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@GalaxyKodaShifter297: might be a good idea!! there are several different plural disorders, so it might not be DID exactly. dm if you have any questions you're not comfortable asking the forum!

- sleepy + atlas

i can explain the difference between fictives, maladaptive daydreams,

a fictive is an alter that is based off a fiction character from any media, or off of a fictional person. there's a bit of conversation around wether an alter based off a youtuber, streamer, politician etc would be a fictive or factive, but generally fictives are from media, rather than the creator of it.

maladaptive dayreaming is a coping skill developed in trauma, basically it's a type of dissociation. with maladaptive daydreaming, you know you're daydreaming and have a separation from the charcters you've created. they feel important, but not like a part of you in the same way alters do. I've also found that characters I maladaptive daydream about, even ones that fictives have been based off of, behave in a certain way. they follow a script. fictives won't /lh

- sleepy + atlas

Hai,,., I'm a fictibe so i wil help or whatevers , Ik ppl have already talked ,.,. but i like talking ::3

SO i am a Fragranceman alter .,., it kind of is just who youre based on ? But you arent exactly them,, ::< Its hard to define ... I like to think of its kinda like a base for your form (how you appear in headspace) but sometimes im wrong so I dunno ::<
-Frag/Cloud <3

Quite a few people in the replies have explained what kinning is, so I'll just explain what a fictive is. A fictive is an alter that is based off of a fictional character from a movie, tv show, book, manga, or other types of media. They usually have the same name, basic personality, and/or behaviors of the character they were based on, but that is not always true. Also, kinning is a conscious choice and being a fictive is not. Fictives do not choose to be fictives, the brain chooses it for them, and they form that way. (TW for basic mentions of trauma, nothing in detail) Since alters form because of trauma, there are a few reasons a fictive alter could form. The brain could believe that a character will save them from their trauma, a character could feel like a parental figure/sibling/someone to look up to, or that the character would be able to deal with whatever situation/traumatic event that the brain is experiencing, and more.

So kin here not a system but i just want to specify kinning and versions of kinning
There's two kinds of kins, spiritual kins which is what kinning all started out as, and the more modern version of kinning.

Most people who kin now are mostly just people who relate deeply to a character and project onto them/ see themselves in the character.

Alternatively kinning originally was based in reincarnation and multiple universe theory beliefs, and was basically believing your past life was that of a fictional character, who in an alternate universe was a real person you get the idea. This is where kin shifting came from initially with shifting being tied to getting getting feelings and memories from a particular past life.

TLDR : Kinning in both forms is a belief that one chooses to believe in either for belief system purposes or coping/comfort reasons and has literally nothing to do with systems, alters, or fictives.