System Origins

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This page is intended for systems who are attempting to figure out their origin. This offers a basic overview for various origins.

Mixed-Origin
It's completely possible for a system to be mixed-origin, meaning they have multiple origins. This is uncommonly called "multigenic" or "polygenic".

There are more specific labels for mixed-origins. Such as chaogenic, which refers to an overall chaotic origin. There is also pangenic, which refers to having all origins with the systems experience.

Isoscegenic refers to a system with one primary origin, but a few system members who don't fit into that origin. Origin-flux is a system whose origin changed over time. Supragenic is a system who was altered by a traumatic event but is not originally traumagenic.

Traumagenic/Adaptive
Traumagenic refers to a system that formed from trauma. This is also called adaptive, but may include experiences that aren't entirely trauma. Extraumagenic is a lesser used term for when the trauma which caused a system is unknown.

Neurotraumagenic refers to trauma caused by being neurodivergent, and is a mix of neurogenic and traumagenic.

Parotraumagenic is a system intentionally created to deal with trauma.

Exotraumagenic refers to a system which formed from exotrauma, which is trauma that occurred outside of the body, often for metaphysical reasons. Intratraumagenic refers to a subsystem which formed from trauma from within the system.

Araisagenic is an uncommon term to refer to a system formed from escapism specifically.

Endogenic
Endogenic is an umbrella term for an origin which involves something other than trauma. Some systems may identify as endogenic and nothing else. Most terms under this in the list count as endogenic.

Spontaneous and to a lesser degree nihilumgenic refer to a system which came out of nowhere.

Protogenic is a system which was formed from birth.

Neurogenic
Neurogenic refers to system members who were created for neurological reasons.

A system which formed because of maladaptive daydreaming disorder, immersive daydreaming, or neuronarating is Paragenic, a MaDD system, ID system, veritbond system, or dreamway system.

A system caused by psychosis is called psygenic, and a system caused by delusions is deligenic.

Neurotraumagenic refers to trauma caused by being neurodivergent, and is a mix of neurogenic and traumagenic.

Thoughtform/Created
Systems can be intentionally created, this experience is also called thoughtforms. This is more likely to be a specific subculture though rather than a specific origin, but some systems use created, thoughtform, or parogenic.

One such is tulpamancy, which refers to a fully autonomous and separated created headmate created by a host, called a tulpamancer.

Another is daemonism, which involve a representation (or representations) of one's inner consciousness, soul, or internal dialogue. This is often in the form of an animal.

Parotraumagenic is a system intentionally created to deal with trauma.

Archogenic can also be used if the system feels like their system was created in a more artistic way.

O-System, a system of headmates who started as OCs, may be similar to this. So is Primagenic, a system centered around an original universe.

An unintentional created system is called catharigenic. This doesn't have any connection to tulpamancy. Some systems in the tulpamancy community may also refer to these as walk-ins.

Willogenic is a less common term referring to an intentionally created system. This doesn't have any connection to tulpamancy.

Metaphysical/Spiritual
Some systems may form because of metaphysical or spiritual reasons. Some may call this metagenic, spiragenic, or aethergenic, while others just prefer spiritual or metaphysical.

This also includes soulbonding, which involves a fictional entity appearing in one's headspace. This is usually spiritual, but may be psychological as well.

Walk-ins, headmates which seem to come in from another location, also usually fit under this. These can also count as gateway systems. Pariogenic is a lesser used term for a system full of them.

There are also origins which involves souls. Psychegenic refers to a system caused by being multiple souls in one body, seelegenic refers to a system with an origin caused by a soul splitting into parts.

Exotraumagenic refers to a system which formed from exotrauma, which is trauma that occured outside of the body, often for metaphysical reasons.

Cosmogenic is also metaphysical, referring to coming from the stars.

"I Don't Know"
There are many different origins which can refer to an unknown origin, including unknown and quoigenic.

Lesser used terms are agenic. cryptogenic, praesigenic, and voidgenic.

Congenic is an uncommon term which refers to a system with complicated origins specifically.

Other
Origins we have no idea where else to categorize.

Iatrogenic refers to a system created by being convinced you are a system when you're not or a system created through therapy. Mendaxgenic and pseudogenic are similar with being a system formed from lies.

A kin system is a system where members form from kintypes.

Dreagenic is where your dreams are affected by your plurality.

Solumgenic is a system formed from loneliness.

Mogaigenic is when being MOGAI affects your system. This seems to be a more debated origin.