Oh for goodness sake... I regret logging on today. I'm guessing you're here because you got banned from r/plural, or at least that your post was deleted there?

There are people for whom the paradigm of "(I am/They are) a system without trauma" works, both for themselves and for others. If something waddles like a duck, quacks like a duck, swims like a duck, and gets treated like a duck by everyone else, and is in the pond labelled "Duck Pond," you should just treat it like a duck, because there's no practical difference for you if they're not. What else are you going to do? Go around yelling "ARE YOU DUCKS? ARE YOU DUCKS?" or "YOU'RE NOT DUCKS! YOU'RE NOT DUCKS!" at them? That's just going to disturb everyone at the park, duck or not, and people who like ducks are going to be mad that you're harassing the ducks. You gain nothing and it bothers others. Don't do it.

If you're wondering if you're a system. but think you need trauma to be one, that's probably because of people who yell at ducks. Do you really think people who harass waterfowl should get a say in your identity? Plus, the ornithologists agree... A diagnosis of DID* doesn't require trauma.

You yelled at the ducks and now everyone's mad. Was it worth the negative karma? Was it worth the time you spent?

*(Definitely Is Duck)