Give Us A Color And We'll Talk About A Place In Our Inner World Or A Role We Have In Our System That

give us a color and we'll talk about a place in our inner world or a role we have in our system that we immediately think of

ex: green = greenhouse

re: inner world colors - yellow?

yellow - EP (emotional parts), emotion holders, The Fields, Pixie Hollow, Sun Islands.. those are some ones we thought of really quickly.

vent psa: don't abuse your partner system + fiancé for five months then try to say they're "holding it over your head" when they hold you accountable. :)

we're going to talk about a particular area of our headspace that we view as really important for us.

the greenhouse.

the greenhouse is a massive building that functions as a place where we can work with persecutors on their behaviour while also giving them an outlet for those behaviours.

for example: an alter who held our internalized homophobia and transphobia, who refused to call the body by anything but our birth name and she/her, has been a frequent visitor/someone who lives there to work on the behaviour at the behest of our gatekeepers. she was given a space to be angry, to be hurt, to be whatever she felt at the time. she had a space where she could regulate, be alone or with others, whatever she chose. now, she accepts that our body is transitioning, that our host is transgender, and that we use another name. she still stays there, because she knows she has more to learn, and because she wants to keep that comfortable space she has there.

our greenhouse may contain plants and things to take care of, but it's a space where we provide care for alters who need it.

it's structured in a specific way, which we separate by calling them "rings."

the outer ring contains things like therapy offices, a clinic, and recovery rooms for those who need medical attention.

the inner ring has rooms for the alters who stay there, as well as the rooms of the people who 'work' there, and a sort of common area.

then there's what we call the oculus or atrium, which is the true 'greenhouse' area. it's full of plant life, soil, fields, things of that nature.

there's a specific area that has privacy barriers that sort of belongs to Argosa. it exists on a separate plane, but is still part of the greenhouse, as you can only access it from there or via invitation by Argosa.

the entirety of the greenhouse is a place for recuperation, recovery, whatever you need it to be. it's a space that we all appreciate greatly in headspace.

thanks for reading. we know it's long, but we hope this gives an idea of how we function together and work towards being healthy with and for each other as a system so we can live together.

what should we post next?

being a system who is also physically disabled is "who the fuck made us walk a significant distance uphill for no goddamn reason, thereby hurting our legs and potentially causing us issues for the next day?"

for clarifications: if we walk/stand too much, our legs will give out and/or will not be functional the next day, as well as be sore.

on another note, is anyone else an ambulatory wheelchair user?