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\chapter{What is a Syszine?}
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I don't really know if this is a term that other people have used or not.
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I would not be surprised if others have used it. DuckDuckGo doesn't
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really give an indication as to whether it is used or not. Well, it
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does as it has zero results. So maybe it's not been used. That seems
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unlikely.
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Anyway, what do we mean? I guess the thing that we mainly mean is that
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this is a zine similar to a Perzine, but rather than being "personal" it
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is something about a plural system.
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That probably means that we'll have to write more about what me mean by
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that. For now I want to have something pretty simple here so that it
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gives a bit about what we mean, but not really do what really would
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need a whole chapter, to fully explain what we mean by a plural system.
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So, briefly... A plural system is any body who has more people in it
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than the one that most people would thing there are. It includes things
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such as what is known as, ``dissociative identity disorder'' or DID, and
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other forms of plurality which can be intentional such as
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tulpamancy\todo{is this the correct term?}, or it could just be
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something which has developed ``organically'' for the person.
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We never decided to become plural, it is something that just happened,
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while some may say that it would be wrong for us to use the term plural
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or system, or consider that (yes we've had people tell us off for it,
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even when not even understanding what it was they had an issue with),
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others have suggested that we likely have DID. Or some other related
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disorder.
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We feel increasingly that saying that someone must be plural, or must
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not be plural, or in many other things, just is ``not on.'' Ie. we
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do not feel we should define others, or we should prevent others from
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defining themselves.
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Sure, we can speak to how we see other people, perhaps asking or letting
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them know that we possibly see they are plural.
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In some cases, it can be difficult for people to process that it is even
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going on for them (yes an experience we've had).
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It often is tricky when someone has switched and you're not certain how
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the person you are familiar with would like the new person treated.
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Our sense is a lot about try to treat that person as best you can
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considering how they are presenting.
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And if we're uncomfortable... Don't try to totally hide it, but also
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don't let it rule the interaction to the level it can not be worked with.
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So, I guess, that we just want to say that this is our system's zine,
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which we are currently calling the ``Datse Collective''. It seems like
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it is a safe name to use, based on looking to see if it's used by others.
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And I guess that gives us a bit to say about that... As to where that
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name has come from.
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I've put that into the "Plans" section. The current order is not really
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anything more than how we've come up with stuff.
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