Adaptive

Adaptive is an origin term that describes a system unintentionally formed due to trauma, neglect, or otherwise harmful conditions. This term is often used as a substitute or umbrella for labels such as traumagenic and neurogenic.

History
Adaptive was coined by the Lunastus Collective on April 5th, 2019 following the discussion of the traumagenic and endogenic labels at the 2019 Plural Positivity World Conference. The Lunastus Collective state in a Tumblr post that they've unfortunately became unhappy with the terms and summarized feedback regarding the term traumagenic: "Some systems feel it pushes trauma in their face, and as others point out, there are systems who don’t feel their experiences were “bad enough”, aren’t ready to call their experiences trauma, or went through abusive situations like neglect . Additionally, there are other situations one may go through that some may or may not consider traumatic, like neglect, that still have a psychological and physiological impact on the human brain." This prompted them to coin Adaptive, a term meant to be more flexible and inclusive.

Flag
There's currently one unofficial flag for Adaptive created by Grey Skies. The flag consists of seven stripes displayed at a 45 degree angle. From left to right, three stripes are various shades of pink, the fourth stripe is a thin white line, followed by three green stripes. Grey Skies stated on their website that the colors were based off of succulents, "which have adapted to have a tough outer layer of material that protects their soft insides. Others have also said that it reminds them of watermelon, which is similar."