#physically identifying nonhuman

Draconity defines the entirety of me. My behavior, my presentation, my gender, my sexuality; my mind, my soul, my body. You cannot have any part of me without draconity also being present in some form.

Do I still experience dysphoria and discomfort with this form? Yes, but it is not because it is human.

This body is functionally and visually "human," but that does not make it human. Your body is whatever you make of it, and for me, that is a dragon.

So my canine identity is trauma based, and it's heavily influenced by my rejection from society and peers as an autistic person. I used to have frequent shifts, and it was an important part of my identity to me. When I was having EMDR, I also discovered a wolf side of me that I visited in my mind, and it protected me in trauma memories, and upsetting events in real-time. (For extra context, I was having weekly EMDR for 6 months to deal with childhood trauma).

Since finishing EMDR however, I've had far less of a connection to that canine part of myself. I very rarely have shifts, I don't consider myself as canine, and that wolf in my safe space doesn't appear as much. I've dealt with and processed the trauma that made me canine, so I don't feel anywhere near as strongly canine any more.

Realizing that I actually am much more comfortable saying I am a physically identifying nonhuman, and looking through the tags for others talking about their experiences, but pretty much only finding p-shifters

So we block the p-shifter tag, but then there’s almost nothing left that’s actually alterhuman related

If anyone knows of any writings on the topic of physical nonhumanity, we’d love to be directed to them