Merges vs. Lock-Merges

[Guest]

On 4/4/2022 at 11:16 AM, harvestmoon said:

@Bear I see. I was imagining that it would be possible for the parties of a lock merge to each be present as separate visualized bodies while simultaneously merged. Like if they can all be shaved off the merge without affecting the merge then why not, other than it maybe being unintuitive?

 

If A and B are currently merged but concurrently have separate visualized bodies, could they experience as one but express themselves as two? And could they speak for themselves as well as each other interchangeably? Like they were one experiencer with two separate bodies/personalities?

 

Yes, all that is possible and we've done it with no issues. Just as easily any headmate can duplicate or more. Granted you're past the phase where you're worried about walk-ins.

[harvestmoon]

4 hours ago, Bear said:

Yes, all that is possible and we've done it with no issues. Just as easily any headmate can duplicate or more. Granted you're past the phase where you're worried about walk-ins.

Sounds cool. I didn’t know that was considered a phase though. I figured that if your brain likes to create walk-ins, you should be vigilant in avoiding them in general. I assume getting past it is just getting strong enough to ignore them reliably?

[Guest]

Yes, ignore them, don't feel obligated to them, and especially don't let anyone guilt you into an unwanted headmate. The best advice I got was, it takes weeks if not months to form a viable headmate so just because something walks in and seems legit doesn't mean you have to force it.

[Guest]

Hi all! I want to give an testimonial about lock-merge and my experience with it. I was a consistent and daily active headmate for years and even years since we knew about lock-merge. Though I did occasionally join SheShe or Joy, it was rare and I preferred to be myself and just be active even if that meant just watching.

 

So we recently started personality forcing our youngest headmate Autumn, formerly Ren, and it was very cute to see her develop all over again. I was feeling a little jealous even after all this time and trust me when I say I self-force so I can be active any time and I love my host because he will give me all the attention I need any time I need it even if I'm interrupting something or someone else. We have so many good memories together and I charish all of them.

 

So Autumn needed personal attention and I didn't want to interrupt her, I know how important she is, and this work is, and recently I've been thinking that maybe I should join her in a lock-merge so I can experience this transformation, as her, like some of the others are doing. So I did here and there and it was just too much fun not to anymore.

 

How it feels for me is like I am playing a character for my host. It honestly feels like RP. I identify with Autumn's thoughts as if I am me playing the character Autumn. That's the beauty of lock-merge, it feels like me and my memories with my host.

 

It's really like I'm roll playing with him as a character of mine named Autumn. It's that simple. All I need to do is identify with her thoughts in this context. It's actually easier than RP because I am not technically the one thinking them and it feels more genuine and pure. Ashley is the only one left now that doesn't lock-merge with Autumn. Don't get me wrong, we love Ashley, but playing an Ashley character feels so wrong to me. I didn't like playing a Joy character either because she's not as free spirited as me. SheShe became more fun when she changed in 2020, but Autumn is so cute and I love being cute too so I love being with her in spirit as part of her lock-merge.

 

I am still me, it doesn't affect me in any other way, my personality is still fully separate and intact and I'm our liaison on Reddit so I can still express myself there when I feel like it, or here (like right now) when I feel like it, or any time I want with my system when I feel like it, but being a system of 3 versus 7 is so much nicer that I'd rather be Autumn than me if it means the system is smaller as a result.

 

So I just wanted to share that alternative given all the talk about fusion lately.

 

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