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talks-with-the-void · 1 month

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Fluid kintypes - identity doesn't need to be static

I used to be a wolf, once. Not in a past-life sense, but in a therian sense - I was a wolf therian and then I wasn't. Sounds weird to you? I'm not surprised!

Something that I have repeatedly been told by other therians and otherkin is "you are what you are and if you find out you are something else - well, then you never were the first thing at all." Especially when I joined the community several years ago, I saw this statement everywhere. But let me tell you: it's not true. I had several different kintypes over the years (side note: we are plural and for the sake of this post I am simplifying some internal structure things. if you want the complicated details, feel free to ask! /gen), started as a wolf therian, then I was a cryptid, a dinosaur, a dragon and some kind of monster. Now I am Khhanivore (from Love, Death and Robots) and Mewtu (from Pokemon, Mewtu is the German spelling) - and a raptor kintype is coming back. (I am also a werewolf, but that's not a kintype, that's just Purely Me And My Whole Essence)

"Okay Istasha, but isn't that just questioning or maybe flickertypes?", you might ask. Fair point, but no.

I honestly never really questioned my kintypes - if I truly question something, it turns out to either be a hearttype or Nothing at All. As for kintypes, I just know - all of us just know what we are, it's like chilling and one day, suddenly, one of us is like "oh, I am a horse. alright, carry on" and that's it. Our kintypes stay with us for several months at least, theoretically they could stay forever but tend to change along the way - which brings me to the next point. They aren't flickertypes either. We only really get fictionflickers and sometimes animalflickers and those are extremely short and always tied to media we are currently consuming - they feel, technically, like kintypes to me. For example, if I watch a lot of Supernatural, I sometimes get an intense feeling of belonging there, of being a non-canon character, of being part of the story, etc. I am this non-canon character in that moment, I might even get pseudo-memories or shifts, but as soon as I don't engage with that show too much again, it instantly fades.

Our kintypes don't work like that. Take my re-emerging dinosaur kintype as an example. I was walking somewhere a few days ago and suddenly had a pahntom sensation in my legs and feet and in the same moment I knew "ah shit, new kintype". I gave it a day because maaayyybe it's nothing? But deep down I already knew what was going on, so I have an Utahraptor kintype now. I am this. I identify as this through and through and it feels like I've always been this way. But it wasn't - a week ago I wasn't a dinosaur and now I am. I did not choose it, I did not engage with any dinosaur media at all, it just happened.

My kintypes have always been changing and trust me when I say I had a complete identity crisis when my wolf kintype first went away. But over the years Ive learned to accepot it - my identy is not static, it never was and it never will be and that's okay!

It doesn't make my kintypes less important or less real and it also doesn't mean I never was a wolf. I was. And then I wasn't.

I honestly think it is so, so damaging to still have this "kintypes are static"-sentient floating around in the community, because that's simply not true for all of us. For me, it honestly even makes more sense this way. Our brain has always been unstable, I lacked a true identity for so long. We grew up with untreated BPD andf although the symptoms are 95% under my control now (read: it's in remission), our brain still has a ton of habits from that time, like clinging onto different things to try and form an identity, to try and fill the void where a person should be. And the fact that the void is filled now, that I finally am enough of a person to fill it, this habit never changed. Our brain still randomly grabs things and makes them one of us, leading to fluid kintypes.

Let me end this with saying: being wrong about a kintype is fine. Figuring out you are X instaed of Y and never were Y is fine. But it is also fine to be X today and Y tomorrow.

I think I've said this before but I'll say it again: we, as a community, need to take our identities less and more serious at the same time. Let's stop the gatekeeping and policing others, let's stop overanalyzing ourselves so much. Let's stop looking for rules and asking "is it possible to be this?" over and over again - because the answer is yes. There are literally no rules as to how, why and what you can be. In order to be otherkin you need to do exactly one thing: identify as The Thing in question. Nothing else. On the other hand, we need to kindly educate those who confuse identify as and identify with, we need to kindly educate young therians who "choose their theriotypes", we need to make sure we are not watered down to being "a fun thing you can do".

I sometimes feel like the focus and effort of this community is in good faith but in the wrong place - static kintypes is one of them.

There are no limits. Be who you are today and if you are something else tomorrow, be that then. <3

#alterhuman #otherkin #alterhumanity #nonhuman #nonhumanity #plurality #psychological otherkin #therian #fluid kintypes

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webecamethestars · 6 months

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Alterhuman/Otherkin/Therian/Etc Pro Tip!

Make your Perfect Home/World in Minecraft! Do you/your kintype/kithtype live in a cave? Dig a hole in the ground! You live up in the sky? Build a raining cloud in the sky and use the water to pull you up! You live in the trees? Build a tree house, or even build a giant tree to live inside!

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lurkdragonstuff · 2 months

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I'm an atheist and a philosophical materialist. I don't think there's anything more to the universe than what can be observed and measured. Disagree if you want, that's fine, but take as read that this is where I'm coming from.

As you can imagine, this makes it very strange to me that my brain thinks I'm a dragon.

I have been trying to square this circle for years. Since around the 2000's, when I first made contact with the Internet, I would look in on the otherkin community, and the draconic community nested inside it, and I would think, man. I wish I could believe that. I wish I could believe that souls were real, and that I had one, and that it was a dragon, and that's why I was so odd. For quite a while, I just explained it as a furry fandom thing. Sure, yes, my fursona is feral, but ferals are furries, too. This is still true! I'm still in furry fandom, and my dragonself still acts as my fursona. But they are also, in a deeper sense, me.

I'm a secular pagan. I don't think gods exist, and I don't think magic is literally real. I can't really cast a curse on shitty charities. The moon's a big shiny rock. It doesn't care if I roar at it when the sun reflects off it just so and I can see the whole of its tidally locked face.

But my dragon brain doesn't know that. It likes the big shiny rock. It likes little shiny rocks, too. It likes to light things on fire, and considers this a sacred act, both bringing destruction to noxious things and bringing honour to things worthy of it. It likes to growl and hiss when things annoy it. It likes to collect things, to have a hoard. It likes to range around its territory, keeping an eye on what's around in what season. It finds it frustrating that its wings don't seem to work at all, and its other limbs barely better. It wants its tail back. It wants its fire breath.

I'm autistic. Sometimes speaking is hard, and I growl and hiss when things annoy me. I like to collect things related to my special interests; I have a sprawling collection of cetacean, Nintendo, and SEGA figurines, as well as lots of little animal figures. Plushies, too, and videogames, and books. I do wildlife photography, as well, marking who's around in what seasons. This is, to my frustration, limited a lot by waning energy because of chronic health problems.

If backed into a corner, to say what I really believe, of course I'm a human. It is in my DNA, expressed in a bipedal body plan, five fingers on the forelimbs only, nails and not claws, no wings, no muzzle, no tail, short neck, skin and fur instead of scales. Not even any horns. I find this frustrating, but it is what it is. I also find it frustrating when people call me 'she' and not 'they', and that really there is no feasible gender presentation that would guarantee that strangers would use the right word. The best I can hope for is that people will read the 'they/them' button on my hat, or otherwise call me 'he'. Still wrong, but at least novel.

I honestly think my draconic identity developed when I was younger as a way to explain why I was so weird. I have never been normal. I will never be normal. As an adult, I have fancy words like "autism" and "anxiety and depression secondary to post-traumatic stress disorder" and "seasonal affective disorder" to explain why I'm abnormal.

But a part of my brain, I think the same one that still believes in magic and deities even though I don't, tilts its head, then grins a sharp grin and says, "Cool story, bro. I'm still a dragon."

I generally have, for any given of my eccentricities, the philosophical materialist explanation (generally that I am either brainweird in some way or another or am playing pretend for placebo purposes to manage executive function etc.) and the dragon explanation (generally what the pretend play revolves around). But - and this is hard to explain - it isn't exactly playing pretend, either. It's me.

When I'm pretending to be Link, either playing a Zelda game or writing Zelda fanfic, Link isn't me. I might be inhabiting him as an actor, but he isn't me. When I play Animal Crossing, and I'm playing a character named after me, that's closer. It's me but greater. Me but more. Me existing in a life I wish I could have.

When I put on my mask, when I sit and daydream about the multiverse-hopping shenanigans I get up to, when I hiss at someone startling me by getting into my space, that's me. I'm not a dragon, I'm a human wearing a mask, daydreaming, hissing because "back the fuck off!" isn't allowed in the workplace.

Yeah. Cool story, bro.

I am still a dragon.

#original posts #stream of consciousness #perhaps you can catch my vibes #so to speak #dragonkin #otherkin #secular paganism #musings #original writing #psychological otherkin

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cosmicvisitor · 4 months

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if your nonhuman identity most likely arose as a result of bullying and isolation and it makes you feel less valid even though you would never even THINK that it makes another person's identity less valid and you're really stressed out about it... clap your hands?

#the void speaks #otherkin #psychological otherkin #kin #therian #therianthropy #nonhuman #alterhuman #wolf kin #wolf therian #angelkin #fallen angelkin

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otherkin-confessional · 1 month

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Psychological angelkin/seraphimkin here. My love languages are physical touch, gift giving, and words of affirmation, and each one feels like a blessing to the person I give it to and I love it

anyone else feel this way?

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#otherkin #otherkin community #alterhuman #otherkin confession #alterhumanity #divinekin #angelkin #seraphkin #psychological otherkin

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lilxwolfie · 11 months

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Awooo ~ i feel like the coolest!! ( sorry you can’t see my fluffy tail as much )

Pronouns: they/ it

#otherkin #psychological otherkin #alterhuman #dogkin #puppykin #canine kin #wolfkin #wolf therian #theriotype #scemo revival #scenecore #scemocore #scene #scene aesthetic #scene kid

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stillflight · 8 months

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I never notice how spiritual-heavy the community is more than in Discord servers. Where there's often a "spirituality" channel but no "psychology" channel. And if there is one people just use it to vent. And the mindset is "Well it would be more common if there was just anything to talk about!" But there IS. There is SO much to talk about in the intersection between alterhumanity and psychology. But nobody does. Because... why?

Like... you could say that people use spirituality channels to talk about their practices... but psychology goes into MY practice! Psychology, among other things, is present in my daily life, in the way I make decisions, in the things I find meaningful and significant about the world. And then it's ''well see there's just more people talking about spirituality because there are more spiritual people.'' Well yeah! That's my point. That is my point.

#alterhuman #psychological otherkin #hold on these two posts in a row are inspired by a conversation about methods to lose followers

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pixiede4th · 8 days

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I feel and am very different

I feel so alone ...even around other alterhumans

I'm psychological otherkin

I'm a wolf ..but I act more like a domestic dog ,I don't attack unless extremely provoked

I'm a vampire but I don't want to bleed people dry or anything

I'm a ghost but I don't want to scare people...I mostly just sob and weep

I'm a doll...fragile and with cracks

I'm a fairy that's a little mischievous..

I'm a deer ....a prey animal that's constantly on alert

I'm a cat ...but I'm a domestic cat

I'm a cryptid...but I hope I'm not scary to people...hopefully I can make some friends

I don't hate humans...I hate parts of them, yes ...but not all ,they mostly just make me anxious and weary of them . I don't really even hate my human body .....I get really sad when I have mental shifts because my body doesn't look the way I feel or I can't do certain things because of it .....

I feel so isolated and different...I've always been very passive..I wish I wasn't like that ...I feel very self conscious because I don't act like others...specially in my wolf, vampire or cryptid forms......

I just wanna be understood and accepted....

I wanna say there's nothing wrong with being angry or feeling hatred .....I just feel lonely is all ...

#cryptidkin #ghostkin #alterhumanity #alterhuman #otherkin #faekin #spiritkin #wolfkin #canine kin #felinekin #catkin #deerkin #psychological otherkin

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cynoceph · 1 year

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I know I’ve talked about it before but leaning into being kin actually helps so much with being a functional adult.

Gotta get up and go to work? Working Dog Time™/Gnoll Salesman Time™

Finally get home after a long day? Oh yeah baby, it’s Puppy Time™/Yeenie Time™

And it works.

I’m a working dog - I’ve got tasks laid out for me with instructions to follow, things I’ve been trained to be excellent at. I can set my little doggy mind to them and execute them to perfection.

I’m a gnoll trader - I’ve got customers counting on me to give them exceptional service at lightning fast speeds. And the better I am, the more coin comes my way. Making the customers return to the stand because they feel welcome and seen is good for business, and that’s good for me.

I can go about my work and know that once the work is done, I can just be Puppy/Yeenie later, with no more obligations, just a little creature having snacks and relaxing.

I know a lot of anti-kin assume the lot of us are dysfunctional kids, but like… I find if you channel your feelings effectively, it can really help to enhance functionality instead of hindering it. Just my two cent experience as an early 30s dog/yeen

Edit: I’m largely just talking about it again because I’ve been really noticing how much it’s helped me lately, as life is kind of a hellscape right now and I’m working two jobs. Being able to have something to ease the stress really just helps a lot.

#walk and talk #dogkin #hyenakin #psychological otherkin #caninekin #gnollkin

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moved-to-darkplanets · 2 years

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I don't know if it's acknowledged enough that psychological otherkin can be spiritual/religious in other ways without believing thier alterhumanity is supernatural in origin. It's often couched as the reincarnationist pagan spiritual otherkin vs the atheist Beings of Science psychological otherkin when like most things it's More Complicated Than That (tm)

#Otherkin #psychological otherkin #psych kin #alterhuman

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softservecanine · 2 years

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Being psychologically kin is so!!! Hard to explain!!

(By the by, not trying to put down spiritual therians here! I love you guys /gen)

“How did you know?”

Well I can’t answer with “meditation and spiritual discovery.” I used to think that was it. But no when I was 13, I found the otherkin community, and just kind of started getting in tune with that part of myself that, over time, has become more and more inseparable from my being until we get to where we are today, where being a dogboy is my whole personality, identity, and life.

“Why are you a therian?”

MAN IDK. I don’t think I was born this way. I can’t say that it’s “part of my soul.” I think I was made this way, through social conditioning mixed with my autism. Idk why I ended up like this specifically, or why I specifically feel like a dog. I just do.

Spiritual therians seem to be able to explain themselves so easily. I love y’all. To an outsider, it’s easier to think “oh yeah reincarnation and spiritualism and animism and stuff!” Like that can be easy to digest. But for people like me? That’s a harder pill for most people to swallow.

#bear barks #dog therian #otherkin #therian #caninekin #canine therian #Dogkin #puppykin #actually kin #psychological therian #psychological otherkin #spiritual therian #spiritual otherkin

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talks-with-the-void · 3 months

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I'm so fucking proud of this.

this is literally me, try to steal it or use as a "faceclaim" and I'll bite your fingers off :)

#werewolf #werewolfkin #psychological otherkin #alterhuman #alterhumanity #nonhuman #otherkin #nonhumanity

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webecamethestars · 6 months

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I never thought embracing my Alter-humanity would feel this good. I feel so confident, so sure of myself, so happy to be alive. I'll admit, it's definitely still an adjustment. I still feel like a lunatic talking about it sometimes, but, I couldn't be happier, genuinely.

The Alterhuman community as a whole (otherkin, therian, etc) is filled with some of the greatest beings I've ever had the pleasure to interact with. It's so freeing being able to talk about who I really am without fear of judgement or ridicule. All of you are so wonderful, so creative, so clever and kind. We're all little weirdos just trying to survive in this crazy world, and I love that! I love being part of such a niche yet loving community and being able to learn about everyone's identities

Thank you for being here. Thank you for giving me a home.

#voidpunk #alterbeing #alterhuman #alterhumanity #nonhuman #not human #voidkin #voidling #non human #nonhumanity #psychological otherkin #otherhearted #otherkin #otherkinity #otherkith #therianthropy #therian #void #voidsona

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aepaex · 8 months

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So. I used to lurk in the Tumblr otherkin community back in the early-mid 2010's but I was still going through my awakening and was really unsure of myself. This year's Othercon (Page's "You Are Not A Museum Piece" panel to be exact) has inspired me to actually uhh introduce myself!

Hello, I'm Apex and I'm a spirit! Not a ghost- more like an intermediate spirit or a fairy. I associate myself with temperate forests, but I'm also pretty thoroughly "domesticated" and enjoy indoor comforts. My "base" form is a tiger 🐯 but I can shapeshift a bit. I'm also human(/half-human), fictionhearted, and a furry, and all of those influence my kintype and are influenced in return. My kintype is psychological.

I think it'd be cool to meet more spirits, fae, tigers, and related beings! This isn't really a kin blog and I'm more active in alterhuman discords and Nonhuman National Park, but I think it'd be nice to talk about more kin things here in the future. I also have an alterhumanity page on my website with more info.

#otherkin #alterhuman #spiritkin #faekin #psychological otherkin #forestkin #tigerkin #tiger therian #apextxt

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cosmicvisitor · 8 months

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really the question is: at what point do divergences in human thought and behavior equal being nonhuman? is there a hard line? is it ultimately up to individual interpretation?

basically what i'm trying to say is - when do you stop just being "different" and start resembling something nonhuman, something other?

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otherkin-confessional · 1 month

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Being psychological demon/fallen angelkin sucks, man. Why do I have to be Like That lmao

(The Terrors. It's because of the Terrors. At least partially.)

🌌

#otherkin #otherkin community #alterhuman #otherkin confession #alterhumanity #divinekin #demonkin #infernalkin #psychological otherkin

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