Mūtorma

undefined: Mūtorma is a loose term for a sysmate who originated from their system needing to adapt to a new event, lifestyle, or environment. A mūtorma sysmate may not have any archetypical roles linked to this change, and may just present as a very different personality compared to the sysmates who came before them. The event that causes the formation of the sysmate does not need to be traumatic, just a notable difference in how the system needs to function.

An example of a mūtorma sysmate being needed is if a system is taken out of an abusive environment and suddenly placed into a new, friendlier environment. It may require a more friendly and open personality to fit in, so a sysmate forms to fit this new personality change. This mūtorma sysmate may be a host or masker.

Another example of a mūtorma sysmate may be one who splits from their system's current host for the purpose of holding their trauma and allowing the host to adapt to the new environment unburdened by the trauma. The new trauma holder can be considered mūtorma, and if the host's identity changes enough to feel like they have a new origin, they may also be considered mūtorma.

History
This term was coined by "G" of A Shattered Dragon's Spirit on the 22nd of February, 2024.

The term's name comes from the Latin verb mūtō, "to alter, change, modify, transform".

Related Terms

 * This term uses the -orma suffix.
 * Mūtodawn describes a sisasystem with this origin, and mūtogenic describes a system with this origin.
 * Mūtorma sysmates may be considered new-era sysmates, but mūtorma sysmates are not exclusive to only dissociative/amnesiac systems.
 * An epoch is a group of sysmates who came into existence during a specific time period, and a district is a group that split during a single time period around the same group of traumatic events. Epochs and districts may be consisted of mūtorma sysmates.