I do not know if I identify as a therian anymore, exactly.
I mostly consider myself just... alterhuman. It's a broad term that I feel like it fits me without being too specific.
And I still do see myself as partly human, and I have no idea how "voluntary" my nonhuman identity really is, and I can't exactly measure that, so I wouldn't see myself as therian or otherkin or otherlink.
I don't know if I identify AS a specie, or WITH a specie. I am leaning towards the latter, but I am unsure.
Sure, there's probably a label that will fit me, but I don't care. I see it as more trouble than it's worth to find a way to categorize myself beyond the broad "alterhuman" category.
I still go to #therian or r/Therian, as well as otherkin spaces, because it's a community of people I relate to, even if the term might not a 100% fit me.
Wolf. Fairy. Cat. Shapeshifting creature. Rat. Some fish. Dog. Void being. Ghost. Alien. Horse? Etc. All those resonate with me in some way I can't always define.
I am also afraid of being accused of "faking", because some of my identities are common (eg. wolf and cat are very common. I believe there is a reason for why it is so common (beyond "fakers picking animals they think are cool", but that's not the point).
I wish I knew alterhuman or Therian people irl. I deeply resonate with a lot of therians even if I don't know if the term 100% fits me. I was considering wearing the theta delta, but there are 2 problems:
I don't know if I'm Therian, and I don't want to "deceive" someone into thinking I am and end up disappointing them by saying I'm not sure if I identify as one, despite being alterhuman.
I don't want anti therians to know I am alterhuman (there are some anti therians in my school. One of my classmates is particularly vocal about it.)
But I don't know any recognizable enough general alterhuman symbol, and I don't know if there even are any therians around. Though I do have my lil cousin who ids as Therian, though he thinks therianthropy is playing pretend (I can't exactly blame him, he's a kid)
I don't know where I'm going with this. Either way, I'm alterhuman, I wish I knew more alterhumans, I wish life was simpler














