Am I a therian? How to tell, if you are a therian!

Am I a therian?

Hi there! Today I am going to tell you, how can you find, if you are a therian or not. These are only tips, so you don't have to agree with me. Ok, so let's go to the topic:

 I have seen many therians. TO many... a lot of them said that they are therians, becouse they feel a conection with an animal, or they have seen their theriotype in their dreams or in a meditation. Well... maybe some people don't know about it, but your theriotype is YOU. You can not meet your inner animal. You can not meet yourself... It's impossible! You can see yourself only in the mirror or in other reflective surface while meditating or dreaming. Some people can also see their tails or ears becouse of a phanthom shift, but I will write about shifts later. 

And becouse I love making lists, I made one again! This time this cool and wonderfoul  list shows some syptoms, that can give you a reason to think that you may be a therian. 

1. Having shifts.

No matter which shift you have, phanthom, mental, dream or (if it is possible) physical shift, having them are a wery good reason to start thinking, that you may be a therian. You DON'T have to shift when you are a therian, so remember, even if you can not remember that you  ever have had a shift, but you still FEEL, that you might be a therian, try to find other symptoms of your theriantropy. 

2. Identyfing as an animal.

But remember! Do not forget, that identyfing WITH an animal is different than identyfing AS an animal. You may only be animal hearted. Think a lot about it.

3. Feeling a strange connection with an animal.

As I said in a second point. Feeling a connection and wishing that you were an animal doesn't make you a therian. You have to feel that you are this animal, so connection doesn't mean anything.

4. Behaving like an animal.

can suggest you that you may be a therian. But be careful with your childhood age! It is normal, that children love pretending to behave like animals, so if you can remember, that you behaved a lot like an animal, when you were a child, think about it. Did you behave like that only for fun, or was it something more for you?

5. Being able to remember your past life/s.

If you can remember your past life as an animal, you can really seriously think that you may be a therian. Don't forger! Differentiate remembering things from imaginating them!

6. Feeling, that you are in a wrong body.

The same thing as with transgender people. A lot (if not all) of therians feel bad in their bodies. They feel, that walking an two legs, having hands and being a bald, mutant monkey is not for them. It is a wery strange feeling, sometimes you may feel, that you are not yourself, that your actual body is obscure, you may feel sad, becouse you don't have your claws, tail, wings, paws ect. You are not alone. A lot of us feel the same! You can wear a tail, ears or, if you want to, a fursuit (a furry animal costume)! Here are examples:

Lakota and her tail. A lot of therians wear them!

Fursuit- a popular (and not cheap!) in furry community animal costume.

Ok. I think this is enough of examples. I hope that this post helped you with finding yourself. If you have more "therian symptoms", or  you do not agree with me, please write it in a comment. I want to know, what do you think about it! 

Hope you have a good day!

~Shepherd

Fake canine therians!- WARNING#1

Fake canine therians! - !WARNING! #1

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REMEMBER! THIS IS ONLY MY OPINION, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH ME!!!

Hi there! Today I am going to tell you something about my wiew on the number of canine therians. The first thing, I thought about, when found this huge population of wolf therians was "Not less, than a half of them have to be a fake!". But now I think, that this is not the only reason...

Aaaaaaand... I made this list! This list shows a few reasons for why there are too many wolf therians out there. So, let's do it!

1. People love wolves, dogs, etc.

I don't say that you can not love your theriotype's species, but you know... there are a lot of people, who think, that becouse they love wolves, their theriotype must be a wolf! They also (sometimes) think, that loving animals (no matter, what species) makes you a therian. That's not true! Of course, a lot of us love animals, but our identify goes much deapper than some people can think.

2. Some therians type the wrong species as they theriotype,

becouse they don't know the right species of their theriotype/s yet. A lot of us in the beginning of their journey want to know their inner animal immediatelly, and they choose the first animal, witch they have a connection with. I know this problem, I had the same feelings after I found I was a therian. But believe me, ewerything you have to do to find your theriotype is thinking about yourself, trying to connect your behaviour with an animal, meditating, searching, and more thinking and meditating (you can only search and think about yourself to find your inner animal, but meditation can help you a lot).

3. People love an idea of werewolves!

                                                  Werewolves form "Twilight"

Yeah, howling to the moon, having a long tail, paws, sharp teeth and running through the forest at night... and this secret of you, that nobody knows... sounds cool, don't you think? Yes, werewolves and wolves are cool, but it doesn't make you a canine, or a feline (werecats).  An idea of werewolves is and will be spreading out by writers, directors, animators and others. It is wery popular, so it is natural, that a lot of people, who start their journey with therianthropy, finds wolf as the most probably to have as a theriotype. Well, this is not a truth.  The % of having a canine as a theriotype is the same as any other type/species of animal. 

4. Wolves are so popular,

and it is normal, that when a person feels different and lost, he/she always needs someone, who will understood him/her. Someone, who has got the same "problem". So when a person finds him/herself a therian, he/she wants to find other therians with their species to make packs, write, share thoughts and feelings. They don't really want to be an animal, that nobody knows/ is. That's normal, but I think, that it is much better to be honest with your mind and/or soul, and be something different and rare, than to cheat yourself.

5. It is easier to become a canine (spiritually).

This is my opinion, so you don't have to agree with me at all. You can think in a different way, and that's fine. However, let's go to the topic. Canines were with humans for a long time. They were also the first animals, that people have tamed. We call dogs our best friends... I think, that becouse canines (and felines, to) are very close to humans, it is easier for them to be captured in a human's body, after they die, and it is also easier for humans to start identifing as a canine.

6. Teenagers want to be cool.

I don't want to offend any teen therian, but if you are a "therian", becouse you want to be cool, you rather become a furry or a teen werewolf, becouse impersonation is not nice to real therians.

7. Yeah, teen werewolves

are often seen by other people as therians, witch (as you know) is not a truth. Teen werewolves is a ternd of behaving like werewolves, howling to the moon and wearing collars. Therians are much more serious with their identify.

8. People think, that identify WITH, is not different than identyfy AS something.

But there is a huge difference between WITH and AS. Think about that.

Ok, I think it is enough. If you have more reasons, or you don't agree with me, write your opinions in comments. I want to hear (see???) your voice!

I hope you have a nice day.

~Shepherd

I came out to my family! + a handmade thing

I came out to my family!

Hi! Today I came out to my grandma, father and mother, (they live with me). I already know my grandma's and mother's reaction. They are ok with my therianthropy! They are also ok with my collar and a tail! I am so happy becouse of that. And yesturday I made a wood "thing" to my collar. It looks pretty good. I am going to make a few paintings of dogs, wolves and nature on a wood, to.

Here is my collar "thing" with a symbol of therians (and a small red thing- I don't know, what's that):

Hope you have a nice day!

~Zosia

Welcome to myt blog! - know me better

Who am I? Get to know me!

Hi there! My name is Zosia and I am a therian. I identyfy as a black german shepherd, witch I discovered while exploring internet and starting remember a lot of behavior that was wery close to dog's (before I thought that I was a cat). But I will write more about my history and theriotype later... However, I decided to create this blog becouse I want to share with you my feelings and believes (and a lot of photos! I love photography and drawing!) on some topics around therianthropy and otherkinism, and help you creating your own believes and making huuuuge decisions as coming out or finding are you a otherkin or not.

I hope you have a great day!
~Zosia