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Afraid of plurals again (diagnosed plurals edition) - Are we silly for being afraid of diagnosed plurals?

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Hello! Mayhaps the third time we are posting about our intense fear of other plurals. We are slowly getting over the fear when it comes to most plurals (ones we notice are obviously quite accepting and are in accepting communities like this reddit). Still very shy but not really scared anymore.

However we are absolutely afraid of diagnosed plurals. We likely would have a diagnosis but because of certain situations, we do not, either way we do not care for it too much. So when we see diagnosed plurals we get absolutely scared that they aren't gonna be accepting like the plural community here is and that we will be fakeclaimed. This is the only time ever we see someone as above us subconsciously and we do not get why. When we see "plural" we know they are likely going to be accepting but when we just see "Diagnosed DID system" we get absolutely terrified they will hate us. Literally went into shock just now after seeing this twice in the span of 20 seconds in a multiplayer game and totally alt-f4'd and went blurry.

So the question is: "How likely is it that plurals who label themselves that way, eg 'Diagnosed X System', will be unlike this plural community and will instead have disbelief in other origins."

Yes even though we are mostly traumagenic we very much care about endogenics and want to be in accepting plural spaces of course.

No clue why we have this intense fear. It is totally irrational and no matter how many times we get told "Say hi and if they aren't nice just leave" it still terrifies us.

Anyways we hope none of this came off as strange or rude. We know this is total nonsense..

Posted Sep 25, 2026, 11:06 PM UTC

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