headmate

One of the personalities, identities, or selves in a person with dissociative identity disorder or another form of multiplicity.

Noun

  1. One of the personalities, identities, or selves in a person with dissociative identity disorder or another form of multiplicity.
    • The first one of the headmates (our word for alter) I was aware of was a boy named Josh. - 2018, "The Entropy System", Toi Magazine, December 2018/January 2019, page 56
    • With co-fronting, typically only one headmate at a time functions as the ‘main fronter’ who does the majority of physical driving of the body, […] - 2020, Tynan Drake, "Intersectional Representation: LGBTQ+ and...
    • Each headmate has their own experiences, memories, emotions and requirements, thus should be spoken to and referred to in their own preferred way. - 2021, Zarah Eve, Sarah Parry, “Exploring the experiences of young...

    Synonyms: alter systemmate

    Coordinate Terms: imaginary friend

Origin

From head + -mate. See head (“mind, thoughts”).

Forms

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