My Greatest Piece Of Advice To Anyone Whos Newly Awakened To Being Otherkin, Therian, Alterhuman, Nonhuman,

My greatest piece of advice to anyone who’s newly awakened to being otherkin, therian, alterhuman, nonhuman, etc. is to research.

I’m not talking about looking up definitions on fandom wikis or whatever. You need to really get to know your community before even considering conversations about who “can” and “cannot” be something.

Learn about the histories of our kind.

Read essays on your peers’ experiences.

Familiarize yourself with different labels and identities outside of your own.

Open your mind to experiences not only similar to yours, but also aren’t like your experiences at all.

I’m saying this in the kindest way possible, especially to younger members of our community. I get it. I know what it’s like to come up in a space and see how discourse is given a lot of focus. There’s pressure to take a hard stance on something.

But, you just realized this part of yourself.

Please understand that zeroing in on discourse, let alone becoming a gatekeeper, isn’t the way to engage with community.

Most of all, it’s not good to dive headfirst into it without educating yourself.

1/ we are a therian, otherkin, otherhearted, and maybe a coping/otherlinker :3

2/ theriotypes: lynx, death head moth, and snow leopard | kintypes: sharkpup and questioning fallen-angel/demon | hearttypes: hammerhead shark and whale shark | possible link/c’link: mouse and Labrador

3/ yup, mostly just phantom shifts where we get paws, moth wings, tail, or ears. We’ve gotten some pretty intense mental shifts where we almost completely shift into the mindset of a lynx (my main theriotype), we’ve never gotten a cameo shift 😅

4/ sometimes food will taste dry and bitter or we just can’t bare eating human food (but we obvi can’t do anything about that), most of the time it’s very comforting if that makes any sense or we just continue our day like a human would

5/ for the most part we think it’s really nice because there’s a lot of lovely accepting people/beings who have really helped us and we’re sure many others discover more about themselves and learn to accept who they are and who they aren’t

6/ being outside, rolling in warm grass, talking to people who are like us, and just simply enjoying being alterhuman

7/ we have experienced it but not currently

8/ keep researching and learning and talking to other members of the community. And remember your alterhumanity is yours and it’s gonna be different than other peoples/beings and that’s ok, You. Are. Valid.

9/ yup we have some

10/ we believe that our soul/spirit has been around for millions of years and gone through multiple alternate universes. And that over all those years has collected bits and pieces of every body (this includes animals, people, plants, etc.) it’s inhabited and that’s why we might have shifts, dysphoria, urges, instincts, etc., it’s different parts of our soul showing through (I posted a longer explanation :3)

11/ I don’t have anyone to tag sorry

btw we’re sure you’ve noticed but we use we/us instead of I/me :))

If you are a alterhuman, reblog and answer these questions!

(don't be afraid to write a lot, do what you want ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯)

1/ Which category of alterhumanity do you belong to?

2/ What/who is/are your type(s)? (if you have any)

3/ Do you experience shifts? If so, can you tell us your most common shifts and your strangest cameo shift (if you've ever had a cameo shift)?

4/ How do you experience your alterhumanity in everyday life?

5/ What do you think of the community?

6/ What are the things that make you most comfortable and euphoric in your alterhumanity?

7/ Are you experiencing species dysphoria?

8/ What advice would you like to say to a young alterhuman who has just awakened?

9/ Do you have/want to have gears?

10/ Do you know/have any theories about the origin of your alterhumanity? If so, tell us! (all beliefs are legitimate)

11/ Tag someone/a creature to answer these questions!ㅤᵕ̈

I’m sorry I keep bitching about this motherhood species dysphoria but it has been INCESSANT. My mom was on her phone next to me and I guess she was watching a puppy video. I was doing fine and then just the sound of pups crying and whimpering made it all rush back.

I’ve dealt with species dysphoria pretty much my whole life but it has rarely ever gotten this bad. Hoping this goes away soon 🙏

one nonhuman thing about me is i lick pillows and blankys when i get so warm and cozy

Making animal noises and expecting you to understand, one time we were at a flute lesson and in response to our teachers question we made a chirpy death head moth noise🤦🐾🌱

ALTERHUMANS I AM SUMMONING YOU

let's start a chain

everyone reblog with your alterhuman toxic trait

mine is that I forget that I'm not actually the size of a cat, which usually ends up with me stuck in a box

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