Question:
I have noticed in my travels throughout the dissociative world that we tend to find outrageously creative names for our systems. Several I would just love to share here… but you may be out there, and I would be breaking your confidence! I first started with a gaggle of female alters who named themselves collectively The Backyard Bitches (sorry for the word, but the splat kills it). Then three years ago, I became aware of my first male personality, I called them "Buddy and the Backyard B*tches" which amused me because it sounded like a rock band! Pleiades, for me, is simply a pseudonym. I would love to hear from you the names that you give yourselves, as a system or as individuals. It is a way of me getting to know you. Others may know you… but I am new. I would be honored if you would share Pleiades
Response:
I have one self I named Diana after the Greek/Roman goddess Diana/Artemis, because my Diana is very protective of younger selves and the goddess Diana has the role of protecting young girls, animals, and women giving birth, and my Diana is about 12 and the goddess Diana is the patron of adolescent girls, and my Diana has a lot of anger and is fiercely independent, and the goddess Diana is very independent, does not relate to men, and has a ferocious temper, particularly when she is protecting the vulnerable or protecting her own privacy. -Nancy
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Let’s see.. Rainstar is just a pseudonym. I chose it almost 9 years ago when I was looking for an IRC nickname to use. Was trying to come up with something that wouldn’t be used a lot. I like gentle rain showers and I like stars so I put the two together. Rainy actually came from Rainstar. When she first showed up, neither one of us was quite sure what was going on really. I’d never heard of dissociation before that and had no clue what was happening. She chose the name lilrainy when she was looking for a nickname for IRC and decided she liked it enough to keep it as her name. Recently she dropped the "lil" cuz she gained a couple of years. She started at 3 years and is now about 6. sarabeth chose her own name. Nothing too spectacular.. she couldn’t decide if she wanted to be sara or beth, so she combined them. 
Brian didn’t want to tell me his name at first, so I tried to figure out a name to call him. Came up with Nick. After about 4 days of calling him Nick he very bluntly told me, "That’s not my f’in name, stop calling me that! My name is Brian." So Brian he is. 
lizzie FINALLY picked a name about 2 weeks ago. She was "da lilest one" for almost 3 months because at just barely 2, she’s my lilest lil. But she finally decided she liked lizzie. Umm.. Logan stems from the word "logic" because he’s my logical, rational, calm, cool, and collected one who uses all the $50 words. Anna started out as Pollyanna cuz in the beginning she always had the happy go-lucky attitude of "there’s nothing wrong, everything’s fine." Since then, she’s turned out to be the one kid obsessed with knowing the rules for every situation and following them so she shortened it to Anna and it stuck. Finally, Sam.. Sam started out as Sam because we weren’t sure if he was male or female at first so thought Sam would work either way. He has since shown that he’s male but decided that Sam stuck anyway. That’s us. Val for Rainstar
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exellent; arcane. We like you. Pleiades
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – We are Ravensong. Like the Raven, the body is rather plain, non-descript. To some, ugly even. We are greatly misunderstood; our actions and our words are complex, but deliberate and calculated, but those around us are unable to see the true meaning of that which we say and do. We are Black as night at first appearance, but live in a world of Grey. The first of us was White, as pure as untouched snow. And, like the Raven, we are many-voiced, curious, clever, intelligent, and quick to learn new tasks. Black, white, good, *vil, myth, reality…the Raven folds her wings over us in silent understanding, and is our Inner Protector. Ravensong
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Thank you to those of you who have shared so far. I am taking things very slowly and cautiously while revealing myself to ASD. I am 12-15 "entities" that I know of so far. Usually they show up, with their own name, and their own look and quirks…as if they have been functioning in my unconsious for quite a while. It is very interesting to say that "they" choose their own names… when they are all me anyway. But you are the only group of people in the world who are going to understand the veracity of that kind of statement. There is something I want to share, to see if any of you have experienced a similar phenomenon. I have been working with hypnosis for about 9 years. My therapist guided me with it, and also I bought some self-hypnosis tapes. But my most significant event with hypnosis have happened while I am alone… sometimes while I have just been sitting in a "funk" for maybe an hour or so, then *bingo* a p*rson*lity will reveal him/her self to me. But the particular phenomenon I want to share is this: I was in hypnosis, early on, about 8 years ago, when suddenly I saw this sort of "map" of my inner landscape. (I have half a dozen inner landscapes) This landscape was of a dayroom of a h*spital I had been in years before. And what I saw was a room with *place markers.* These place markers were holding spots for p*rsonal*ties I had not yet met. It was truly like schematic… even more like a *map,* as eventually I would "travel" to these people or they would come to me…. and they were *not at all* what I expected. Here’s an example. A place-holder was in the middle of the room, and a big box was there labeled "Hatred." I was not going near that box… I thought I had enough of those emotions going on. But it was a ruse! once I got my courage up to open the box, a scary thing did fly out, but also hidden inside were my joy and my sense of hope. and after seeing this I thought "wow, how brilliant is that? What better place to hide something than right out in plain sight, with a disguise on it!" Anyhow, have any of you had this "map"-type phenomenon occur. I have found it so interesting! thanks to you all Pleiades
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Oh there are also one alter I forgot in us, Xanea – who is also a cyborg as Key -she has our shielding skills against unwanted ppl, when X is working no unwanted persons come to communicate with us. X also having a counterpart character in our comic tale. Her looks Brazilian, black hair and brown skin, a bit like the actress S. Weaver type. There may be others too hiding inside…but don’t know them. (?) A*S of Illusia Hi – as a whole we’re Illusia (the bunch of ghosts) as the first time I chose myself an email nick, I wanted to take name Illucia, which would’ve been a hhybrid name with the Swedish s*int maiden Lucia and Illusia, which means for us a person, who always camoufledges oneself when communicating others, appearing as the "perfect" person in different communication situations. But well, someone had taken that nick at Hotmail, and had to chose Illusia instead. But indeed this name is better for us, as Lucia belongs to one of our alter. And Illusia is a fairy in one Finnish fairytale, and that’s why it is quite beautiful name in itself, especially because with the letter s it simply pictures the whole of our system, as an illusion that others see as constant Nina, which is the shell of ghosts inside that most ppl do not even know they exist. Just in case I’ll say this here – when introducing Key I’ll babble some of our walk-in guy Frank. So those who don’t wanna see time as a really wondrous phenomenon, please be safe don’t read it or please just think am nuts. And there will be also some short references of v*ol*ence when introducing Andalucia, so really please be safe…? About the "ghosts" inside Illusia: Andalucia It’s the core of Illusia, has the same age as our b*dy. It was first blond haired character in my comic project, first named Ann. Then some time ago I knew her whole name (I do not invent the names, they just come through from… somewhere). I liked it cuz it includes the Swedish legend of Lucia. I have almost losed my sight in both of my eyes in rl, right eye bc of a vi*l*nt DXM j*nkie ex, and the left eye cuz of typical near-sight injury (no vi*l*nce). And Lucia was a s*int legend of a girl who had such beautiful eyes that a guy falled in l*ve with her eyes, but not the person. And that’s why the girl d*str*yed her eyes and lost her sight, but G*d gave her new eyes cuz she had a pure heart. And…well, once asked what ande means from a Swedish speaking friend of mine – she said it means the sp*rit of G*d…so Andalucia combines those two things, ande and Lucia, being kinda celestial name indeed. Though somehow I feel that name that fragile that do not want to use it even here in asdis now, though will put it to my comic tale. So I use Ann*Susan or shortly only A*S here. Ann*Susan is because it combines two aspects of Ann. In my comic tale the character Ann takes a new name Susan Littlefox (the first name bc the comic character’s best friend, who d*es in the first – or second, don’t know yet – album, is Sharon, and the name Susan combines Sharon and Ann, for the memory of her friend … and the surname is a verbal joke for Finns as in Finland there’s one surname, Kettunen, which means indeed a small fox – kettu is a fox in English – and foxes are the cunniest of forest animals in all fables) when she gets a "priviledge" to become a … some kind of citizen. And a funny little equation matches perfectly with one plot pattern of mine, as the tale grows further: Ann * Susan Littlefox = Sue. But won’t tell you more ’bout my comic project here in this ng, as I do not want that someone lurker might steal my briljant comic ideas e.g. in Google. So I’ll be silent and only smile inward at the moment. =) Linda She’s still fourteen years old, or then not…she said she’s fifteen now but I’m not sure about it cuz she likes to fake me (at least has l*ved to do that before) and others rl ppl too. First namef her as Lilith but then changed it Linda as there’s one Finnish celebrity violinist Linda Lampenius, who is known abroad as L. Brava. And Linda has the attitude she’s more clever that anyone and can do whatever she wants … as when our b*dy was fourteen, we lost our best and last friend who turned to m*ck me at school with others in our class. I tried to be tough when fourteen first (though d*spised those teinix – a Finnish m*ck word that my rl little siblings use of those pack creatures – tough ones who smoked cigarrettes etc. and in that way de*tr*yed their health being just childish idi*ts) sewed even a h*rrible leopard patterned tight shirt and weared super tight black jeans – oh the fashion of end of the 80’s. Well you should have seen my make-up too! It really was SEEN by others, heard about it even from our English teacher lady once. =) The photo of our class … you’ll guess other ppl of our class had difficulties to remember who was that girl in the leopard shirt… (well they had difficulties to recognize me even live in our class meeting -99 as I weared quite bright colored hippie clothes with a bindi and contact lenses, arriving a bit late… "Who’s THAT…? Oh, it’s Jurvanen!" Heard it from one of them;) …Well I wouldn’t like to remember much that photo of 8th class as I look just h*rrible in it…with the 80’s hair sprayed hairstyle and the 80’s eyeglasses! Well…she is the f*ghter, the female w*rrior who is tough and very confident of self in us. And am happy she has started to trust me, Ann*Susan now…as nowadays having better chances to live our life without sham*ful situations that Linda has created for us before, especially three yrs ago when had PTSD br*akdown and had no power to stop Linda doing what she liked to do – stealing things in shopping centre It
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