I reckon I probably got weirdly attached to a particular animal during my horrendous teen years as some sort of comfort thing. Developed species dysphoria and then it stuck and irriversibly changed how I saw myself. That's my best guess.

I believe I am a therian mainly because I feel such a strong sense of belonging with the experiences and people in the community. I feel I relate on such a deeply emotional and psychological level with everything I see people talk about here, all the talk of shifting and feeling othered and having an animal brain seems like exactly me any time I read about it.
Now, to get into the specifics, I have felt like an avian for the longest of times. I knew since I was young that I was meant to have wings and claws and fly freely. But I haven't had the language to express that intuition until the last couple of years.
And that's really all I know lol

For me it's a general disconnect with humanity along with various types of shifts starting from a young age
I've always felt much calmer and more like myself around animals. It's true that a variety of animals don't get along (for example, I've always felt particularly comfortable around cats, when they'd have no problem hunting my theriotype(s)), but I feel like I'm on much more equal standing to them compared to humans. Not to mention a deep yearning for wings and the life of a bird as a whole for as long as I can remember
I've experienced phantom wings on and off for years, and for the same amount of time, have felt like a quadrupedal gait would suit me far better while I lack the light weight and hollow bones of a bird (which probably points to another theriotype I'm still not sure of)
At the core of it, it's a sense of just *knowing* there's some animal part of me

No matter what age, pup or adult; I think we should all be careful of online safety anywhere. Both on tg and off tg.

Ty for posting this

(2024-08-14 11:43)Syr Wrote:  

(2014-10-23 22:51)DustWolf Wrote:  Hello,

We would like to warn all of the underage visitors of our website to be careful not to trust any adults who are filrtatious or hinting at being sexual with you or meeting you in person.

We monitor this website to keep you safe, however because we cannot control what happens on other websites, but really care about your wellbeing, we ask you to understand this and keep safe everywhere.

This isn't simply another "because we said so". We know that it seems appealing, or even wonderful to gain all that attention of an adult. We also know you feel it is right to protect those who appeal to your sympathies. However keep in mind, that people who do this while being flirtatious or sexual with you, do not have your best interest in mind. They plan to use you, say all those things to make you feel sorry for them to gain your sympathies or shower you with attention if they sense that's what's required, just to manipulate you, to get what they want you to do for them -- and then discard you.

In short, they don't really love you. We do. Please be smart, say no and report them.

LP,
Dusty

This is such an useful post. I'm glad people in TG care about safety !

May everyone have a good day or afternoon.

man you guys are such good staff members, caring for all of us pups

(2024-11-17 21:36)Squibble Wrote:  

(2024-11-15 4:57)RainbowFox Wrote:  For me doing research is asking questions
Googling for hours
Writing things down
Doing experiments
And deep thinking

Same here!
When it comes to research, I usually don't do much. But when I do, I'm researching for probably hours.
But doing experiments and deep thinking are super important stuff for me when it comes to researching and finding out who/what I am.
I can get lost in the deep thinking, as I am pondering so much.
When you're doing your deep thinking, do you spiral, or are you able to keep it level headed? For me it really depends on my train of thought and what I'm currently thinking about, but I'm curious about how the process of your deep thinking goes. :3

I don’t know but I’m often deep thinking about lots of things. My thoughts are almost endless. It’s like I have bees in my head(that’s a song reference btw)!

(2024-11-15 4:57)RainbowFox Wrote:  For me doing research is asking questions
Googling for hours
Writing things down
Doing experiments
And deep thinking

Same here!
When it comes to research, I usually don't do much. But when I do, I'm researching for probably hours.
But doing experiments and deep thinking are super important stuff for me when it comes to researching and finding out who/what I am.
I can get lost in the deep thinking, as I am pondering so much.
When you're doing your deep thinking, do you spiral, or are you able to keep it level headed? For me it really depends on my train of thought and what I'm currently thinking about, but I'm curious about how the process of your deep thinking goes. :3

Personally, I've given my theriotype a nickname just to make it easier to talk about/draw, but it's not really their name.

For me doing research is asking questions
Googling for hours
Writing things down
Doing experiments
And deep thinking