#factfolk

your identity is valid & real, no matter how you decide to engage with it. you deserve a space in the community, & to be heard & listened to if you want to share your experience.

Reminder that alterhumans of any kind with psychosis are no less real in their identities than an alterhuman without psychosis. Having a psychotic disorder doesn't discredit your personal identity in any way, even if it does stem from a delusion. It doesn't matter where your identity comes from.

So. Shoutout to: Systems formed from or influenced by psychosis. Otherkin who are nonhuman due to delusions. Endels of any kind. Otherlinkers who have 'linked something to help with their psychosis or because of it. Otherhearteds who have a hearttype that relates to their psychosis. Physical nonhumans who are this way due to delusions. Fictionfolk and factfolk who have their identities influenced/formed by psychosis. Alterhumans who get euphoria from their psychotic symptoms. Alterhumans who are alterhuman because they're psychotic. Alterhumans who just happen to have a psychotic disorder and those two things don't intersect.

you’re valid if you aren’t 100% fully human all of the time

You’re valid if you are 100% fully human all of the time, you just like the label

You’re valid if you are 100% fully nonhuman all of the time

You’re valid if you get dysphoria

You’re valid if you don’t get dysphoria

You’re valid if you use gear or do things like quads

You’re valid if you don’t or can’t use gear

You’re valid if you don’t do things like quads or can’t do them for any reason

You’re valid if you’re a “weird” alterhuman

You’re valid if you have a lot of kintypes

You’re valid if you only have one or two kintypes

Youre valid if youre just learning about yourself and want the label

You’re valid if you’ve been an alterhuman for a while

You’re valid if you’ve been an alterhuman for as long as you can remember

You’re valid if you want the label just for fun

You’re valid if you’re faking alterhumanity (as long as it’s not to give it a bad name)

You’re valid if you discovered your alterhumanity through faking it

You’re valid if you don’t have the words to describe your alterhumanity

You’re valid if you make your own words to describe your alterhumanity

You’re valid if you’re a “problematic” fictionfolk

You’re valid if you’re a “problematic” factfolk

You’re valid, no matter what anycreature says.

You’re valid.