SWITCH CAUGHT ON CAMERA | All about Switching
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2018
- Simon and Fenrir team up to teach about switching and what it is. In this video, they cover reasons for switching, signs of switching, and even some methods for switching. In addition, they define some of the vocabulary associated with DID/OSDD
Apologies for being a day late-- we had some technical difficulties with our tablet's memory and uploading.
The image used towards the end is from The Cat in the Hat (2003) - Розваги
I would never in a million years believe that he was born a female.
Shawn shawnthemovieman Thank you, you're too kind!! This was such a nice message to wake up to :)
-Devon
i didnt know he was trans, im surprised!
@@mivical So was i, i found out on another video of his and i was surprised .
If I hadn’t read this I would have just assumed (which I did) that he was just an effeminate boy.
@@lucieann21 Seriously??? I don't see anything feminine about him. Total guy.
Oh damn Fenrir's voice is hot I was not expecting that
i wanted to screAM
ikr like i went back and watched it again bc of the shock lmao
- Psycha and Mary
for real it iss!! a few of us in my system actually have crushes on multiple people from the aether system. like.. Devan in my system (co-host) has a bit of a thing for fenre haha. -Dakota from the Unusual System
I don't have DID or OSDD but I find the topic very intriguing. Thank you for being willing to be so open and honest about your experiences.
Switch slapping... what a good word for it. Oh my, once one of us was talking to a friend sitting in her car, when an acquaintance (not familiar with our system, only knows me, the host) snuck up and knocked on the window to say hi. I snapped out front so fast it was painful. Ugh.
The reason for the switch was that we are a mostly covert system, and the one who was out is male and absolutely cannot pretend to be me-he’s just so bad at it. He wanted NOTHING to do with this acquaintance. Not to mention the knock on the window was a bit jarring!
Gooosh i felt that but no one in my system cares that it’s obvious somethings off they never have which is how i found out about them semi quickly but theres timss where i get scared and the main protector fronts so fast it hurts and theres a 2 second dizzy spell. Its really funny when im play fighting with them when im talking to my boyfriend sometimes theyll be like “oooo i wanna talk to your loverboy” or something just to mock us and then next thing you know someone else is fronting and hes like “is this kai? I stg” (kai does it to him a lot and even pranked him by s*xting him pretending to be me as a prank) the are also the definition of gay for eachother but they dont like eachother that way it’s hilarious
"switch-slapping" is like UA-cam Ads... "It's my turn now!"
Xiaoqing Li lol! that ad timing couldn’t have been better hey!
Xiaoqing Li
Too accurate lmaooo
Xiaoqing Li Mom said it’s my turn to use the conscience
FACTS
I love that you respect each others things. Very cool to see it happen. I totally thought you'd swtiched long before you put in the asterisks. Im glad you put that in. Ya' learn somethin new every day! Love your channel.
We do that too its always weird tonwear someone elses clothes almost like you stole their things or something its just awkward idk how to explain 😂 i guess the best analogy is taking your friends clothes every once in awhile without permission
Every time he says "retreating from the front altogether" I get this really funny image of someone running around hollering and flailing their arms. I get that when it really happens it's not funny but the image in my head is
Another term for rapid switching is rolodexing
k j I've never heard that one before, but I love it! If we do a DID Vocabulary video, we're totally putting that in :)
-Devon
i do that really often,, i thought it was abnormal but i guess its normal??
k j
That’s amazing omg
*casually stares at the box of poptarts in the background*
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
oh my god fenrir is SO HOT my heart did a thing
maju fenrir or jimin 😏
😂
We frequently use music too to help us switch if we feel stuck in a situation, or sometimes just to get someone's attention. Food also works but that only works with a few alters in our system. Some of us feel nauseous when we switch too but not all of us. But we get those headaches too and they are pretty bleh! Thanks for the video, friends. Take care. -Dani
This was such a great informative video. I experience switching a lot in my sleep. We have trauma flashbacks in the form of nightmares though almost every night so I always felt like that could be why we switch so much in our sleep. We also switch a lot during the day at least in recent months for sure. I usually lose count and have no awareness of how many times myself, but I think it’s awesome for you to be sharing your own experience, love to hear about it! Thank you for bringing this subject to light so hopefully more people can understand better!
Shine Your Light Collective I'm glad we could help! There's not a lot of information about some of these things, so we figured it would be good to make something like this
-Parsifal
Fenfir could totally pass as an Aussie. (I’m Australian by the way). I’m assuming the host is American? I haven’t watched all your videos yet.
Y'all are very well spoken and informative. Came here from DissociaDID and definitely subbed!
I just recently came to the realization that I am part of a system. It is entirely thanks to the educational videos that the DID community have made on UA-cam. I was so confused at first and didn't know what to do so I started with music. My whole life, music had been able to take me into "brain states" that could take me outside whatever trauma I was currently experiencing. Finding which music soothes which alters has been the most instrumental step so far in realizing that this is REAL and we actually EXIST. Thank you. Thank you so much. My partner has DID and your system (its complexity and size) is far more like what he seems to experience (not to invalidate other people) so it gives us great hope to see this represented online in such a positive manner. I am in a state of disbelief over the fact that this may be me -- but what's more crazy is that there might be an explanation for why I never knew who I was.
Wow what a coincidence that your partner has this same disorder…….
It’s not impossible! The two of us met through a DID support group 😆
-Aether
Thanks for this video I had a very unusual switch today. It kind of has me shaking up and my body feeling wobbly and nauseous and stomach in knots. I am almost 99% co-conscious of my alters when they front but today I had a very disassociative moment for 40 minutes in therapy where I lost memory of what was going on and disassociated hard while coming to and it was very surreal to start therapy over again 40 minutes in. I feel kind of scared and a bit out of control because of it. Thanks for posting a video today! Needed this to help in my acceptance
TheEther System That sounds pretty scary! I hope you were able to get filled in on what happened during that. Usually we're very coconscious as well, so memory loss like that shakes us up as well. I'm glad the video helped though!
-Parsifal
Acrylic And Aether she didn’t fill me in . I asked why I don’t remember and she said “I don’t know . Is there anything you want to talk about ?” And moved right on
P.S. Fenrir you look really cute when you switch in here
Yes! I also use music and have playlists to help trigger switches. I definitely have used continued music to keep my emotions steady and myself (or whoever else) out.
Thanks for explaining the headache, that totally makes sense!
P.S. I don't like the blank in-between because spacing out and getting blurry vision is unsettling to me, so I like to close my eyes more often than not as I feel the switch coming on.
My auto pilot is strong enough to help us figure out what we were supposed to be doing or where we were going.
Very interesting!!!! DID is so complex! Switch at 7:57
I'd also like to add that there are forms of OSDD where there is little to no amnesia between alters.
New watcher, not new to DID videos but this was very helpful.
I’m trying to see someone to talk about what’s been going on in my head. I can’t self diagnose but I there are things I have to figure out. Wow that was harder to describe than I thought it would be. Wording is failing me. I hope I can meet people irl that I can talk to about certain things. I’m being vague but .. yeah.
Fenrir’s voice is super relaxing.
JupiterLight I can actually relate
I did not know music can bring alters out. But that explains a few things. I am super glad you said that.
Bro...
"Nobody wants to front, Nobody wants to switch out, Nobody wants anything to do with whatever is going on..." Knowing there's an alter called Nøbødy in your system, makes all that section just a little chilling, like it kinda gives the idea he always wanted to be here he just couldn't. Pretty sure this is old news to y'all but for me, rewatching this random video to add background noise and hearing that was like :0
I´m on an autopilot... A LOT. And I don´t even want to, I just can´t handle being here for a long time lol and I´m the host and others don´t wanna be here too so... there was a time I thought that the autopilot is actually an alter but I guess not. Anyway.. Rn I´m partially on autopilot, I hate it so much, I just see the movement of my hands somehow typing what I say out loud in my mind.
But I looooooove your videos, it helps so much!
I can attest to the music one. My system's favorite band is Three Days Grace, and when I play "Get out Alive" our WHOLE system goes nuts. I've also realized just how powerful music is, because playing that song today for whatever reason actually got a new alter to front for us, who goes by "Ozzie". Our little loves "My Future" by Billie Eilish, and it's crazy how fast we can get alters to at least the headspace or co-con by just playing these songs. I have pretty thick amnesiac barriers between alters, but when I play music that everyone likes, it feels as if they are less intense and our memories blend a bit more (albeit being snippets sometimes). We're apart of a newer system, just recently discovering we have DID so all of this is really cool to learn about and see common with other systems! Thanks for the video :)
Wow. This video is so informative! It’s really great you two feel comfortable enough to open up about DID. Hopefully the stigmas will end with more information. I’m a new subscriber and I’m looking forward to meeting everyone.
Thank you, Simon and Fenrir, for covering this topic.
this is the first time i've actually understood the ANP vs EP concept! thank you!!
thank you for saying and standing by these things! :D
Kept seeing comments about Fenrir's voice being super attractive, so I waited to hear it. Now I know what everyone's talking about. Damn.
You both have wonderful smiles. Thank you for this educational video. Best of luck.
That's so frickin cool. I've been really interested in systems for quite a while and this is probably the most helpful and interesting video I've come across yet
hey! we just wanted to say that this video has helped so much to help us communicate with each other with music. we had never thought about that before and it has helped us greatly and we just wanted to say thank you for spreading so much information to not only educate the people wanting to learn more but also the people who actually have the disorder. amazing video - noah
i always feel like i'm faking when i see people switching because i switch just like this. i don't even notice when it happens, it just does. it's a seamless transition.
Great video! Thank you for posting!
You guys' videos are so informative! Great video!
Love how Fenrir has a different accent than Simon. - B.
so much info, yet clear and concise. a very well rounded, easy to comprehend basic knowledge of this topic. well done and thank u.
Wow this is educational as hell. The EP thing perfectly describes two of my alters to the dot.
Thank you for including the study! We were just wondering about the cause of such headaches with a friend.
Thank you for posting such an informative video!
Thanks for the video. I love it. It helps me understand my experience with OSDD-1 more. Hope your all doing well ❤
That song seems to be quite popular with people with DID... Makes sense... 😊
Thank you so much for sharing this! The info on the headache and music answered some questions for us 😀🥓
Fenrir comes out, *fans herself* hehe - thank you for making this video :)
Wow the change of accent is incredible doing the switch.
Very good Video! Thank You!!
Thank you so so so so much for this video. You have no idea how much it has helped.
Oooh boi we've always had a lot of trouble with falling asleep due to trauma and we ended up having a bunch of alters that are purely made for sleeping for some of us xD -PLF
Thats so intersting I've never heard of soley sleeping alters. Id love to learn more about it.
@@meagangill6054 Oh boi XD basically I'm typically a pretty lucid dreamer so I'm used to being conscious while asleep but the alters who are purely made for sleeping are those that will kick in shortly before we fall asleep or while we're already sleeping. I'm pretty sure they were made just to let the brain have a break of some sort at least and it's quite literally like someone sleeping for you because you're unable to yourself but they sometimes can still be out and using the body after we wake up for a couple of hours. If that's the case they'll just carry on and basically do regular day to day stuff. There's a few different ones and one that both creates whatever is in the inner world and creates life-like dreams for other alters but that usually comes with heavy amnesia after you wake up since you don't know where you are or what year it is etc. your brain like resets. Hope that explains some of the aspects xD
-Jack
oh we have two alters that helps the sleeping and waking system so that we don't take much time to sleep in this world but so often sleeping in the inner world
and the two was the host(James) and a human-nonhuman half cat half human (Lulu) - Amy
Co-fronting and Switch-slapping! That's what we do!!!! -hannah new system here... it's been a rocky ride
Great video, thank you for sharing! ❤️
8:00 soo cute
I started learning about D.I.D. a few weeks ago, the first channel I watched (and of course still watch) is DissociaDID and I wanted to discover more systems and listen to their experiences. It's so interesting and you explain things very well! Oh and by the way you're very handsome 😊
yeah the same to us - all alters
@I like beans Hi! Thanks for recommending other channels, I'm gonna check out a few of them. Do you mind telling me the reason why you find those named channels problematic?
Would love to see more videos by Fenfir
my system calls that "blank space" moment "limbo"
like the space between dying and .....actually dying
Listening to music and sleeping/napping have been very beneficial to us too, lol. We have a very strong 'autopilot' and we can do quite a bit in that state, but it's deeply uncomfortable the whole time 😬 We've wondered in the past whether we should consider 'autopilot' a separate alter, but it feels more like a distinct Lack of identity rather than a new one. It's a horrible, disturbing feeling anyway (and usually results in a nap asap!)
The music trigger is something quite new for me. It makes sense tho. The one i use thats my music trigger is my pintrist. I have a board for each person. Usually if i got to that board (my noard labeled cute for the littles who love cute things for example) it triggers that split to front or become coconscious. I dodnt realize how many things could be a trigger to be switching so much. I struggle with maintaining control on the bus so keeping a playlist for a specific split could help maintain fronting. Thank you for the tip. 😊
You're a lovely human. I wish you the best. ❤️😎
This is really helpful
This is incredibly fascinating and really helpful for me to better understand DID in general, something I have always wanted to know more about is what you described as “the inner word” I completely understand if this is too personal of a question, but what is it like? What are the alters experiences when they’re not fronting?
I really appreciate you sharing this. I know it can be hard and make people feel vulnerable. I also appreciate all the helpful information! I don’t know anyone personally that has this, but I have been watching other UA-cam systems recently and find it really interesting! I had a lot of questions, just out of curiosity, and sometimes it’s hard to know what’s OK to ask. So thank you! 😊
Well done....excellent video....esoecually EP and emotional stuff....I mainly have EPs and its hard to explain but this video did it well. Also the nausea thing is interesting....in fact I wonder if switching is why I get that? OSDD here....
I started by doing a lot of that "thinking to everyone" :)
I get blurred vision and light headaches. Sometimes it feels like I'm behind and above the body a bit, or the body feels like it's too big and clumsy and generally feels like it "doesn't fit" (like shoes that are a bit too big and floppy).
Also toys pretty much always bring someone out 😅
I love Simon. Also those are my favorite kind of PopTarts 😋
This is really cool ... i wouldn't ever wish this on anyone and i don't think it's cool to experience BUT (A BIG FAT BUT) i really think it's cool how the brain works and how it can do that lowkey i love all ...of you guys and gals and it's nice to see it from another perspective other than a psychologist ... really cool
The easiest way ive learned to describe cofronting and coconscious is a virtual reality headset. The the person who is main front is the one not wearing the vr. Theyre the one doing the actions. The one who is either cofronting or the passenger of the coconscious is the one wearing the vr. It could be thqt the vr can have visuals, audio, movement or a combination.
I love them so much
Our Asa tends to switch out when there’s anything to do with budgets, paperwork, projects and such~Aydian
I need more fenrir ❤️❤️ the smirk 😏
I love Fenrir’s accent! 😆
You are so articulate. Can you do a review of Marrowbone? It's a movie with a DID character...
I really want the cinnamon poptarts in the back 😂
I JUST REALIZED I WANT THEM TOO NOW-
So an alter could actually slip out of control?
As in they can feel their control just not being as strong anymore?
I'm questioning if I have OSDD-1b so I'm asking to know if it's normal for that to happen or if I'm actually just imagining it because of other mental issues.
Do people with DID drive? I'm asking this because if people switch when they are driving then it could be dangerous ?
Jayne Pete being co-conscious helps, depends on which alter is switching and how strong the switch is.
Hell, you could teach the psychology class. The Prof is obsolete.
How does switching in the inner world look like? Do you just disappear when you front and reappear when someone else takes over?
I recently described a switchy situation as "a carasil of faces" lol
Omg their voices 😍
Switch slapped lmao luv this.
Question, feel free to not answer if you aren't comfortable.
Have you ever had a bad switch? What I mean by this is a voluntary (or involuntary) switch that caused an instant migraine so bad you had to switch again or just leave a situation.
That note Simon wrote, was it written in some sort of cipher code? I had to get someone to fill my post guarding the box in our universe so I could come speak to you.
-Arnold
When our system goes on autopilot the body starts shaking like were having a seizure.
I have undiagnosed DID and my littles front when something catches their attention. 😅 the alter (split for me) who is the bitxh of the group often times switches out out of pure boredom. 😂 unfortunately for me i havent been anle to accurately pinpoint eqch split cause some are so alike that i cant always twll if ots a different split or the same split but with different feelings so its been a struggle. I am working woth a new therapist who has history with DID so that should help me on my journey.
We have a pinterest board for each other and that's a good way we help each other voluntary switch
I've learned so much about this from your channel I was wondering can alters have their own mental health issues for example one has depression but the rest don't
I was diagnosed with depersonalization... but I just realized I feel a certain way when I experience emotions/ and I get in (what I call moods ) I don’t really understand how exactly to explain it I just feel very different? Like a different person but I mean I still am aware that Im me???? Idk what it is I also get small headaches and it happens when I listen to certain songs that bring emotions. And I get nauseous and my vision goes black and I can’t remember certain things like what day it is etc man idk lmao
i watch different videos like this often because i myself have DID and your switch was fairly smooth and i was curious to know if it is like this with all your alters or only him? you obviously aren't required to answer if you dont feel like it but i only ask out of curiosity because i know every system is different.
Logan Montes if we're lucky, it's usually that smooth, but sometimes there's a lot more dissociation and we need to use music to ground ourselves. That's why we never leave the house without headphones lol
-Parsifal
Thanks it really helpfull.
Thats so strange that you feel it in your head when you switch. I have never fully switched but have been cocon with alters somewhat often to always.. they have "fronted" but I've always been mostly aware of everything. Anyway sorry my point was that I often feel very switchy.. especially when coconscious, and I feel it in the back of my head. Like in my brain. Like a really warm fuzzy foggy feeling.. do you ever get this? I don't usually get an actual ache but more of a dull uncomfortable feeling that starts from the back and feels like it spreads across my brain almost in waves.. feels weird
We might be a bit late to answer this, but this is exactly how it is for us too!!! - Oliver
I have a question. If you have a personality that is very smart, can you use that personality to do like hard problems to work out with? Or any other trait, like say if you have a jumping content, can you pull out a personality that is good at jumping? Thanks!
What triggers you to switch? Thanks
OMG, i use to watch US of tara I loved that show.😍
to be honest it nice because i have an accent because i speak another language and many tell when i come to the front. is it hard for you to hide your accent when around others?
our alter Rin is triggered to switch by a "shruggie" emoji. it's very strange and seems kind of random, but it pisses him off. he insists that "nobody shrugs like that" XD
One of our alters gets triggered to the front by the upside-down smile emoji- and sometimes we get back to the front to find that he's spammed that emoji to our best friend- it's actually how our friend can tell when he's fronting XD
For me when i want to directly talk to an alter i got to our headspace (a cottage) and i either tell their name or think about them (like calling them on a phone using bluetooth anilities) and then ask them whatever i needed them for
Interesting fact: Fenrir is (i believe, I'm a bit rusty on the topic) is the name of one of the sons of Loki the Norse god of mischief.
Which probably means that Fenrir is from Northern Europe. Again i could be very wrong and sorry if i somehow offend someone
Oh wow....I’ve just assumed an alter was purposely making me nauseous and sick when we switched....I’m glad I know it’s not his fault and we both might even be feeling it ..it’s the anxiety between switching ..
Can any alter split?
we unabashedly have a tiktok and we often use it to vent because we like to make them creative with lighting, sfx, makeup, and transitions. we all have our own tags (for example, our alter named velairi's tag is #velposts) and those can be used as switch triggers for us! mostly bc relatable music.
(our tiktok is bpdcerberus, btw. wink wink nudge nudge)
currently jamie, but when i switch into vanessa she sees a guy named adrian who’s her best friend.