You Are Here

you are here:

You are here is a term for the experience that a new split, or headmate, feels when they first enter a system and do not yet understand who they are or what is going on.

It is not uncommon for others around them to start helping them orient themselves by introducing them to the basics of their system, surroundings, and how plurality works, as a sort of "you are here" point on the map of their new life.

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This experience may overlap with wake-up.

A system may employ a contingency plan to serve as a you are here.