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is physical nonhumanity another label for people who have delusions regarding their physical body being inhuman? if so, i’m not sure why anyone has an issue with that. being schizospec or delusional isn’t a crime, those aren’t bad words and i have no idea why physical nonhumanity would be such a widely discriminated against group of people by therians and other alter humans, who also identify as being something Other, even if not physically.

i would prefer if someone would just say it in a straight forward manner that’s easily understandable as i don’t always grasp topics when people are feather footing around saying what they actually mean.

In short, at least by how it was originally used within community spaces before definitions became widened and muddied to the point of essentially meaninglessness, it is what it says on the ticket - physically nonhuman.

A physical nonhuman is someone that experiences meaningful nonhumanity in a physical, literal, non-metaphorical way. This can take the form of physical transformations, having animal parts internal or external including bloed, genetics, organs, or some other means of being physically, biologically, nonhuman.

Many of us have been labeled as delusional, either by the psychiatric system or by therian/otherkind/alterhuman community, but for the most part reject that understanding. There is a significant crossover between those identifying as physically nonhuman and clinical zoanthropy, but they are not the same experience as the latter has a narrower and stricter definition and is much more defined by the relationship to psychiatrisation where the former is defined by the relationship to and form of nonhumanity. The community regretably does have a very strong push towards "consensus reality" and towards sanism that often makes it so those with physical identity cannot find refuge within therian and brothercommunity spaces as we are forced to deny our experience as genuine and are subjected to constant "reality check"s. Why exactly I really cannot say - it might be an effect of legitimancy to outsiders, to themselves, or some misguided belief that it will protect us or them.

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I try to be a very open-minded person and I refuse to deny the validity of someone just because I personally don't understand their experience!!..... buuut it would be nice if I did understand it, sooo im looking to be educated on it? ^^;

The only variation of this I understand is in the case of delusions/hallucinations - Which I am NOT saying all p-shifters are delusional! Just that I'm psychotic myself and been around psychotic communities, so it's the variation of the p-shifter experience I understand the best... and I struggle to understand it outside of a psychotic lens ;w;

And I think I can sorta vaguely understand it from a metaphysical/spiritual lens? Sort of?

But I have absolutely no concept of how it works outside of psychosis or metaphysicality/spirituality </3

So yeah.. You can explain it yourself orrr redirect my to other resources... or just ignore this ask idk do whatever lol

we don't id as pshifter (well, questioning? on the fence? but largely dgaf to have an answer for sure) but we can def point you to blogs and posts from long-timers that helped us understand it !

physical shifting, and what it means by @jimmzarius (also explains metaphysical shifting)

physical shifting vs phantom shifting (+ other shift types) by @harloqui

p-shifting vs delusions by harloqui

p-shifters can have shifts affected by delusions, but p-shifting isn't solely rooted in delusion by jimmzarius

i also recommend the blogs @aphelion-alifer and @evyrmori for further reading too!

as for how to shapeshift, there's different variants of methods that people use, but the basics of it are rooted in energy manipulation and biokinesis (aka being able to manipulate your own body/biological matter through mental focus and visualization). i do want to point out that physical shifting and making changes to your body does take practice, it takes long periods of time to see changes and to voluntarily shift, and it takes a very large abundance of energy. it's not instant nor is it an easy journey for the most part.