Switchlag

Not to be confused with "switch delay" (also "switch lag"), a delay in symptom experience after switching, as described hereundefined:

Headmates may experience a period of adjustment after coming to front that can last for hours or even days. During this time, the headmate may feel uncomfortable in the body, or unaccustomed to the system's life. The feeling may be akin to breaking in new shoes, or wearing someone else's clothes.

This period of discomfort, or switchlag, may be experienced by headmates that haven't fronted in a while, or that have switched in after another headmate has been fronting for a while. It may be situational, or specific to a headmate or system.

Related Terms
Switchlag may be caused by a frontstuck headmate switching out.

Whiplash is the intense feeling of negative emotion, or dissociation, that comes over a headmate when entering front.

Residue is caused when a headmate leaves front or a layer/area of a system and leaves an echo in front or that area.