Shifty Thinking

I have psychosis! For me, my headmates ARE real people. I've seen them standing in front of me, I've felt them in person, I have actual hallucinations of this. I know full well, they aren't actually in front of me, they aren't like registered citizens and whatnot. But it doesn't stop me from seeing them. It doesn't stop me from being a system. It's just another factor that comes along with it.

When it comes to P-Shifting, every time I hear about it, it makes me actually think it's psychosis. And I clearly don't mean that in the derogatory way that people usually use for things they don't understand. "You think you were a fox in a past life??? You're psychotic!" Not like that. I experience phantom limbs, but not P-Shifting. I've only spoken to a few friends or acquaintances in the otherkin/alterhuman/etc community and all I've gotten from them is "Yeah I'm psychotic, I p-shift." and leave it at that. Some might not mention having psychosis, but describe p-shifting and just don't really go on a tangent to "prove" it's real to me or anything. Hearing that people are being pulled into some cult of p-shifting really threw me for a loop.

My heart really does go out to those who get swept up in the cult-mentality that seems to be RAMPANT in the p-shifting community. I'm still someone with an open mind who's like, I know that doesn't happen for me, but it's cool if you think it happens to you.

We can laugh about it now, but p-shifters (and similar groups in the soulbonding and fictionkind communities) really did have people who believed in things like transformations and the veil falling. I was one of them, embarrassing as it is to admit now. From about 2011 to 2015 our mental health was bad. We were functional but completely lost internally, in large part because of the things we picked up in the early 00s from those people and carried into adulthood.

It's funny to laugh at now, but living with those fairy tales to keep you going was equally soul-crushing and manically wonderful. It made us feel on top of the world, but every time something didn't work out the way we hoped, it was devastating. And all of it - every single instance of a new belief being formed and old ones reinforced - correlated with times of unrest in real life, particularly when we were dealing with neglect at home, and homelessness later. On December 20th 2012 we went to sleep in a homeless shelter, and when I woke up on the 21st in the same miserable place, same body I hated, it took a while to recover from that. Just 3 years prior I'd been in the thick of the p-shifting and associated communities online, and it's not like losing contact with those people was an immediate reality check. Delusion busting is dirty work.

Life didn't start getting better until, like, 2020, and that's not a joke. It took medication and therapy and a lot of hard talks with myself to face how the world is, what I am, and what we are. Everything we experience could be supernatural, and I'm comfortable with what little of that we still find use in, but ALL of it could also be explained by psychological and developmental forces contained entirely in our brain and enforced by how we grew up. And when we die, that's probably the end of our consciousness. I'll happily take a different, wish-fulfilling outcome, but I'm not counting on it to make this life worth living.

I wasted my 20s (which are hard enough thanks) believing in bullshit. It effected my relationships at work and at home and with friends, the way I treated my body and the choices I made -after all, why plan for anything if you're gonna be spirited off to live as an IRL dragon at some nebulous point in the near-future? - and just kept me paranoid and angry and resentful of anything that told me otherwise.

It's like being detrans and saying that all trans people are bad/dumb because they believe in something that didn't work out for you. Hey, have you ever thought about the fact that YOU WEREN'T A PSHIFTER TO BEGIN WITH.

Someone roping you into a community doesn't make you automatically that way. Your trauma and your grievances don't matter to me when they don't apply to us. Your words don't matter. They only open holes as to why you were wrong about your identity.

It's not a cult. Anyone can leave and realize that they are not who they think they are. Simple as that, no one is forcing them to stay. Hell, I'd rather kick out kids then let them in because it makes misinformation easier. Stop hiding behind your sad younger self that was mistaken and realize that the specific people who put you into the situation are the problem. You can't blame trans people for letting in one of their own until they end up being detrans, so WHY blame Pshifters. We're not doing anything, especially not to people like you.

Being trans species inherently isn't toxic or bad. Changing your body through piercings, augmentations, surgeries and clothing or additions isn't harmful to anyone else.

It's when we start promising things that we have no backing in science at all that things become. Fucky. For instance, essential oils, people absolutely swear they work for illness while some studies can find certain ones may be beneficial or have a slight change they aren't as effective as medication. When someone tells you to have faith in something it can become damaging because there is no way to tell "its not working yet" until you find your own personal threshold. For some this is death, for others its one night.

P-shifting is dangerous as a concept because there is no science to back it. There is no replicated technique to try, there isn't a solid way always 100% be guaranteed to experience it.

So let's broach the topic of endelity and clinical lycanthropy. Delusions also aren't an excuse to spread misinformation. Labeling your experience as delusional is important to let everyone understand a greater context and how to approach the situation. It isn't ok to reality check someone, but you can ask them to take those experiences to their own curated space where it won't trigger other people.

If a shifter is talking about their experience on their blog that's fine. If they're sharing it on main tags with a disclaimer their a shifter or endel that can be tolerated. If they are suggesting a new method that everyone should try, or how to p-shift or they have the secret to p-shifting that should be in shifter only tags, not in otherkin spaces at all.

It's damaging to the wider community frankly, I can't read a lot of p-shifter stuff cause it'll make my clinical lycanthropy worse. It also entices newbies to try something crazy when their desperate even if the shifter is acting in good faith that they genuinely think they're doing something constructive by sharing it. It should really be placed in their own tags.

P-shifting was incredibly damaging to otherkinity for awhile, it still can be. Cults are still active even if your not apart of one you may prime someone to join by accident.

I have delusions I'm a real werewolf, I never talk about it or make it 'my thing' cause that's incredibly dangerous. For me and managing my delusion I find it best to not directly engage with it unless I absolutely have to. I don't want to feed it and make it stronger. It is a very real illness for me. It hurts me, disables me, makes me ashamed and is frankly dangerous for me when I go into an episode.

For religious belief type shifting I have a far lower tolerance. I think for me personally I couldn't read anything about it. I think personal experiences in main tags would be fine-ish but when you ask people to join your religion (which tends to inevitably happen via advertising through experiences) that becomes cult esc very quickly and becomes very dangerous very fast. Religion is a great way to bond with people. Having bonds through faith makes them even stronger. When someone tells you your group is unjust it's very easy to begin to separate your group as an 'us vs them' situation. To cut it short if you don't understand or have experience in pagan or religious activities and how to manage those experiences between others in a healthy way. Don't post it or post it to just your blog to minimize traffic so it's more manageable.

I think p-shifting should be looked at with tolerance not blind acceptance. There should be an educated understanding about delusions and their impacts and how to have a conflict resolution without going "your experience isn't real" it would be great if there was more knowledge on what cults look like and how they act. What are some warning signs the B.I.T.E model is fantastic for this. Overall tagging is important, so is context and intention behind a post.

I don't know what to do other than try to dispel misinformation. If I can't do that, then I don't care about my community.

Pshifting is not dangerous unless you make it dangerous. Pshifting is not something people hunt you for or hurt you over, but the more you shout about it being this horrible thing, the more it will become something that hurts people.

I don't want to be hurt the same way the alterhuman community hurt me.

My comparison is to say that one experience doesn't triumph over another when one has proven to be beneficial to others. It's not for everyone because you simply don't have the urges. There's not magical about it, there's nothing non-scientific about it.

Pshifting, for the most part, is in your head. The same way regular shifting is. It's in your head until you map it onto your body. We don't use spells, we don't use magic, we don't claim to "turn you" and anyone who does is a liar and wants to hurt you. I'm sorry that you weren't aware of that and ended up being hurt, but it's not MY fault. It's not the newer community's fault. It is a history that we must not fall back into, and the first step is to stop misinformation about us. Especially since it's no longer 2017.

You can be spiritually transgender, Poppy. That's kinda how a lot of cultural/spiritual related genders function. So yes, if someone has bodily autonomy and wants to do what they want, they're allowed to use spells and whatever to be trans. But no, you cannot just push hormones aside and say that people can just will their way into being trans. That's not what I meant.

Shifters don't PROMISE anything? We don't walk up to kids and say, you wanna be something else? No, they CHOOSE this because they are interested. And if they end up not being a shifter, we don't pressure them to stay. If they end up as misinformed, we don't let them stay. The same way alterhumans don't pressure their kind to stay, why would we do the same? In the past, horrible people have taken over the community and used it to spread fictional depictions and false information to younger audiences but do you not see that we're trying to clean that up?

Shifting is not magic, it is not spells and it definitely is not anything like that. Our bones don't break, our bodies do not reform and we don't become another animal. I understand that you are hurt but respect us for at least changing and not trying to hurt people.

We have people ON TUMBLR who would gatekeep a child from doing something stupid if they say them doing it. Our community is not the safest, but it definitely doesn't mean we are inherently horrible or our beliefs are bad. At the end of the day, we do understand and use science. We are backed by science but our physical experiences are still there even when we are told that it's all in our head. Why do you want to say our experiences aren't genuine just because we aren't like you?

I don't think it's right to say things like "physical shifting is backed by science" when there is as it stands from my knowledge and id love to be proven wrong 0 evidence.

The word 'promise' was used in the same way a used car salesman may promise their car is totally good to go and has no issues. You seem to be speaking about your specific instance of physical shifting. I am referring to the larger audience. Theres alive and well cults that are still inviting in new members in the current day, on tumblr. Actively. I also think it's interesting pointing out that the community is getting better when I still see new cults popping up. There may be more curated spaces but they are still dangerous.

I have not seen any evidence or data that says physical shifting is real in scientific terms. I'd love to be proven wrong. I am specifically not talking about theory but proven cases and documentation.

Prove me wrong send me video or a photo i'm really not picky. It just has to be tangible evidence of someone physically shifting. Cause i've never seen any.

The 'science' argument aside assuming everything is true. Repairing a community doesn't happen over night im glad strides are being made. I'm still skeptical at best because of my own involvement in that community. If the only retort is "well they were manipulative but now we arent" i dont believe that at all because I still have connections and know this bullshit is still happening today. They've just learned to stay under the radar about it.

I can't agree the shifter community is safer, it's just quieter. I also can't agree the culture is healthier. There's clearly a divide that shifter's are not the same as everyone else. There is still an alive othering aspect i see between posts. Such as "why do you want to say our experiences arent genuine just because we aren't like you"

There's an othering aspect because you all are making it seem as though we are different! We aren't. We have different experiences, you literally said we do, but we aren't nonhuman. We are humanoid and still are bound by humanity.

There is proof of shifting. There are experiences. If experiences in the alterhuman community are enough for you all, why is it so difficult here? Because we say those experiences are physical? Okay so what? My kind of shifting is NOT like how most people claim it because I do not believe your body melds into something physically different. I am not to provide proof to their claims when I am the one not claiming it, I am only saying that I have proof for my shifting experiences.

I don't know what to tell you but our galleries are scarce and everything in it is either kids pretending or cultists using our language. When we want a better community and try to diverge from the path of cult behavior, there is nothing but stigma and stereotypes. Shifting, to me, is not transforming into another animal under 20 seconds. You can't do that, you will die. I don't know what you have heard but science backs ME up when I say that. If anyone else says otherwise, they're mentally shifting and seeing it through phantom limbs. That's the truth because a lot of them admit to it!

Physical shifting is not just your body, it's your brain! Someone saying they see stripes doesn't mean that YOU see stripes. It doesn't mean that they are physically becoming a tiger. That's a mental shift and that's why most of the time, shifters will say that they physically shift. But a physical shift is a permanent physical change and once we start actively seeing these two are different things, we no longer have to fight about this bullshit.

None of us know exactly why we experience this, no one knows why shifting is a thing but we experience the psychosomatic things about it and we know that it's real to us.

When someone shifts, maybe they feel their bones rearranging. In reality, their bones aren't moving, they're aching because of your muscles when it constricts. The ways they do it don't matter when they CAN do it. I personally don't care if you get it or not, I just don't want misinformation to be spread about us. Especially when I'm at least trying to clean up the cultish bullshit laying around.

For fun this is what my cult described as physical shifting here

If the definition of physical shifting quickly is just "i am 100% convinced i am an animal for short burst of time without changing into it" first of all with this definition it means I physically shift. Which isn't true i'm just mentally ill lol. that definition defeats the entire purpose. You keep mentioning definitions and i haven't seen a clear cut one yet. It also begs the question why are there so many versions of physical shifting if it's a reliable phenomena?

What is shifting?

Shifting is simply a state of shifting your consciousness/ awareness to a different reality Where your consciously in a different reality but your actual body stays in current reality. Its just consciously moving your awareness to a desired reality.

What is a dr?

A desired reality.

What is a cr?

Currently reality. it’s the reality we are physically living in now

Where can i shift to?

Absolutely anywhere. Hogwarts, game of thrones, any of your favourite tv shows or film, or a book you love it’s completely up to you

How can i shift?

Before i get onto any kind of techniques or method it is important to remember, like everything, shifting is down to belief and intention. Where you can shift to is down to your beliefs. How long it will take you to shift is up to you and your beliefs. And whether it’s possible for you also up to you and your beliefs.

Shifting is actually really easy when you believe it is, it’s so simple. You don’t actually need any method to do it you just need your powerful mind.

But if you want to use techniques and methods you can:

♡︎ Affirming. you can easily just affirm that you are in your dr or that you are shifting.

♡︎ Feeling your dr, you can just visualise and feel as if you are already in your dr. Use all your senses and actually feel as if you are there

♡︎ By using astral projection

♡︎ Sleep paralysis or lucid dreaming

♡︎ SATS or lullaby method

Some methods created by others:

(i don’t own any of these methods:)

The raven method;

This is quite popular method where you lay down in a position of a starfish on your bed and start to count to 100. Usually this is done while listening to subliminals and/or saying affirmations in between each number.

The pillow method:

This is really simple method. You just write down your shifting affirmations and read them out loud just before going to bed and then slipping it under your pillow. You can also sleep with your script under your pillow too.

The eleven method:

This is where you put a bandanna or cloth over your eyes, put on some white noise, and close your eyes. With your eyes closed you imagine seeing your dr self and you walking up to them, as you meet up with your dr self imagine yourself emerging with them and becoming them. You should then wake up as your dr self in your dream reality

The train method:

Get in a comfortable position, and imagine that you are on a train to your dr. Imagine what you would see, smell, etc. Activate all your senses. And as you are on the train, repeat your affirmations. When you feel you have shifted, open your eyes.

The elevator method:

This method involves imagining yourself in an elevator heading to your dr, and on each level start repeat an affirmation and visualise something from your dr on every level. Once you have reached a level you feel like you’re ready to shift, the doors should open to your dr.

The rope method:

This one involves laying in bed and relaxing. And you’re supposed to imagine the energy around you and your body getting stronger and stronger. Start to visualise your dr, and when you are ready, begin to feel and see your consciousness leaving your body via a rope to your dr. Climb the rope until you find a portal to your dr.

The Alice in wonderland method

This method involves meditating and then laying on your back and imagining yourself sitting against a tree until someone from your dr runs past you. Imagine yourself starting to chase them until you fall down the rabbit hole. You should find a key that will unlock the door to your dr.

The heart beat method:

This involves putting a heartbeat audio under your pillow, laying on top of it, and imagining you are laying on someone chest from your dr. You can either shift when you fall asleep or imagine your dr person asking if you want to go to your dr, and then them leading you to a door that opens to your dr

The staircase method:

This one involves visualising yourself at the end of a long staircase and begin to climb them. As you climb the stairs, you should be repeating your affirmations, until you reach the top. And at that point there should be a bright light for you to walk into, and this should lead you to your dr.

The double sided staircase method:

This one is a bit like the last but you have to visualise yourself standing at the bottom of a staircase and start to climb up them. Once you are at the top, you should see a mirror. You should observe yourself intensely in the mirror and then when you’re ready to go, look behind you and their should be a door that leads to another staircase. Following this staircase down will bring you to a final door where someone from your dr is waiting and asking you if you’re ready to go to your dr. They will then lead you through to your dr.

The sleep method:

This a really easy method where you get in a drowsy state and lay in a comfortable position you prefer. And just affirm and intend that you will wake up in your dr when you fall asleep

The tea party method:

This method involves meditating before heading to bed, then start to visualise yourself having tea with your dream reality self. Before you fall asleep, you’re meant to visualize yourself standing up and telling your dr self that it’s time to go home. And then when you hug them goodbye , visualize yourself merging with them, and then you should wake up in your dr.

The cloud method:

Put on your shifting subliminals and get in a comfortable position. Whatever position you prefer, most people lay on their back for this one. And start to visualise your current reality self lying on some clouds, and your DR self is lying next to you. Imagine them grabbing your hands and interlocking theirs with yours, when all of a sudden your hands start merging with them, and they suck you in and before you can blink, you now realise you are in your dr’s body. Then you should start falling though the clouds and you should actually feel like your falling. While your falling start affirming to your self until you fall asleep. And you should wake up in your DR.

There’s a lot more methods, and i’m happy to share if anyone wants me to<3

Right let’s get on to scripting:

Is it necessary to script every detail of your dr?

Nope it not. You don’t even have to even script at all. Your subconscious knows everything you desire to be in your dr so it completely unnecessary. However, if you desire to script that’s completely up to you.

If it’s unnecessary, then why do it?

It just helps a lot of people to put the thoughts on paper and make them understand their dr as a whole because some ppl can feel very cluttered by keeping everything in their mind that’s why it can be helpful to keep in your notes or a notebook.

What should i put in my script?

Anything you desire. Everything about your dr self, like appearance, personality, gender, school, family, friends, pets, hobbies, etc. And then things about your actual dr like how time works, how you get back, the character, etc.

What are the symptoms i will feel when im shifting/close to shifting ?

You can feel any of these:

♡︎ numbness

♡︎ dizziness

♡︎ floating

♡︎ feeling heavy

♡︎ tingles

♡︎ headaches

♡︎ feeling like your spinning

♡︎ white lights/bright lights

♡︎ feeling people from your dr touching you

♡︎ hearing voices of people from your dr

♡︎ acting like your dr self

♡︎ dreaming of your dr

♡︎ feeling sleepy even after sleeping

♡︎ temperature changes

♡︎ smelling things from your dr

I’ve decided to repost some of my more popular posts from Amino to here, in hopes it helps someone or maybe helps me find more shifting mutuals <3

This was originally posted November 9th, 2020.

What is shufflemancy?

Shufflemancy is a form of divination that involves using the shuffle feature to get an answer to a question. Many people (including myself) have used it to contact their DR friends, family, or significant others.

What do I need to do this?

An electronic device (phone, computer, tablet, etc,.)

A playlist (shufflemancy playlists are available online, but using your own is highly recommended)

Things to Consider

Shufflemancy isn’t a form of witchcraft. However, it is a form of divination which can be against some religions!

If you have a themed playlist (ie. happy, sad, love…) your answer may not be accurate, as there’s no variety for the person you’re contacting to choose from.

Sometimes people in your desired reality are dramatic. They’ll be overly negative at times by choosing a bad song in hope to get you to shift to them faster, so take these songs with a grain of salt.

You may not always get answers. Whether the person you’re trying to contact isn’t in the mood or just plain doesn’t want to answer it, assume this when you get a song that makes no sense.

Nothing will be sugarcoated, expect answers to be accurate.

The Tutorial

(Optional) Meditate for five minutes, or until you feel at peace. I believe the relaxation in your mind and body assists in having a clearer connection to the universe.

Begin to send a message out to the universe. If you’re trying to contact a person, try something along the lines of “[Name], how are you feeling?”; you can ask whatever question you’d like - you don’t even have to contact someone. You could ask the universe a question instead if you desire, though I don’t suggest asking when you’ll shift as the answer could be demotivating.

(Optional) Intend how you’ll get your answer. To do this, simply affirm something like “after three shuffles, the fourth will be my answer.”

With your intention still fresh in your mind, go to your playlist of choice and shuffle your desired amount of times. Your answer will be there.

Tips

Listen to the song in full to derive meaning from it. Does this song relate to your question? Does it hold a special meaning for you? A special meaning to who you’re connecting with?

Using a playlist of your own will make the answers more meaningful and personal - but isn’t required.

References

Divination Through Music

i’ve made a post on this before, but this literally used to be the cause of so much doubt and lack of progress for me. this had me stuck in a rut for so long. one of the worse things u can do while manifesting is having any type of belief that ur doing something wrong. always assume ur doing everything right!!!! 

there is a reason that we all preach persisting in this community. even if u see no visible movement in ur 3D, u have to persist. it will come. if every couple of days u give up and decide ur doing something wrong and get all discouraged, ur just going to continue prolonging ur manifestation over and over again. persist!!! always assume ur doing everything right!!!!!!

also reminder that there is always movement. for example, if ur manifesting an sp and u think there’s no movement bc ur not in contact, u r wrong!!! from the second u decide they are yours and start thinking in alignment with your desire, they’re going to start thinking about you! about how much they miss you, love you, want to text/see you, etc. there is always movement. always. 

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