fellow therians/otherkin/alterhumans?

[SaturnianWildcat]

Obligatory 'i dont actually know' disclaimer but for the past year, I've been really relating to posts/content I see about being therian since I've always felt a bit disconnected from humanity ever since I was a kid. I was that kid who always wanting to pretend to be an animal or some manner of creature. Wherever it is that I fall under the umbrella I know it has to do with dragons since they've been my all-time favorite thing for like...ever lmao. Hell, I had a hard time connecting with my sona until I bit the bullet and made her a dragon!

[SugrPawz]

Here's hoping I can keep this semi-serious.

So yeah. Totally me. I find that the way that gender identity, species identity, and everything else really all kinda ball together in such a weirdly fascinating way. For example, as a femme-boddied and identifying individual, I find that contextual pronouns such as It/Its only work in the same way you would refer to an animal or object for me. From a psychological perspective I find this truly interesting.

That being said I tend to keep it to myself unless in offline spaces. My fiance is aware and he is super supportive, but I cant imagine being super publicly facing about my neurodivergent queer identity also falling into the non-human spectrum (though that feels kinda fake to say given I only interact with others irl who either are respectful of me not really feeling human, or arent entirely human IDing themself).
So yeah. Dog... rat... creature. Life has made a lot more sense to me when I stopped trying to live my private life at home as a performative charade of normal human. Not to mention way more enjoyable.

Never be afraid to be you, especially in your own homes, folks.

[soliloquy]

I've been identifying as a therian since I was 13. I always assumed I'd grow out of it, or that it was just another fixation that would fade. But it never did, and has only grown stronger and more integral to my sense of self as I've aged.

The label I use has changed and morphed over the years;
It was therian to start, and then I added otherkin onto that for my fictional and/or concept based identities.

The last year or so, I settled on saying, definitively, I'm nonhuman. Whether I perceive that as biologically the case, or not, depends on who's most prominent in my system (I'm diagnosed with DID.)

Mostly of my nonhumanity revolves around canines of varying types, again depending on who's fronting. But as a whole, "Canine" is an acceptable catchall. Then there is, still, the concepts which I identify with -- the void, tech/computers, angelic, robots, etc.

I will say, the reason I specify nonhuman as opposed to alterhumanity for my own personal verbage, is because I'm not human, in any shape or form, left right or to the side a little, alternate or not. -- to be clear, this is how I experience and view myself in relation to those labels, not something I apply to others.

Anyways... It's a very important part of who I am.
And it's good to be able to talk about it, so thank you!