Musings on Animality
“Social Anxiety” (5/22/2009) Last night I was looking up information on anxiety disorders, not in relevance to myself though, and came across information on social anxiety disorder. Granted, I’ve heard about it before, years ago, yet I never actually took time to read a decent description of it and the
From “para-” meaning beyond or near, & “anthro” meaning human. A gender type involving an experience of one’s gender being near and yet beyond being human–notably humanoid, but not actually human. It can, but does not necessarily overlap with xenogender. It can also exist somewhere between xenogender & non-xenogender (anthrogender). The term “human”
“Blutpir: Vampire Species Concept” (May 2023) (About 30-40 minutes to read) –Different species of hominid, thus still “human”, just not Homo sapiens [species Homo sanguinus]; this differentiates between the two species with “H.sapiens” or simply “Sapiens” and ‘vampires’ or ‘blutpir’ Due to their preternatural condition and state, especially their means
“The Fall of the Therian and Otherkin Communities” (5/5/2021) The idea that just because some or even many people desire within a given community to have a litmus test of sorts to ‘prove’ or officially ‘become’ a *personal* identity (that, of course, can have social identity aspects due to there
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“The Plasticity of Otherkin” (6/7/ 2021) To clarify, in this writing I’m using “plasticity” to refer to changes that can occur, particularly psychologically, in the experience and/or identity of being otherkin (and related identities). This does not mean that such changes are by conscious choice (though maybe they can be
“My Angel Aspect” (7/18/21) So a thought occurred to me regarding why I don’t consider myself to have an angel ‘kintype. And really, I’m not sure I have a good reason (for myself). This isn’t me, to clarify, stating that I do have an angel ‘kintype, at least not yet,
“Humanimality” (7/9/2021) So I’ve been watching various shows lately, skipping between different ones or different episodes or seasons, to the whims of my mind, but they generally have some element of human animality in them, and it’s interesting to me to compare and contrast how that theme is handled in
“Behind a Vampiric Grin” (10/16/2013 & 4/16/2021) Journeying into writing some on the psyche of the blutpir (and specifically myself as a blutpir otherkin), to get further in depth about some of what it is like and entails beyond just outward behavior and [perceived] appearance. One of the most notable
“Emerging from the Desert” (4/10/2021) For about a decade I have chronically struggled with progressively worsening depression. I was initially diagnosed with depression in fall of 2009 and was put on Zoloft shortly after which allowed me to feel like myself again and function normally, including having a notable bout
“On Being Monster-Hearted” (5/28/2018) I haven’t yet used the term “-kith/-hearted” for myself, maybe because I didn’t know what connection of mine was personally fitting of the term/concept. There are numerous animals which I hold deep, lasting connections with that aren’t theriotypes: crows, antelopes, red canids (dholes, Ethiopian wolves), among