Plural

Someone that is plural has multiple consciousnesses inside their head. The difference of these "Headmates" can range from mild extensions of the "Core" to completely different people. While pluralism is often associated with dissociative disorders, a disorder is not required to be plural. The phrase often used to describe someone who is plural is "Plural system"

-Krabbe21, a DID plural system

Being plural is the state of having headmates that collectively share a single body. This can be referred to as a plural system, system, collective, or anything that they want to be referred to as. Headmates can range from being similar to vastly different from each other, but each are generally thought to have differing personalities. Plural systems can range from having very few headmates to thousands of headmates. Many systems start with a core and have headmates that "branch off" of them, but this isn't always the case. Plurality is often associated with dissociative disorders such as DID and OSDD, however a dissociative disorder is not required to be plural.

- cherrybirb, host to a plural system