Mindspace findings.

I have been studying how friends of mine with DID/MPD/Plurality/Multiplicity saw the world both in- and outside of their minds for about 15 years now, and have had interactions with my own mindspace since I became aware of my own situation in 2012.

There are some differences between how different systems see their mindspace, but also some elements that hold true for most.



(Please note: The information below is outdated and we are working on a better post which will be linked here once it gets made public.)



I am going to type out my findings below. These are my personal findings. Keep in mind I am not a licensed psychologist.









1. Setting up your mindspace.





Some systems have no natural mindspace or do not believe they do. I have found that a simple technique can set them up with a more defined inner world which may help them deal with issues such as the inability to talk with their others, deal with inner demons in a constructive manner, and potentially become a co-conscious system capable of working together as a team.

First; Close your eyes and think of a square room. Just imagine it as a box of sorts in which you are located. Feel free to do this together with your others whom you can already communicate with and simply picture yourselves in that box. See the lines where the corners of the walls, ceiling, and floor are. There’s no need for there to be anything other than a shape at this point. It’s a method for centering yourself and bringing your others in with you as much as possible. Second; Once the room is defined, picture a door leading to the outside. Everything that is not you and your others will be outside. The door will allow you to go outside and face your demons, or just keep them locked out away from you. If there is anything in the room that you don’t want there to be (for instance; beings that wish to do you harm), you can shove them out of the door so they will no longer bother you. If there is anything outside of the room that you want to have inside of the room, simply open the door to let them in (be sure to close it behind them). Third; If, after this, you still have others unaccounted for, think of personal (bed)rooms connected to the room you are in. Assign them to every one who wants a personal room. Make sure to leave hints for your missing others so they can picture themselves in their personal room. They can themselves open the door leading out of their room when they want to join you in the common room. Fourth; In order to keep an eye on what the body is doing, it is often a good idea to envision a window in one of the walls which will show what the body sees. I found it somehow naturally ties in with what the body hears, smells, etc when you look out through it. If it does not, be sure to add some extras to the window. You can also make this a television set, a computer, etc… Try out what works for you.

Everything in your mindspace can be created, changed, and removed by you at any point in time if you need it. Feel free to experiment.



The above technique tends to lead to an increase in inner-system communication as you have a common room where you can meet with your others. Having the control point of the body in the same room helps with becoming co-conscious. (in other words; being awake while others are out and being aware of what they are doing.)

Overall it tends to be a good starting point which you and your others can build the rest of your mindspace from. Some keep it small, others grow it to immense size. Do what you need to to make it a homely place for yourself and your others.



2. Tracking your mindspace.

I found there are some people who are naturally good at focusing on mindspace, but less so at controlling the body (leading to physical or verbal issues others may not have. Such as stuttering, or a lack of balance or bladder control.) and people who are naturally good at controlling the body, but have difficulties focusing on mindspace. It’s a spectrum and you may find yourself anywhere in that spectrum.

Focal point:

If you have trouble focusing on mindspace, try to find something of a focal point for yourself. This can be an audible clue, a visual clue, or even something like something to hold onto. A toy or such. Again; experiment with what works best for you.

I have no clear-cut technique available for this. It is very much specific to you and you alone. You may find that something that works for you may not at all work for one of your others.

Time-of-day:

Once you have your focal point, you may find it’s easier to focus on your mindspace at particular times of day. Perhaps it is easier for you to focus when you have just woken up, or when you are sitting down for a meal, or while you’re watching a movie. (You can totally create your own personal movie theater to sit around with your others and watch movies together. Mindspace is kind of awesome like that. Don’t forget the popcorn. ;) )

Delegating tasks:

Once you start figuring out when you can focus best on mindspace or tasks the body must perform, you and your others can start navigating the tricky seas of delegating tasks. If you get distracted by mindspace while driving a car, you may wish to voluntarily give control of the body to someone more focused on driving the car.

3. Mindspace customization.

There are a lot of different systems around, all with their own different kinds of mindspace setups. Some keep it small; simply a building or retreat of sorts where they and their others are safe and can talk and play how and when they wish to. Others build entire worlds where they have whole populated cities and civilizations and can freely interact with these (non-alter) people.

What you do is ultimately up to you and your others. Keep in mind that there are always unknowns and you cannot account for everyone you have in your mindspace. If you are going to have a populated world, make sure to lock up the body’s control room. When someone from your mindspace grabs control of the body, it may work like a form of possession. You would want to make sure they don’t do any harm to you, your system, or any others they interact with.



Our system’s mindspace consists of several universes, mainly populated by races from science fiction media we read or viewed. We have our own internal problems, and are working on setting up an internal alliance of races to combat the negative elements within. We have magic, advanced technology, and even a couple of fleets of space ships that have fought against internal manifestations of depression and other bad emotions. This is the part where some people stop believing me, because they can’t grasp how this is possible, so I will skip on ahead to the next part.



4. Mindspace time.

It’s a fact that time in dreams does not necessarily need to run parallel to Earth’s time. You can experience days or weeks of memories in a single night’s dream. Mindspace works a lot like that, although you are ultimately in charge of how fast your mindspace’s time goes.



As an example, one of my sisters went on a 2-year vacation in our mindspace, which took not 2 minutes in realtime. Another example is that our most visited area in mindspace has a 10-hour timezone difference with the timezone the body is in. These are personal examples, and your mileage may vary.



Your mindspace’s time will flow as fast or slow as you want it to. Keep this in mind. You and your others are the proverbial ‘gods’ of your mindspace. You can change every single aspect of it to suit your needs.



5. Working on your problems, in mindspace!

Given all of the above, I found that some people are capable of getting themselves through some difficult things by simply taking a sabbatical in mindspace. Some take a vacation to relief stress, others may simply destroy half a world inside of their mind in order to get rid of anger.



Someone I know destroyed everything in their mindspace in one giant sea of fire because it was populated with elements that gave her anxiety and depression, and is now doing a lot better in that regard, living on a single remaining planet with her others.



Another group has frequent BDSM parties with themselves, doing things in their mindspace which are physically impossible in reality, to sate their baser needs… :p (You don’t need to breathe in mindspace. Your body does. Make sure there’s someone keeping tabs on the body if you’re intending intense, potentially harmful, play.)



I would imagine that you can conjur up your own version of a therapist in your mindspace if you feel that that may help you. Your imagination is the limit of what you can do. The more you experiment with changing your mindspace, the more possibilities open up.



6. Inter-System communications.

My girlfriend’s system and I have been working on trying to link our mindspaces together. We are still in the early stages of this, but we have had people moving from one mindspace to another already and we are getting better at it the more we do it.



There are still some limitations we are trying to overcome;

Moving from one mindspace to another will fragment or even erase the memories you built up in the other place. We are working on something that will hopefully minimize the memory fragmentation by giving the person a sort of 'storage container’ to keep their memories safe in while they travel, so it may then link up again with their memories in the other mindspace. We are in the very early stages of this, but Kira is basically attempting to make a sort of double-walled void box, like a thermos flask. (Feel free to contact us about this if you have any ideas on how to get this working.)

On occasion there has been an 'energy leak’ where a person moving from one mindspace to the other will draw their energy from the mindspace they originated from instead of 'linking up’ to the new mindspace’s energy pool. We have no idea yet what exactly causes this.

Visitors to another mindspace have a greater difficulty controlling the body they are visiting, from simply needing more energy to do so, to the point where it is impossible for them to do such at all.

We have not managed to physically link our mindspace 'worlds’ together yet. There remains a 'void’ border between them which has to be crossed. We’re unsure if we may be able to remove the border altogether or not, but we’re leaving this question for much later.

And this is just about as far as I’ve gotten so far. I can understand if some parts of it are difficult to grasp, I can understand if people go “You’re completely insane and none of this is real”, I have heard a lot of things already. All I can say is that the above is my personal experience, or that of my friends, and has been verified by others as much as possible.



The above is as much of a summary of my findings as I could provide you all with. If you’re looking for more detailed descriptions, please feel free to contact me privately. I am a student of life and I’m always trying to find things to help others with, so I don’t mind sharing things. (Up to a point. I do keep personal details of others or myself private where possible.)



Helping Hoof, of Singularity