bullet journaling

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Writing letters to each other like penpals and getting to know each other on paper, will bring trust between people inside. Which will help to remove amnesic barriers and will provide for easier communication inside and also (eventually) co-consciousness.
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As always, we encourage you and your System to follow your own truth, to soul search, to find words, labels, visions, theories and communities that aren’t only within your values but also match your lived experience and/or long term goals, so that you might find belonging and don’t have to try to fit in.

Thank you for investing the time to read this article. Please, feel free to leave comments or feedback in the comment section.

The Plural Association is the first and only grassroots, volunteer and peer-led nonprofit empowering Plurals. Our works, including resources like this, are only possible because of support from Plurals and our allies. 

If you found this article helpful, please consider making a donation.

Together we empower more Plurals!

Disclaimer: Thank you for reading our peer article; we hope it was empowering, informative and helpful for you and your System. There are as many Plural experiences, as there are Plurals. So not all information on this website might apply to your situation or be helpful to you; please, use caution. We’re not doctors or clinicians and our nonprofit, our work, and this website in no way provide medical advice, nor does it replace therapy or medication in other ways.

About the authors

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The Stronghold System are the proud volunteer founders & CEO of The Plural Association Nonprofit. They are from the Netherlands and reside in a 30-something-year-old body, are nonbinary, parents of an amazing child & 3 cats. They got diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder over 10 years ago & also self ID as Plural.

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