Alterhumanity

Clinical Lycanthropy

My number one ‘source’ of being alterhuman is my clinical zoanthropy.

The link above is an introduction to clinical zoanthropy, but basically it’s a somatic (physical) delusion (deeply held, yet false, belief) that the person is an animal. This is not the same as therianthropy or otherkinity, as otherkin and therians know they are physically human. Clinical zoanthropes don’t.

I’ve written about my experiences with clinical zoanthropy on my mental health tumblr. My clinical zoanthropy presents as being a dingo, and when Cotard’s is added I become a dead dingo. I used to be a melanistic, or dark phase wolfdog (usually, wolf (grey or coastal) × Saarlooswolfhond, or German Shepherd) but trauma changed that.

I’m also transspecies — as much as one can be trans-species when one is already that species… (it just works).

Traditional types

My other kinds of alterhumanity are much more traditional. I have a kinnection with cats (domestic), as well as big cats (questioning if my links to all felines are just paratypes or if I’m actually cladohearted). I have a connection with Accipitridae family of birds of prey, especially eagles, and also with barn owls. This is potentially a synpath connection or a therian one. I’m also coyote-hearted, as a result of my clinical lycanthropy.

Other

I’m Aboriginal , and though sadly I don’t know my mob, and therefore don’t know my totems, I would like to think they are dingo, wedge-tailed eagle, and crow (forest raven, specifically, but we call them crows anyway). I also have a connection to snakes through what I think are my family member(s) totem.

Finally, I dabble in dæmonism. My dæmon’s Pullman form is a wolfdog, analytical form is a thylacine. Personally my dæmonism is more of a fun thought exercise than an actual entity, though I acknowledge and respect that for other people it’s different.

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