"Multiple, Multiplicity - Two or more independent people who use the same body; the experience of sharing the body with others. Is included in plurality, but implies more separation and independence of people than being median. May or may not be associated with losing time, hearing voices, having an other world. Some people abbreviate it as "multi", and we've also heard "multimind"." (Source - all links active)
While this sounds an awful lot like SoulBonding on the surface, there is one key difference; SoulBonds have "fictional" origins, whereas multiples may or may not. In short, all SoulBonds can also be called multiples, but not all multiples are SoulBonds.
Astrea's Web, and other resources like it, asserts that MPD/DID are not always necessarily "disorders," that there is such a thing as healthy/functional multiplicity that is not harmful to either the "original"/host body nor those around them. We cannot disagree, as we are an example of such a system.
While this sounds an awful lot like SoulBonding on the surface, there is one key difference; SoulBonds have "fictional" origins, whereas multiples may or may not. In short, all SoulBonds can also be called multiples, but not all multiples are SoulBonds.
Astrea's Web, and other resources like it, asserts that MPD/DID are not always necessarily "disorders," that there is such a thing as healthy/functional multiplicity that is not harmful to either the "original"/host body nor those around them. We cannot disagree, as we are an example of such a system.