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Hello :) I have been fascinated by the therian and otherkin community for roughly a year now but I still haven’t figured out if I am a therian myself. I always felt more comfortable with animals than with humans and have a strong spiritual connection to canine like animals and nature (especially forests). I also made a coyote mask to see how it would feel and it gives me a great feeling of comfort, as well as for example climbing on trees or kind of walking on all fours when I’m outside.

But on the other hand I have never felt as if I have had a past life and I experience mental shifts only very rarely.

Does that mean I am a therian? Or is there a different term for this?

Any help is appreciated ^w^

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There are many terms and labels you can use to describe yourself out there, but I find that stepping outside of the main sphere of influence and taking the time alone to really sit with what I feel myself as helps me. Stepping away from any potential influences from the online community allows you to see yourself for what and who you are without bias, you know? That's how I discovered my nonhumanity, anyway. Stepping away, finding what comes naturally to you without any outside suggestions, and then circling back to review what you experienced - then, researching.

But keep in mind that you don't have to label every single experience as something, otherwise you'll get caught up in a rabbithole of terms. And then nonhumanity turns into a labeling game.

I will say, you absolutely do not need a past life and/or mental shifts to be nonhuman. Everyone has a completely different experience when it comes to their nonhumanity.

If it helps, you mentioned "connections", which makes me think of the term 'otherhearted'. Otherhearted (in a loose definition) is the term where you define with an animal, having a very strong connection to the animal.

Also remember that identities are in constant flux, so it is completely okay to use a label and a little while later say "hey, this doesn't really define me that well." There are so such thing as "fake therians" either, if in the end you find that the label doesn't fit. Being misinformed is completely okay. Change is completely valid!

I'd recommend browsing this website for more information and help:

https://forums.therian-guide.com/index.php

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u don't have to have past life shit to feel that way - i've never felt like that. there's spiritual and psychological therians and personally i'm the latter, maybe u r too :]

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past lives =/= therian. the only requirement for being a therian is identifying as a non-human animal. I'd recommend doing research on therianthropy, I've posted a forum post with several good sources, it's pinned ^^

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