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the pitfalls of AI in mental health discussions

Greetings all,  As mentioned in our Overview of system roles posted on Wednesday, we used an AI to generate the basis for the definitions we used. What follows is the exact post the AI would have had us publish if it was in control of this blog.  Begin AI generated Material Dear Readers, Plural systems come in many forms and functions. Within any given system, individual members, referred to as "alters" or "headmates," take on a variety of roles that contribute to the overall functioning and experience of the system. While roles can change and evolve over time, many alters tend to gravitate toward certain habitual functions. Common roles seen in plural systems include: Host - The alter who fronts (interacts with the outside world) the most and considers themselves the "main one" or core identity. The host keeps daily life running smoothly by managing responsibilities. Protector - Alters focused on keeping the system and other headmates safe from potential

Updates and Housekeeping

Hello all, It's Kayla again, back again with another blog post. THis one is pretty basic, no heavy or deep content for this post. Apologies for that, but it's been a while and I felt we should probably make sure our readers had an updated list of sites to find our content. We have recently had some extreme household changes, and that has opened the doors to allow us to create more, as we have more energy to spare on ourselves. Self care has been, in complete honesty, very difficult over the past few years, but I feel like there's a light at the end of the tunnel now.  What follows is a list of links to various content pages, starting with our LinkTree, which has all the important pages on it and should allow readers and eventually listeners, once we start the podcast, to find things a bit easier than trying to navigate through blog posts.  The link to the linkTree is as follows.  https://linktr.ee/cadence022 As always, our Mastodon page is open for readers and those who are

A small overview of system roles

Greetings everyone,  It's Kayla again, coming back to you today with a post about various types of system roles. This page is an overview, more information will be linked below in the resources section, and more posts will be posted on the blog regarding more in-depth information on each of these, so make sure to check back if you're interested in that series.  In the interest of giving credit where credit is due, the following definitions were generated by AI before being edited for accuracy and added upon to more thoroughly capture our experience of multiplicity. We did this both in an effort to get as unbiased a perspective as possible, and also to use as an example in a future blog post.  Definitions Host - The alter who fronts (interacts with the outside world) the most and considers themselves the "main one" or core identity. The host keeps daily life running smoothly by managing responsibilities. I, Kayla, am the host of this collective. The origin/core ideolog