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[aviancanine]

I’m not copinglink because my identity is completely involuntary. Just because it’s from trauma doesn’t mean that it isn’t involuntary?? I’m also not a pet regresser because I don’t…. regress.. I just don’t do that. Nonhuman behavior from trauma doesn’t always equal regression lmao. It’s not just that we’re still valid in our identities but that those statements are just completely wrong 😂

I've seen a lot of people saying that alterhumans that are alterhuman bc of trauma aren't valid :<

So to anyone whose alterhumanity was caused by trauma!! You're super valid and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise!!!

You can be therian because of trauma! You can be otherkin because of trauma! You can be fictionkin because of trauma!

Alterhumanity caused by trauma isn't automatically copinglink or pet regression or whatever else!! We're therian, otherkin, and fictionkin, all because of TRAUMA!!! These aren't copinglinks or regression!! We very much see ourselves as our theriotypes/kins!! The fact that we do because of trauma doesn't mean we're any less alterhuman than someone who isn't!!

Respect kins and therians who are alterhuman because of trauma! We are alterhumans too!!

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I can not WAIT for birdboy summer

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Sometimes thinking of what to say on a therianthropy themed blog is hard, because most of the time my therianthropy is just:

Woke up as a cat. Went to school as a cat. Ate dinner as a cat. Drew a picture as a cat. Went to gymnastics practice as a cat. Fell asleep as a cat.

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I go rrrmmgfof. Gwwawrr. Mmmrrpfh. Wawaamm.

Also rrup. rup. rrarraAWAWAWAAaa. rup.

important research question: do you go bark, woof, arf, or ruff

you can tell a lot about a person by their dog noise of choice, trust me

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silly wolf photos from WCC. reblog if you agree

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This is what frustrates me about bringing therianthropy up in medical contexts. It’s so difficult to explain to people, and a health professional is likely to give you a wide statement for something that’s more nuanced. I know my therianthropy is some form of deep rooted depersonalization, but that doesn’t change the fact that I still feel this way, that I developed this way, and that when I was trying to repress my behaviors because I didn’t understand it I was MORE dissociated from myself than I am now! For some it can definitely be harmful to engage in it can put you further into dissociation, and there are times where I even feel like I’m retreating into it too much, but for others it’s better to live with and embrace it for what it is you just need to be conscious and careful.

(Minor vent)

The other day I was talking to my therapist, and briefly brought up how I feel like an animal

She told me not to “give into the urges” (me expressing this part of me) because it’s “a form of dissociation and depersonalization”

But know what? Since I’ve started expressing my theriantrophy, I’m the happiest I’ve been in such a long time. And I think really that’s all that matters. If feeling like a puppy and allowing myself to express myself is “dissociation” then so be it. I’ve made connections with people like me and I finally feel like I have a community and a place to belong

So I’m gonna keep being a silly little puppy cuz it makes me happy. End of story

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I had an incredibly long bird shift today, the first time this has ever happened! I just felt wholly like a bird, I think it was Osprey, for 2 or 3 hours. My head movements were snappier, the way I was looking was different, my mentality was completely changed, I felt the most physically nonhuman for the first time, it was a little like I was flying in the car (but I wanted to pick up real wind so bad), and it was just completely random and started in the car 😭 I do think the temperature has a lot to do with it though, cold ac/wind really gets the bird going. I never thought I would have an experience as intense as this, I always see folk talk about them!

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I think I’m also a turkey vulture….

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*sigh* Look, we don't choose our past lives. We don't choose our attachments. But if you happen to have some kind of strong connection to a Nazi officer who murdered people in our present world, whose descendants and relatives are still alive and hurting, and whose suffering is continuously downplayed, or even denied, to this day - I think the least you can do is treat it with the appropriate somberness.

There's a difference between having an attachment to a genocidal murderer from a source of fiction and having an attachment to one from this world, and the difference is that there are millions of people presently around you who are still reeling from the effects of our present-world genocidal murderers. When you downplay or gloss over the Holocaust, you are downplaying and glossing over the sufferring of millions of Jewish, Romani, disabled, and queer people who were murdered in literal assembly-line death factories.

Having a past life as a nazi officer is morally neutral. You didn't choose that. But making cutesy heart edits of said officer and going "omg he's so me" while ignoring the piles of bodies he left in his wake is, speaking politely, really fucking shitty. At best it's ignorant and at worst it's perpetuating the minimization and denial of Jewish suffering under the Nazi regime.

[aviancanine]

I get species euphoria when I have my nails, they feel like claws.

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Hi! Can I have a black phase wolf & cinereous vulture moodboard with dark pine and dark water themes? Thank you :>

-@aviancanine

black phase wolf + cinereous vulture moodboard with themes of dark pine and dark water!

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So much! I can understand stories, make art, eat all kinds of wonderful foods, use the internet, understand language, connect to music on a deeper level, learn so much, help the land rather than just be a part of it, do awesome things like sports, basically anything that requires hands and dexterity, and a lot more!! Humans create and do so much good and cool stuff and being part of that is awesome.

Nonhumans of Tumblr: what are you grateful for in your human/humanoid body?

The fact that I can appreciate other things is a big one for me. That I can look and appreciate nature and animals. That I’m able to identify certain plant or animal species. That I have favourite foods and drinks that I don’t eat to sustain me, but rather because I like the taste of them. The elaborate stories and mythology and art that humans have created, and being able to create at least one form of art like that myself. Music and the different genres of me. Being able to express myself through my style and physical looks.

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New paws just dropped

I’m planning on drawing paw prints on the toes

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maybe i'm reading into this too much but the way that some people treat therians honestly tells me a lot about how they treat animals. if you think that being an animal is so "weird" then you probably treat your dog like an object rather than a living, breathing being. idk guys just my thoughts

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I loved salami & pickles before but it makes a great vulture food now, it’s very affirming I love it.

(For myself. I’m not feeding vultures random tumblr user)