Citations:headmate

Noun: "(informal) an alternate personality in someone with dissociative identity disorder"

 * 2018, "The Entropy System", Toi Magazine, December 2018/January 2019, page 56:
 * The first one of the headmates (our word for alter) I was aware of was a boy named Josh.
 * 2020, Peter J. Hasson, The Manipulators: Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Big Tech's War on Conservatives, pages 55-56:
 * “Addressing any headmate in particular” was listed as an example of problematic office ettiquette. “We're all listening,” the slide explained.
 * 2020, Tynan Drake, "Intersectional Representation: LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse voices in transmedia fiction", paper submitted to Ball State University, page 36:
 * With co-fronting, typically only one headmate at a time functions as the ‘main fronter’ who does the majority of physical driving of the body,
 * 2021, Zarah Eve & Sarah Parry, "Exploring the experiences of young people with multiplicity", Youth and Policy:
 * Each headmate has their own experiences, memories, emotions and requirements, thus should be spoken to and referred to in their own preferred way.
 * 2021, Sarah Parry, Zarah Eve, & Gemma Myers, "Exploring the Utility and Personal Relevance of Co-Produced Multiplicity Resources with Young People", Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma:
 * Guidance focused on younger headmates was also viewed as useful, particularly the need to treat younger headmates with compassion (G5).
 * 2021, Katelyn Allred, "Letting the sun set on stigma", The Utah Stateman (Utah State University), 15 March 2021, page 4:
 * Many people with DID live successful lives, and through therapy are able to process their trauma and either integrate their alters into a single individual or find balance and happiness living with their headmates.