Hey Everyone! We’re Doing A Project About Mental Illness Terminology Being Misused Online.

New comic! This is a collaboration with the wonderful @sketchbook-stars!

Our story is on the left, and theirs is on the right.

Some notable people on my side of the comic include:

@milady-mothman - the best friend in the first panel!

@gagtodeath - the cousin in the third panel!

@andrewjacksondestroyer - our very close friend from the fourth panel!

We’ve been trying to publish more of these, but we keep wanting to start new comics instead of finishing old ones (yes, we have ADHD, lol).

Uhhh so anyway, hope you enjoy!

[Image ID: Note: There are two stories told simultaneously in this comic. The story on the left will be described first, and then the story on the right.

Begin ID: Panel 1: The background is sea foam green. There is some text near the top that reads, “Coming out to our best friend as a system was a huge deal for us. They’re super supportive and we love them very much (platonically). Underneath that, there is a gray text message bubble coming from the left that reads, “who am I speaking to?” Beneath that, there is a blue text message bubble that reads, “Ao and Ruby, thanks for asking.”

Panel 2: The background is sea foam green. There is one block of text near the top that reads, “We came out to another friend using memes and a comic we made on Super Storyboarder.” Beneath that, there is another block of text that reads, “She thought the memes were funny and seemed to really appreciate them.”

Panel 3: The background is sea foam green. There is a block of text at the top of the page that reads, “Coming out to our cousin was a pretty big deal. We came out to her after the concert of an artist we both love. We had brought up DID before, but we would always talk about our ‘friends,’ who were a system (hint: it was us). She’s always been super understanding and even follows us on Simply Plural now.” Beneath that is a drawing of two people on a dock across from some land with trees and houses. The water around the dock is reflecting an orange color, like the sunset. The person on the right has short black hair, peach skin, and is wearing a white shirt with long sleeves and white pants. There is a white box next to them that says, “Coltun (they/them), one of two alters who has a super deep voice while fronting (the only one of the two that we knew about at the time). They are saying, “Did you hear the change in my voice before?” The person on the left has long red hair, peach skin, a black shirt with long sleeves, and blue pants. She is saying, “Yeah, I was wondering if that was you.”

Panel 4: The background is sea foam green. There are two blocks of text at the top. The first one says, “One of our biggest system coming outs was the first time we ever told anyone. Ao knew of 8 alters at the time (including eirself), but thought ey was imagining them (spoiler alert: ey wasn’t). The block of text beneath it says, “We had heard of DID before, but knew almost nothing about it.” Beneath that, there are two people sitting on a gray ledge with their feet on a sidewalk. The one on the right has long brown hair, peach skin, a neutral facial expression, light brown eyes, thick black square glasses, a red flannel jacket with long sleeves, blue pants, and red shoes. There is some text next to him that says, “Corey (he/him), co-host of our friend’s system at the time.” He is saying, “I’m a system, which means I am many people in one body.” The person on the left, Ao, has peach skin, reddish-brown hair, a shocked facial expression, blue eyes, a gray hoodie with a darker gray pocket and hood, black shorts and black shoes. Ey is saying, “That sounds like what I’ve been experiencing!”

Begin second story ID:

First panel: The background is a warm shade of pink. There is a block of text near the middle that says, “we never planned to come out to any of our friends initially, being afraid of being judged or misunderstood. yet it turned out to not be so bad.” Beneath that, there is a smiling person who is the same color as the background with shoulder-length messy hair.

Second panel: The background is a warm shade of pink. At the top of the panel, there is some text that says, “Yet after a while, one of our hosts was tired of hiding it all, and told some of our friends.” A block of text below that on the right side of the panel reads, “They were extremely accepting.” There are two people in the panel. Both are the same color as the background. The first has completely black eyes, shoulder-length somewhat messy hair, two antlers, a smile, a bit of sweat on their face, a pointy tail, a turtleneck sweater under an open jacket with cuffed sleeves, and pants. “Lucid” is written above their head. There is a tiny speech bubble next to them with an ampersand in it. The person on the right has short hair with bangs that cover their eyes, a slightly open mouth, lines next to their face indicating emotion, and a hoodie with long drawstrings. Next to them is a small speech bubble with a check mark and an exclamation point.

Panel 3: The background is a warm shade of pink. At the top of the panel, there is a block of text that says, “and on the inverse, we helped our partner realize that they were also a system.” Beneath that, there is more text that says, “it warmed our hearts to know that they trusted us with this concept and we helped them come to terms and realize it.” There are two people below that. Both are the same color as the background. The one on the left is looking at the one on the right. They are winking. They have shoulder-length hair, a smile, a braided band in their hair, and two pairs of wings- one on their head and one on their back. The word above their head is Civ. There is some text above their head that says, “y’know, how did you NOT realize??” The person on the right is looking at the person on the left. Their mouth is open. They have chin-length hair, a hoodie, horns, and a pointy tail. The word above their head is Colix. There is some text above them that says, “..IM A LITTLE STUPID-“

Panel 4: The background is a warm shade of pink. The text at the top says, “We don’t regret being open about our system one bit.” The text beneath it says, “It might have caused us some pain, but we have made so many more good memories since that day.” Beneath that, there are two people holding hands. They are sitting on green grass and the background behind them (underneath the text) is crimson. The person on the left has peach skin, shoulder-length dark crimson hair, black eyes, a smile with a fang in it, a red shirt with long sleeves and a white collar and cuff, crimson pants, a dark crimson bat wing on the left side, black shoes, and a red rose on the right side of their hair. There are three small speech bubbles on the left side of them. The top one has a red heart, the middle one has an orange flower, and the bottom one has a yellow star. The person on the right is looking at them. They have thin black square glasses, light blue-green skin, light blue-green hair that sticks out more and is a little longer than the hair of the other person, a smile, a darker blue-green shirt with a frill on the front under a darker blue-green jacket buttoned at the bottom with a collar, darker blue green pants, and a furry tail the same color as their skin. On the right side of their face is a dark blue-green patch. They do not have an eye there.

End ID]

Here is the sweet little in-between comic we said we would make! Hope y’all enjoy!

Title: “Kids & Old Comfort Media”

get loved, nerd

Thank you. You as well. I shall take all of this love and distribute it to whoever sees this post and all the other cool people on this website. And y’all receive virtual hugs if you want them.

Love,

- Michaela

It's my 1 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

Okay, this is so amazing. I’ve been making these little comic things for a year. And this feels amazing. I’ve met so many cool systems and other cool people on here, and I’m so grateful for that.

Thanks to everyone who likes my work. Seeing people enjoy it is such an experience.

Thanks to all my friends for convincing me to get this app and for supporting me once I got here.

Thanks for teaching me so much.

I have this comic that’s become the first post I’ve ever put in my draft box (I wasn’t able to post when I meant to) and I’ve been waiting for the right time to post it. I was thinking of doing it today. Getting this notification was how I knew it was the right time. Stay tuned for that, because I’ll be posting it in just a moment.

I feel so happy right now.

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!

Image descriptions at the bottom of the post.

We decided to make something for pride month featuring the alters featured in previous comics

The alters in the first image, from left to right:

Ao, Ruby, Bay, Natalie*, Raina**, Inflexible, Grey, Jayde.

The alter at the top of the second image is Rhombus. The one flying on the left side is Omara, and the one in zir arms is Jenny. The one flying on the right side is Worlds, and the one on their back is Kelly. The ones on the bottom of the image, from left to right are Cristina, Jules, Alicia, Eugenia, and Mercedes.

*Natalie once went by Sodium on this blog, but she recently changed her name, so she and her source no longer share a name. Therefore, she longer has to use a pseudonym.

**Raina once went by Radium on this blog, but she recently changed her name, so she and her source no longer share a name. Therefore, she no longer has to use a pseudonym.

And yes, all five at the bottom are from the same source. It was not fully intentional.

Happy Pride Month, everyone! Figured my timing was okay as long as I finished it at some point this month.

Some of these are based off of real shirts/jokes, but some are not. I WISH I could actually buy some of these.

I do have other comics that I’m working on, but IDK how much progress I’m going to make on them in the near future, because ADHD keeps making me start new ones instead of finishing the ones I’ve already started.

So yeah. We hope you enjoy!

[Begin image description:

For both images: Both are drawings and aren’t super realistic. There are people in both. All are facing forward. All are smiling. All mentioned pins worn by them are round. All writing on the pins is in black.

Image 1: The background is sea foam green. Several people are standing in the lower half of the image.“HAPPY PRIDE!!” is written above them. Each letter is a different stripe of the intersex inclusive progress flag, starting with the intersex flag and ending with the color purple. All letters are outlined in black.

Description of people from left to right:

Ao has light skin, blue eyes, and reddish almost shoulder length hair. Ey is wearing a white pin that says ey/eir, a black shirt that says “QUEER,” with each letter being a different stripe of the trans flag, and a trans flag around their neck.

Ruby has light skin, short dark brown hair, and brown eyes. She has a black shirt with a white Greek letter alpha, the symbol for ambiamory, a red unbuttoned flannel, a small butch flag (specifically the orange one) coming up from behind her. On the flag’s stick is a white she/her pin.

Bay has light skin, short black hair, gray eyes, and black glasses. She is wearing a gray short-sleeved shirt, a necklace with a clock on it, black pants, and blue and silver triangle earrings. On her necklace, she has two pins. One is a white she/her pin, and the other is the omnisexual flag. She is blushing. She is holding Natalie’s hand.

Natalie has light skin, shoulder-length brown hair, and greenish gray eyes. She is wearing black pants, a short-sleeved black shirt with the words, “CAN’T EVEN THINK STRAIGHT” written in periwinkle, and a white she/her pin. She is blushing. Besides holding Bay’s hand, she is also holding Raina’s hand.

Raina has light skin, blonde hair that is past shoulder length with all hair beyond shoulder length tucked behind her shoulders, and green eyes. She is wearing black pants, a white she/her pin, and a short-sleeved shirt that is a combination of the demisexual and demiromantic flags (shown horizontally). The purple stripe is on top of the green stripe. Additionally, the left (from the perspective of the viewer) sleeve is purple, and the right sleeve is green. She is blushing.

Inflexible is nonhuman. They have dark blue skin with small, lighter wavy lines/swirls and short medium green hair with thin lighter green lines, and green eyes. They are holding a white flag with black text that says “They/Them.” They are wearing medium blue jeans and a black long-sleeved shirt with a drawing of the close-up Megamind meme on it. The shirt also says, “NO GENDER?” in white letters above the Megamind drawing.

Grey is nonhuman. Their entire appearance is grey. Their clothes, hair, and skin are the same color, making them indistinguishable. Their eyes appear closed, but aren’t. He has messy shoulder-length hair. He is wearing a white they/he pin and an aroace flag pin with a drawing of garlic bread on it.

Jayde is nonhuman. They have bright red skin, bright green eyes, and bright purple hair with thin darker purple lines forming a part. They are holding a white flag that reads, “They/Them” in black text. They are wearing a light gray long-sleeved shirt with a big oriented aroace flag shaped like a heart on it.

Image 2: The background is sea foam green. At the top of the image, Rhombus is shown upside down from the shoulders up. They have white skin with a vertical black rhombus in the center that reaches from their forehead to their chin. Their facial expression is not a human one, as their facial features are shaped slightly different from that of a human. They are not technically smiling. They also do not have eyebrows. They have black hair that goes past their shoulders. On one side, the hair is swept to the front. Their hair does not behave as if Rhombus were upside down. A black arrow pointing to them with “They/Them” written in black sits on their right side. Beneath them, the “HAPPY PRIDE!!” from the first image is below them. However, it is much smaller than in the first image.

On the left side of the canvas, Omara is suspended in midair. Omara is nonhuman. Ze has black skin, orange eyes with white waves in them, black curly hair that does not reach zir shoulders, and black wings that resemble angel wings. Zir hair has a very thin orange band in the middle. Ze is wearing off-white shoes that somewhat resemble ballet slippers, and an off-white dress with thick straps. On each strap, there is a pin. The one on the left is the sapphic flag, and the one on the right is a white ze/zir pin. Ze is blushing, but the blush looks pale orange. Ze is holding Jenny horizontally.

Jenny has light skin, light blue eyes, light blonde hair in a ponytail that reaches past her shoulders, and round black glasses. She is wearing white shoes with purple laces, pants that are the colors of Gilbert Baker’s 9-stripe flag (it’s the original 8-stripe pride flag with a lavender stripe on top), and a long-sleeved shirt with the colors of the demisexual flag (shown vertically). On the shirt is a white she/her pin. She is blushing.

On the right side of the canvas, Worlds is flying horizontally in the corner. Worlds is a vampire. She has light gray skin, black sunglasses with dark red lenses and a strong glare in the top right corner of the glasses, light brown hair that ends in a curl and goes just past her shoulders, and large black bat wings with the bones outlined in white. They are wearing a lighter gray shirt with an unbuttoned tan jacket with four pockets over it, two with flaps over the pocket. Sticking out of one pocket is a dark red flag with black text that reads, “GAY VAMPIRE.” On the stick of the flag is a white she/they pin. They are blushing. Kelly is on their back, with one hand on their side under their arm and one hand on their other shoulder.

Kelly has brown skin, brown eyes, and black hair. She is wearing a hoodie that is the colors of the bisexual flag with black drawstrings. On the hoodie is a white she/her pin. She is blushing.

Underneath all this are five people. From left to right:

Cristina has light skin, dark green eyes, and dark brown hair that goes past her shoulders and is tucked behind their shoulders. They are wearing black pants and a black short-sleeved shirt with a small pansexual flag on a stick on it. On the shirt is a white she/they pin.

Jules has light skin, short brown hair, and dark brown eyes. He is wearing white pants and a black short-sleeved shirt with a semicircle shaped demiboy LGBallT character (which is just a semicircle covered in the demiboy flag with white eyes outlined in black). On the shirt, in a position that makes it look like the LGBallT character is wearing it, is a white he/they pin. He is blushing. He is holding Alicia’s hand.

Alicia has light skin, green eyes, and blonde hair pulled into an early 1900s madonna coiffure (not 100% sure this is correct- it’s not drawn well, and I got the name from the Internet). She is wearing black pants and a white short-sleeved shirt. The top of the shirt reads “PAN” on the top, and “CAKES” on the bottom, both in black. In between the words is a stack of pancakes in pansexual colors. The bottom pancake is light blue, the middle one is yellow, and the top one is pink. They are stacked on a plain white plate with a black outline. On the top pancake is a pool of syrup with a square of butter in the middle. On the shirt is a white she/they pin. They are blushing.

Eugenia has light skin, brown eyes, and dark brown hair pulled into a style resembling an early 1900s everyday pompadour (again, not drawn well, and getting this from the Internet, so could be wrong). She is wearing a white long-sleeved shirt with a drawing of a pansexual-colored cat on it. The cat is pink with blue patches, and has yellow whiskers, a yellow mouth and nose, and yellow eyes with blue pupils. On the shirt, above the car is a white she/any pin. They are holding a white sign with black text by a brown stick. The sign reads, “Proud Big Sis Of A Non-Binary Sib.”

Mercedes has light skin, dark brown eyes, and dark brown hair styled similarly to an early 1900s everyday pompadour, but with no bun (again, not drawn well, from the Internet, could be wrong). They are wearing a dark gray shirt with “QUEERHET” written vertically. The first four letters are the colors of the non-binary flag, and the last four are the colors of the heterosexual flag. On his shirt is a she/they/he pin with the colors of the non-binary flag as the background of the pin.

END ID]

Kind of a rant about probably my least favorite holiday:

Unhappy 4th of July to the people that set off bird killers and flashback initiators.

Hate fireworks. I live in an area that’s obsessed with them though. We’re autistic and have PTSD, so they’re a big no for us. Our PTSD isn’t even from combat, but they’re still causing negative stuff in our brain as we type this out. I hope the birds nesting in our area (and all the other people and critters) are okay, but I know they aren’t.

Also, WHY do they set them off in the week or so leading up to tonight too?

I swear my neighbors are playing some kind of July 4th playlist (so far “Firework” and “Party In The USA” have played). Like okay, we’re losing our rights and you’re celebrating this oppressive place by shooting things into the sky. Add “American Healthcare” by Penelope Scott. It’s much more accurate.

- Gia (she/her).

In-System Relationships

Sorry this took so long. We’ve been really excited about this one. Next comic will be about signs that were missed. Bonus points if you can guess the sources of any of our fictives (I think one is pretty obvious if you know the source).

Unrelated to DID: My Very Good Friend @petticoatedmouse made a Discord server for people who like sewing. No particular level of experience required.

Here is the link:

[Image description:

Note: Their identities are listed because they are holding their flags in the comic.

First image, panel 1: A grey background with two people, Jenny (she/her), a fictive, who is demisexual and pansexual, and Omara (ze/zir), who isn’t an introject, but based parts of their appearance on a video game character. Omara is sapphic and has an unlabeled gender. The caption reads “In-system relationships… …quite a complex phenomenon.”

Panel 2: A pink background with the outline of a red heart and the captions, “So complex, in fact, that we can even feel the attraction on the outside. But only if the alter experiencing attraction is fronting or co-conscious.”

Panel 3: A grey background showing Worlds (she/they), a lesbian introject (who is also a vampire), and Kelly (she/her), a bisexual factive, holding hands. The caption says, “Sometimes, there are very much like out-of-system relationships.”

Panel 4: Worlds, whose bat wings are now visible, is flying through space with Kelly on their back. The captions are in white boxes and they read, “Other times, not so much” and “Yeah, I don’t think singlets typically fly through space (our innerworld is in space) on their partner’s back.”

Second image, panel 1: A sea foam green background with the words, “Of course, not every headmate wants this. We just have a lot of in-system relationships.”

Panel 2: A stage with a keyboard, microphone, and part of a drum set visible with a grey background is shown. Two alters are standing on it, Bay (she/her), a fictive who is ambiamorous and omnisexual, is standing by the piano looking at Sodium, and Sodium (she/her), an ambiamorous lesbian, is standing by the mic looking at Bay. The caption says: “They can be just as complex as out of system relationships… (yes, we have a stage in headspace where we perform whatever we’re listening to IRL).”

Panel 3: Captions say, “…and just as full of love.” and “While we have several polyamorous and ambiamorous headmatss, we don’t have any throuples or other with more than two partners. Systems that do have these are absolutely valid though.” Sodium is shown sitting on a grey bench on a grey background with another factive, Radium (she/her), who is demiromantic, demisexual, and trixensexual.

Panel 4: A sea foam green background with the caption, “They are very important in our system. When partners spend time together, it improves our overall mental health.”

Third image, panel 1: A sea foam green background with the caption, “This gets more complicated with introjects. Sodium and Radium are factives from the same source, but they aren’t dating IRL, which is a bit awkward. And yes, it’s valid to have factives who are dating IRL. We just don’t have any.”

Panel 2: Caption: “With fictives, it’s a little different. You may be fan favorites or even canon. Or you may be an unpopular ship or not canon (valid as long as there are no problematic elements) (no, they’re not getting married, this is how they dress in source).” It shows Jules (he/they), a bi demiboy, and Alicia (she/they), a pan girl (both fictives) on a grey background, looking at each other.

Panel 3: Caption: “And yes, it’s also valid to have fictives who aren’t dating their source-partner. Whether that’s because you don’t have an introject of them…” Cristina (she/they), who is pan, is shown on a grey background, saying, “If we had an introject of him, and he asked me out, I’d say yes.”

Panel 4: Caption: “…or because they’re simply not attracted to them (although in this case, we don’t have an introject of him either- thank goodness).” Eugenia (she/any), who is pan, and Mercedes (she/they/he), who is non-binary and straight (we chose to include that because they aren’t cis), are shown on a gray background saying, “Ewwwwww!”

Fourth image, panel 1: A sea foam green background with the caption: “Of course, in-system relationships aren’t for everyone.”

Panel 2: Rhombus (they/them), who is gendervoid, agender, and aroace, is shown on a grey background, with a caption and arrow next to them that reads, “Not interested in any kind of relationship.”

Panel 3: Three alters, Inflexible (they/them) (introject), who is lesbian, oriented aroace, and bellusaroace, Grey (they/he) (introject), who is non-binary and aroace, and Jayde (they/them), who is oriented aroace, pomosexual, and liagender, are shown on a grey background. Caption: “All three are interested in QPRs, and all three have experienced tertiary attraction towards people in the outerworld, but they are not interested in each other.”

Panel 4: A sea foam green background with the caption, “Especially when what you want is on the outside.”

Panel 5: The hosts, Ao (ey/eir) and Ruby (she/her) (captions say to check our first comic for their labels because there are a lot of them)!are shown on a grey background. The caption next to Ao has an arrow and says, “Has feelings for a singlet.” The caption next to Ruby has an arrow and says, “Has feelings for a different singlet.”

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Trick or treat!!

-🦝

TREAT!

(Image description: A very messy grey raccoon paw holding a candy in an orange wrapper. The candy is wrapped like a Tootsie Roll, but square. The background is a light sea foam green. End ID).

Tried to doodle your profile picture

Ahhhh oh my goodness I love it so much! Thank you! <3

[Image description: a very cute sketch of a cat with the DID/OSDD colors (dark grey, light blue, light green, and yellow). It has a pink nose, sea foam green eyes, white whiskers, and little teeth. End description]

oh im so sorry fireworks suck :((

my country doesn't celebrate 4th july, but we do celebrate diwali, so for around four days people will let off fireworks c o n s t a n t l y. and i have a dog too so it's just terrible all around. in general india is just not the place for people with auditory hypersensitivity. makes me very glad to have noise cancelling headphones.

Thanks, hearing fireworks just makes me want to just give everyone who hates them a hug (or an air-hug or something if they don't like hugs), animals included.

We have cats, and one of our cats has what I think may be the cat equivalent of panic attacks (she hides and starts shaking) when she hears fireworks. May your dog and all the other animals who don't understand why everyone is loud find something that helps them through the chaos.

I don't own any noise cancelling headphones myself, but I hear they are quite helpful. Life is definitely better when you're not on sensory overload.

- Kelly