So... kinda fishing for general anecdotes, thoughts, and advice from the #otherkin, #therian, and #furry communities (though anyone else is of course free to chime in with thoughts and opinions).
I really only came into identifying as a furry roughly seven or eight months ago, and designing my 'sona was a lot of time and effort spent on introspection and expressing myself in a way that felt right and natural to me.
More recently, over the past three or so months, I've been having occassional feelings of proprioception ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprioception ) associated with non-existent parts of my body that would correspond to my 'sona: mouse-like ears, muzzle with whiskers, a tail, etc. My partners have been supportive of exploring this, which has been really, really affirming... and also leaving me a fair bit confused about identity and label issues.
I am not typically a spiritual person, but even so, I'm open to all perspectives on this. Thanks for reading, boosts always appreciated.
@desiree tbh I've got a complicated relationship with therian/otherkin beliefs, because I really do feel like the dog descriptor for me is useful in more than just the "vibes-related" ways for a handful of reasons, but I'm also like. Aware that that perception doesn't really inform my day-to-day in any way? It's fun, it makes me feel good, and I don't think it needs to be more than that. For me, at least, I'm not sure if that's useful for you but as another non-spiritual person that's kinda toed that line more than I maybe expected to, maybe that perspective is useful :)
@pixel Oh, I completely agree with respect to self-perception. And I totally get being satisfied with "This makes me comfortable and feels good, so why explore it further?". But at the end of the day, I have been exploring myself a lot lately, and this is a new avenue of exploration for me, so I want to follow it and see where it leads me, I suppose.
@desiree yeah that's valid!! Idk I think it's useful for me to just remember at the end of the day, I'm me and that's all I need to be. I don't need to have a metaphysical justification for things feeling good or bad, they just are what they are and that's enough for me
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