Every aspect of being a human is a spectrum. We range in size, we vary in shape, we differ in hues, and it only gets more diverse when you move to identity. Whether it be gender, orientation, presentation, etc. A person's identity is an average, of many pinpoints on those spectrums.
So many Spectrums. So many pinpoints.
A person's identity is rarely ever black or white, It is most often a gray scale. It is a spectrum. Where each person lands on that spectrum can vary immensely. Not only will a person fall on a different space on the spectrum than anyone other person, many times a person will fall on several different points on that spectrum- and take the average.
It's all right there, in the Alters!
In a system brain those pinpoints are expressed within the alters. In a non-system brain, those pinpoints are automatically calculated, and averaged to obtain a comfortable median identity. Due to dissociation & amnesia barriers, in system brains, those pinpoints are not automatically averaged. They simply remain as individual pinpoints, expressed in individual identities that develop independently of one another.
And while that experience as a system is different, the expectations of the function should be the same.
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