(2024-06-29 2:42)BlackCat0118 Wrote:  Do you mean like, you have no animal and human side and are simply just that animal? Because if so, I'm the same way.
I simply am a cat. My personality and very being is a cat.

(I also wanted to clarify that I wasn't saying that you can't have a spiritual connection to the animal you identify as just that that's not all Therianthropy is about)

I'm not sure what I mean exactly... (^_^)'

...but I do feel you when you say it's not aesthetic + spiritual connection. There is an identity component in there. I need to explore that part more

(2024-06-25 16:47)QFurry Wrote:  

(2024-06-09 5:47)BlackCat0118 Wrote:  It is extremely annoying to see people diminish Therianthropy to an aesthetic and a spiritual connection.

I'm very very new to therianthropy. For me I see it as a profound connection but not as me-and-them... more like. It's me, I *am* that animal, it is there inside and I want to free it. There is no me-and-them, we are the same. (I guess I'm mostly thinking about my cats when I say "them")

idk... those that make sense?

Do you mean like, you have no animal and human side and are simply just that animal? Because if so, I'm the same way.
I simply am a cat. My personality and very being is a cat.

(I also wanted to clarify that I wasn't saying that you can't have a spiritual connection to the animal you identify as just that that's not all Therianthropy is about)

This is a very good observation. I have a theory of my own that is adjacent, but different. My only problem with that point of view is, humans are animals, and have primitive instincts of their own as well. So, how are you decerning human instincts from non-human, which cannot be explained by evolution of human brain alone?

@QFurry thank you for your answer it was very interesting. As a Christian I do believe that animals have a soul but a different one than humans, so your theory fits with my world view. I second Siris's question as a draconic shapeshifter how would that part of me fit in? If there were n mythical/magical creatures then how do I have this theriotype?

I would be curious how those of us in the mythic persuasion would fit in your theory.

The idea that we are one is very well explained here: https://forums.therian-guide.com/Thread-Gaianism-and-how-it-ties-into-my-therianthropy-belief

I don't necessarily agree with everything tbh but the core principles is totally what I believe. We are like one giant organism.

ah sorry!! How... so... it's a bit spiritual at first so bare with me

I always loved my cats and I found that they have consciousness. (In the religion I grew up with, the soul was considered a human thing only, so I have "unlearned" that concept.)

Then I realized humans, plants, animals, everything... we are actually *one* single thing. When we die, we go back to nature. And nature reshapes us to other creatures.

But then recently I discovered therianthropy and realized that it is not just that they have a consciousness like us, it's actually the other way around: we are *them*, *we* are *animals*, we have all of this inside us. (I guess it awakens under euphoria and dopamine influence in certain circumstances but I'm gonna write another post in psychological for that subject.)

I don't know how I saw it... somehow watching other therians doing therian things kinda woke up my own therian identity and the rest is just built up theory to why *we* are *them/animals* (DNA, brain layers and plasticity, that's just wild guess, it's baseless).

I also do the same thing. If you want could you answer my question I'm just curious

oh it's okay I'm subscribed everywhere I post

I'm glad it resonates with someone (^_^)

Thats an Interesting theory. How did you determine this? I agree with you that every human has animal in them, I think Therians are just those who are more connected to the animal I guess. Your theroy has voicedmy perspective in a way that I don't think I could