Cordell Florence Eve

A little bit about me

I am am an aspiring writer and counselor. I spend most of my time prioritizing the needs of the people around me.I enjoy listening to music, reading, writing, drawing digitally, and painting.My favorite colors are teal, pink, and blue. I am a Virgo, ENFJ, and my neuroticism on the OCEAN test was way too high for my liking.I am a DID system, made of many polite and caring alters who look out for one another and other people as well.

History & Physical Limitations

I have had a history of some rather serious topics that I'd rather not disclose. I come from a background of disabled family members and low income/poverty. I have struggled with domestic violence, child sexual abuse, my own disabilities, and homelessness. So when it comes to meeting people where they are at. You can imagine I can meet them there.I use a walker, but I can stand, walk, run, sit down, kneel, lift up to 50lbs, and more. I am well versed with talking to people and working with the general public. I only require breaks when walking and or running for extended amounts of time.

Why the name Cordell Florence Eve?

The overall name of us as a whole collectively is Cordell Florence Eve, we are collectively out as a trans man (we are technically genderfluid.), And we collectively decided our system name is The Merrigoround System or Pixel.Cordell - This name means "rope maker" or "cord maker." Stemming from Old French and English origins it is a name tied to ones job. In my opinion the name symbolizes someone who does their best to create a way to connect to other people.Florence - Florence is of a Latin origin. It comes from the word florentius. Florence as a name means “blossoming,” “flourishing,” & “prosperous.” We chose this name because we liked it, we made sure we’d be able to find peace within the name we go by daily.Plus the nickname Florie and Flor are cute and we really like the other nicknames people come up with, Florencio/Flow,Rie,etc.We collectively share the people around us as loved ones and have begun trying to advocate for ourselves and identify when someone is out and if that identity is willing to acknowledge themselves. Sometimes that is hard to do. We often are afraid to do so, even without judgment.We are a mixed origin system aiming for healthy multiplicity to encourage other systems to adapt, improve, grow, & have hope that there is a place for us where we are able to exist. We also love being able to educate other mental health professionals on the subject.

as a counseling student and as a system. We beg you to stop treating plurality as a disorder and differentiate the difference between DID (the disorder) and Plurality (the existence and experience of having more than one identity or self.)This means to stop fighting against endogenic systems if you cant catch our drift. Trauma based disorders like DID and OSDD are NOT the same as being Plural. These disorders are based in the disordered behavior and negative impact on the individual.If you cannot get over the differentiated experience between people, your dogmatic thinking will possibly (deductive thinking on our part) lead you to feeling more and more lonely. More self hatred. And more importantly a discussion over the disconnect between self and reality.While we ourselves do not understand the existence of systems not made by Trauma. Just like trans people with dysphoria may not understand those without dysphoria. It is not our responsibility or place to cause infighting & make decisions regarding identity in a broader context.We should be spending more time communicating and understanding one another rather than infighting about the semantics of what creates us as we are. Looking at trans people or plural people takes on the same concept of medicalizing/demonizing/and pathologizing the experience.
merry in secret evil lairIf we pathologized the existence of plurality, we do ourselves an injustice by implying the existence of our other selves is only a mistake made by the byproduct of others. And in that we create the notion that WE are a mistake as a person/as people.

Healthy Multiplicity is when you can live a life with multiple identities & work towards a functional co-existence as a group of identities rather than as a single identity. We all want to be a therapist collectively & we don’t have to sacrifice ourselves to a full fusion.Some of us obviously need more help than others. Some of us have, views we have to change, biases to break through, challenges to face in multiple aspects. Being a therapist or doctor with a PhD can take over 8 years. For someone who is plural, maybe more.

Thank you so much for your time in understanding a little bit more about me.