#kinterminology

Sun/syntherian: A suntherian is someone who’s theriotype is integrated in their personality. However, unlike contherians, they can have changes in mood that cause them to feel more or less non-human.

Dream Shift: A dream Shift is when one is, or transforms into their theriotype in their dreams. When still searching for your kintype, dreams should be taken with a grain of salt, as they can often have other, non-literal meaning that’s not so obvious, and animal dreams do not always point to a kintype.

Berserker Shift: A type of deep mental shift where all human awareness is lost and the individual becomes their kintype completely (mentally, not physically.)

Awakening: disovering you are a fictionkin/otherkin & coming to terms with it, though its really common not everyone experiences this

Copinglinker (copingkin): Previously known as copingkin, the name was changed to assert the fact that the otherkin and copinglink communities are not related. A copinglinker is someone who takes on a consciously created identity in order to cope with mental illness, stress or trauma.

Fictionkin: Someone who identifies as a fictional character on a personal, integral and non-physical level.

Multiverse Theory: A theory that there is an infinite amount of universes with infinite possibilities of what could be happening in them. In some universes, mythical beings could exist and T.V shows become real. This is a common explanation for many otherkin and fictionkin as to why they identify the way they do. They have been or are their kintype in a different universe.

Phantom/Astral Limb: A phantom limb when one feels and receives sensory info from what feels like a limb when no such thing exists physically. This is experienced by amputees who have their limb, as well as therians and otherkin. The type that therians and otherkin feel specifically, are called supernumerary phantom limbs, because they feel limbs such as tails and wings that were never there in the first place, at least not in ones human life.

Soulbond/Soulbonder: A soulbond is when a deep connection is shared between 2 souls, sometimes from another universe or dimension. They sometimes share memories and can communicate telepathically with each other.

Starseed: Someone who believes they have lived in another place from earth, such as another planet or even another universe/dimension. These people may choose to call themselves alienkin, however not all do and the communities are not the same.

Theriomythic:An Uncommon term used to describe someone who identifies as a mythical creature such as a dragon or gryphon, but feels more wild and instinctual, and often finds it easier to relate to the therian than the otherkin community.

Tulpa: A mental construct that is seperate from the maker and is an individual with its’ own seperate thoughts. Essentially a self-created headmate.

Aura Shift: When one’s aura takes on the shape of their kintypes.

Cladotherian: Someone who identifies as a whole clade of animals, rather than a specific species. For example, a feline cladotherian would identify as all species of felines, (tigers and bobcats and house cats etc...) or could be described as having a feline “essence,” without being able to narrow it down to a specific theriotype. They may have a few main forms, such as being a feline cladotherian that often has tiger and house cat shifts.

Contherian: A person who’s humanside and animalside are fully integrated, so they are in a consistent state of both human and animal at all times. They do not experience shifts because there is nothing to shift into.

Theriotype: The animal a therian identifies as

Therian: An individual who identifies as a non-human animal on an integral level. This identity may be spiritual or psychological

Shifting - A general term for experiencing any kind of shift, be it phantom, mental, astral, or otherwise.  This event, whether forced or involuntary, is how non-humans tend to feel somewhat closer to their types.