A Comic about DID - Part 9 [OC]

[u/snuffypuff]

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[u/Huge_Band6227]

I recall the artist indicating that they have a host (an alter who spends a lot of time in front) who sometimes gets burnout. Also that that host is a newer alter. My system used to have a host (two, one became self destructive and was retired for a decade) but when we went through system discovery, our host refused the job and we're just taking shifts now.

[u/HowYouSeeMe → u/Huge_Band6227]

I know it must be a really difficult and exhausting condition and I don't want to minimise it, but damn I sort of wish when I'm burned out I could just fade away for a few weeks and let an alter keep things ticking over for a bit.

[u/Huge_Band6227 → u/HowYouSeeMe]

I can assure you that that is awkward to handle on our end. Understandable, but awkward. We had to get a medical withdrawal in a class once because the alter who was taking the class went unavailable for a couple weeks, for example. I took notes in one of the missed classes. They were notes on the wrong things, alas.

[u/HowYouSeeMe → u/Huge_Band6227]

Yeah that figures - practically speaking I guess that times of maximum stress when you want a break, are probably also typically the worst possible times to have someone else take over. And it sucks for whoever takes over you when you're flung in to that situation without even knowing what you're meant to be doing!