“So I requested 2 MUDs from @the-garden-mud-blog recently so I am going to make flags for those MUDs + add some more symptoms/info of my own. This is the first one, will post the second one in a bit. Original post here.

Total Name Identity Syndrome (TNIS)

TNIS is a disorder characterized by an intense identification with anyone who shares the individual’s name. This can include people in their personal life, celebrities, and fictional characters. The disorder often stems from a belief that only they can possess their name, leading to a complex array of psychological symptoms and identity disturbances.

Name here can refer to any form of name: nickname, middle name, second name, kin name, etc. Including names you don’t go by any more. The people one identifies with due to this disorder can be called Nameids or Nametypes

Symptoms:

• Identity Confusion
  • Struggling to distinguish between oneself and others who share the same name, leading to a blurred sense of personal identity.
• False Memories
  • Developing false memories of living the lives of other individuals who share the same name.
• Distress and Denial
  • Experiencing significant distress and denial when confronted with the fact that they are not the other person with the same name.
• Introject Formation
  • Forming introjects, or internal representations, of people who share their name, treating these introjects as aspects of their own identity. These introjects are most often median facets and not fully differentated.
• Delusional Episodes
  • Having delusional episodes where the individual genuinely believes they are their nameid and currently living their life, often leading to distress at being somewhere they don’t recognise
• Obsessive Research
  • Spending excessive time researching and learning about people who share their name.
• Behavioral Mimicry
  • Adopting behaviors, speech patterns, and mannerisms of those who share their name.
• Name Envy
  • Feeling intense envy or jealousy towards others who share their name, believing that only they should have it.
• Emotional Turmoil
  • Experiencing a wide range of intense emotions, including frustration, anger and sadness, related to their name and identity.
• Social Withdrawal
  • Withdrawing from social interactions to avoid confusion and distress caused by encountering others with their name.
• Fixation on Name Changes
  • Obsessively considering or attempting to change their name to resolve identity confusion, often times the identfication with nameid remains despite the name change and/or the symptoms begin to effect the new name as well.”

Coined by monkey-tailedskinkpantheon on August 22, 2024.